Well Operations Supervisor at WAEP West African Exploration and Production Company

Company: West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) – WAEP Nigeria Limited
Job Title: Well Operations Supervisor
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Job Field: Engineering / Oil and Gas / Well Operations
Industry: Oil and Gas
Qualification: HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related Engineering/Technical discipline
Experience: 12–15 years’ relevant upstream well operations experience, including substantial offshore supervisory experience
Application Closing Date: 18th September 2026

West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is an indigenous energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa. Headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria, WAEP is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions through industry best practices, technological innovation, operational excellence, and environmental stewardship.

The company’s operations are guided by high standards of integrity, safety, professionalism, and corporate responsibility as it contributes to energy security and economic growth across the region. WAEP also continues to build strategic partnerships that create value for stakeholders while supporting the sustainable development of Africa’s energy sector.

Role Purpose

The Well Operations Supervisor will provide experienced frontline leadership for offshore well operations, ensuring the safe, controlled, and efficient execution of well production, intervention, integrity, testing, workover, and related well activities while maintaining well barriers and strict compliance with well-control and HSE requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise offshore well operations, including well start-up, shut-in, testing, intervention support, integrity activities, and production-related well operations.
• Provide operational leadership for wellhead and Christmas tree activities and ensure the correct status and integrity of safety-critical well barriers.
• Coordinate slickline, e-line, coiled tubing, nitrogen lifting, well testing, workover, and other intervention activities as applicable.
• Verify well programmes, operating procedures, risk assessments, permits, isolations, and barrier requirements before execution.
• Monitor well pressures, annuli, operating parameters, and abnormal trends and ensure timely escalation and corrective action.
• Supervise pressure testing, leak troubleshooting, well-control system checks, and controlled well reinstatement activities.
• Lead pre-job meetings, toolbox talks, Job Safety Analyses, and operational readiness reviews for well activities.
• Coordinate company personnel, service companies, contractors, production teams, and offshore installation interfaces during well operations.
• Ensure compliance with well-control principles, Well Integrity Management System requirements, SIMOPS, and approved Management of Change processes.
• Maintain accurate daily well reports, activity records, pressure/test documentation, and operational handovers.
• Lead responses to well-related operational abnormalities and support emergency response drills and incident investigations.
• Coach well technicians and junior personnel and promote strong well-control discipline, technical competence, and safe operating behaviours.

Qualifications and Experience

• HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related Engineering/Technical discipline.
• 12–15 years’ relevant upstream well operations experience, with substantial offshore supervisory experience in well operations, intervention, wellhead, or production environments.
• Demonstrable hands-on experience with surface wellheads, Christmas trees, well intervention operations, pressure-control equipment, and well-integrity activities is required.
• Valid IWCF/IADC well-control certification at an appropriate supervisory level is strongly preferred.
• Valid offshore medical, BOSIET/HUET, and relevant H2S/emergency-response certifications are required.

Core Competencies

• Well operations supervision.
• Well control and barrier management.
• Wellhead and Christmas tree systems.
• Well intervention operations.
• Well integrity management.
• Pressure testing and troubleshooting.
• Permit to Work (PTW), JSA, and SIMOPS.
• Contractor and service-company coordination.
• Emergency response leadership.
• Operational reporting.
• Personnel coaching.

Key Performance Indicators

• Zero loss-of-well-control or barrier-failure events.
• Safe execution of well operations and interventions.
• Well activity delivery against approved programmes and schedules.
• Reduction in well-related non-productive time (NPT) and operational delays.
• Well integrity and procedural compliance.
• Accuracy and completeness of well documentation and handovers.
• Contractor and service-company performance.
• Competency and safety performance of supervised well personnel.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online using the application form below.

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Application Closing Date

18th September 2026.