Maersk Oil Kazakhstan GmbH is currently looking for a Drilling Manager to lead our combined Drilling and Well Services Department in Aktau.

The Drilling Manager will take up a position within the Aktau based head office for Kazakhstan Operations. In close corporation with the entire Drilling and Well Services team you will have a key role in taking Maersk Oil Kazakhstan to the next level of successfully running a safe and efficient landbased operation in a challenging environment.

Maersk Oil Kazakhstan is currently in a phase of executing an appraisal well programme (expected 4 wells) and intensive preparation for the next stage of developing the Dunga Field (Phase II Field Development Plan) which will entail drilling of 198 vertical wells over a three year period. This requires a significant step change for the organisation to manage and optimize tenders, standards, procedures and engineering tasks, whilst ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

The Drilling Manager will be a key player in the project team responsible for the execution of the Dunga Phase II development. Drive and mastering of cross functional collaboration is therefore a must.

Responsibilities of the Drilling Manager

The Drilling Manager will be leading and developing a team of dedicated employees who deals with daily drilling and work-over activities. Further to the operational activities, the Drilling Manager is responsible for drilling safety, budgeting, well planning and future development plans. The Drilling Department is currently building an extensive knowledge base through the Well Services and Technology Group with the aim of improving well performance and completion lifetime. 

It is the overall responsibility of the Drilling Manager to ensure that drilling objectives are clearly defined and detailed budgets being composed. Subsequently, the Drilling Manager must ensure that the set objectives are successfully met within budgeted cost. Defining drilling objectives includes ensuring that new technology is evaluated and implemented when and if beneficial.

The Drilling Department in Maersk Oil Kazakhstan is currently the prime driver in establishing and enhancing Maersk Oil’s onshore drilling competencies. It is therefore important that Maersk Oil Kazakhstan maintains a high technical level and capture lessons learned and best practices for sharing with other members of the drilling team as well as other Maersk Oil Drilling Departments on a worldwide basis.

Maersk Oil Kazakhstan strives to develop local employees to meet international standards in alignment with Maersk Oil. Training and mentoring is therefore an important part of the responsibility of the Drilling Manager. In light of this objective, an understanding for cultural differences and previous experience in mentoring is considered an advantage.

Background
The Drilling Manager must have an Engineering degree or other higher technical educational background. A minimum of 10 - 15 years experience in the oil industry including formal leadership experience is required and main part of this should be within Drilling. Fluency in both written and spoken English, knowledge of Russian would be an asset. Personal skills include ability to interact with other disciplines, motivate people by delegation of tasks and excellent communication and collaboration skills in accordance with our corporate values and leadership priorities.

Contact information:

For further information about the vacant position please contact Raushan Mombekova, Head of HR(Raushan.Mombekova@maerskoil.com). Please apply online.