West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is a Nigerian company registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) under RC No. 1173358. The company has a strategic partnership with Dangote Exploration Assets Limited (80%), Dansa Energy Resources Limited (5%) and First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (15%).

In 2015, WAEP acquired a 45% working interest in OML 71 and OML 72 from the SPDC joint venture, comprising Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited. WAEP operates both oil mining leases on behalf of the WAEP-NNPC joint venture. The assets are located south of Bonny Island and contain several discovered oil fields.

The company is inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced professionals to fill the following positions in Lagos State.

Latest West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) Jobs in Nigeria

1. Senior HR Officer

Location: Lagos
Department: Human Resources (HAM)
Reports to: Head, Human Asset Management

Role Purpose

The Senior HR Officer will provide operational and advisory support across the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, learning and development, HR administration and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support workforce planning, recruitment, selection, onboarding and deployment.
• Advise employees and managers on HR policies, procedures and employee relations.
• Coordinate performance appraisals, development plans and reporting.
• Support compensation and benefits administration, payroll inputs and employee data validation.
• Maintain employee records and manage contracts, promotions, transfers, leave and other HR transactions.
• Coordinate training and competency development initiatives.
• Assist with disciplinary matters, grievances and investigations.
• Prepare HR reports, dashboards and workforce data.
• Support policy implementation, audit readiness, succession planning and employee engagement.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in upstream oil and gas.
• CIPM, SHRM, CIPD or an equivalent professional qualification is strongly preferred.

Core Competencies: HR operations, recruitment, employee relations, performance management, compensation and benefits, compliance, HR analytics and stakeholder management.

2. Marine Manager

Location: Lagos
Department: Marine Operations

Role Purpose

The Marine Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership for marine activities supporting WAEP’s offshore operations, ensuring safe, reliable, compliant and cost-effective management of marine logistics, vessels, contractors and offshore interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop marine operations strategies, plans, procedures and performance standards.
• Lead marine logistics planning for offshore personnel, materials, equipment and operational campaigns.
• Oversee vessel selection, utilisation, scheduling, assurance and contractor performance.
• Ensure compliance with maritime regulations, company HSE requirements and industry standards.
• Manage marine risks, simultaneous operations (SIMOPS), voyage planning and emergency preparedness.
• Coordinate marine support for drilling, production, projects, well intervention and offshore maintenance.
• Monitor vessel performance, fuel consumption, availability, downtime and costs.
• Support marine contracting, tender evaluation and service-provider management.
• Liaise with regulators, port authorities, contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Lead incident reviews, continuous improvement and marine team development.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering, Nautical Science, Maritime Studies or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant marine or offshore experience, including significant leadership responsibility supporting oil and gas operations.
• Relevant STCW, maritime, marine assurance, HSE or professional certifications are strongly preferred.

Core Competencies: Offshore marine operations, vessel management, marine logistics, regulatory compliance, HSE, risk management, contractor management, cost control and emergency response.

3. Senior Drilling Engineer

Location: Lagos
Department: Wells
Reports to: Wells Manager / EGM Wells

Role Purpose

The Senior Drilling Engineer will lead drilling engineering design, planning and execution support for the safe, efficient and cost-effective delivery of exploration, appraisal and development wells.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop drilling programmes, well designs, trajectories, casing and cementing designs, and execution plans.
• Prepare cost and time estimates, authorisations for expenditure (AFEs) and drilling schedules.
• Provide technical support during drilling operations and resolve operational challenges.
• Lead well risk assessments, drilling the well on paper (DWOP) exercises, technical reviews and lessons-learned processes.
• Optimise drilling performance, reduce non-productive time (NPT) and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Coordinate drilling contractors, service companies and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure compliance with well-control requirements, company standards and regulatory obligations.
• Support contract evaluations, equipment selection and drilling performance reporting.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote technical assurance and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 10–15 years of relevant upstream drilling engineering experience, including offshore operations.
• IWCF or IADC well-control certification and relevant professional engineering membership are strongly preferred.

Core Competencies: Drilling engineering, well design, well control, risk management, performance optimisation, cost and schedule control, contractor management, technical assurance and HSE leadership.

4. Senior Petroleum Engineer

Location: Lagos

Role Purpose

The Senior Petroleum Engineer will provide petroleum engineering support for reservoir management, production optimisation, reserves maturation, well opportunity generation and field development to maximise hydrocarbon recovery and long-term asset value.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct integrated reservoir and production engineering studies.
• Develop production forecasts, depletion plans and reservoir surveillance programmes.
• Evaluate reservoir and well performance using pressure, production, PVT and other subsurface data.
• Identify opportunities for infill drilling, workovers, well interventions and production optimisation.
• Support static and dynamic model integration, history matching, forecasting and uncertainty evaluation.
• Contribute to reserves and resources estimation, classification, maturation and reporting.
• Provide technical input for Field Development Plans, annual work programmes, budgets and investment proposals.
• Collaborate with Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, Wells, Production and Facilities teams.
• Participate in well planning, performance reviews, technical assurance and post-well evaluations.
• Coach junior engineers and promote technical standards and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• A relevant master’s degree is an added advantage.
• 10–12 years of relevant upstream exploration and production experience in petroleum or reservoir engineering.
• Relevant professional engineering membership or certification is desirable.

Core Competencies: Reservoir engineering and simulation, production forecasting, reservoir surveillance, reserves evaluation, well opportunity maturation, field development planning, risk analysis, petroleum economics and technical assurance.

5. Well Planning Engineer

Location: Lagos
Department: Wells
Reports to: Wells Manager / EGM Wells

Role Purpose

The Well Planning Engineer will develop integrated well plans, schedules, cost estimates and execution readiness requirements to support the safe and efficient delivery of drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated well activity plans and detailed execution schedules.
• Coordinate technical inputs for well design, sequencing, logistics, contracting and operational readiness.
• Prepare and maintain planning assumptions, time estimates, cost forecasts and look-ahead plans.
• Identify critical-path activities, schedule risks and readiness gaps and coordinate mitigation measures.
• Support well programmes, decision-gate documentation and execution readiness reviews.
• Integrate rig, vessel, materials, personnel and service company requirements into executable plans.
• Track milestones and report deviations, constraints and recovery actions.
• Support annual Wells work programmes, budgets and campaign planning.
• Maintain planning records, lessons learned and performance benchmarks.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8–12 years of relevant upstream oil and gas experience, with substantial exposure to well planning and execution.
• Proficiency in recognised planning and scheduling tools.
• Project management certification is an added advantage.

Core Competencies: Integrated well planning, scheduling, critical-path analysis, cost and time estimation, operational readiness, risk management, logistics integration, performance reporting and multidisciplinary coordination.

6. Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist

Location: Lagos
Department: Human Resources (HAM)
Reports to: Head, Human Asset Management

Role Purpose

The Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist will lead end-to-end recruitment and manpower requisition activities, ensuring WAEP attracts and selects qualified talent for technical, operational and corporate positions in line with approved workforce plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate manpower requisitions from initiation through sourcing, assessment, selection, offers and onboarding.
• Work with hiring managers to define job requirements, competencies and recruitment timelines.
• Develop sourcing strategies for specialist, technical, leadership and hard-to-fill upstream oil and gas positions.
• Manage vacancy advertisements, candidate databases and professional sourcing platforms.
• Screen CVs and applications and prepare suitable candidate shortlists.
• Coordinate competency-based interviews, technical assessments, panel documentation and recruitment logistics.
• Conduct reference checks and verify qualifications, employment history and other relevant documents.
• Support compensation benchmarking and offer management within approved remuneration frameworks.
• Maintain recruitment trackers, interview records, approvals and audit-ready files.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and prepare reports on vacancies, time-to-fill and sourcing effectiveness.
• Develop talent pipelines and identify candidates with scarce upstream oil and gas skills.
• Ensure compliance with company recruitment policies and applicable employment requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of progressive recruitment or talent acquisition experience, preferably in upstream oil and gas.
• Demonstrable experience recruiting technical specialists, managers and senior leadership personnel.
• CIPM, SHRM, CIPD or an equivalent professional qualification is strongly preferred.

Core Competencies: Strategic talent acquisition, manpower requisition management, competency-based interviewing, technical recruitment, executive search, candidate due diligence, recruitment analytics, offer management, applicant tracking systems and confidentiality.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to [email protected], using the relevant job title as the subject of the email, as specified below.

• Senior HR Officer: Senior HR Officer Application
• Marine Manager: Marine Manager Application
• Senior Drilling Engineer: Senior Drilling Engineer Application
• Senior Petroleum Engineer: Senior Petroleum Engineer Application
• Well Planning Engineer: Well Planning Engineer Application
• Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist: Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist Application

Application Closing Date: 20 October 2026.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.