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Advisor to Group Director (Oil Gas)
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Responsibilities
- Independent Technical Review & Assurance Review all operator technical papers, design deliverables, cost estimates, schedule updates, concept selection documents, and Decision Support Packages (DSPs) across the portfolio.
- Produce a structured technical position — Key Finding / Technical Assessment / Risk-Gap / Recommendation — for the Director before any committee vote or formal position is issued.
- Assess whether operator proposals are presented at the appropriate level of technical maturity (concept screening vs.
- Pre-FEED vs.
- FEED vs.
- FID readiness).
- Flag premature commitments, single-source decisions, and fait accompli framing.
- Recommend conditions for approval where maturity is insufficient.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical or Process Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
- Master’s degree or MBA with engineering foundation is preferred.
- At least 15 years of work experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, with a demonstrable track record across at least two of the following disciplines: subsurface and reservoir engineering, drilling and wells, offshore engineering and facilities, or project management.
- Offshore project delivery experience from concept through FID — ideally including participation in one full pre-FID cycle on a complex offshore development (platform, SURF, CPF, or FPSO) in a technically responsible role.
- Direct non-operator or shareholder governance experience: participation in MC, TSC, CSC, or equivalent joint venture committees as a NOC, co-venturer, or technical advisor — not merely as a passive observer.
- Demonstrated ability to challenge IOC operator submissions in a structured, evidence-based manner through written technical queries, alternative scenario development, and independent cost benchmarking.
- Working familiarity with IOC operating and project management standards — sufficient to identify when those standards are applied incompletely or selectively.
- Experience on both sides of a joint venture — operator project delivery and non-operator shareholder governance — is strongly preferred.
- Caspian offshore basin familiarity (Shah Deniz, Absheron, ACG, or comparable environment) is an advantage.
- Working knowledge of PSA fiscal frameworks: cost recovery mechanics, profit oil split, ring-fencing, and their interface with project economics and scope trade-off decisions.
- Experience working with or commissioning independent cost benchmarking against public-domain data and IOC analogues, without access to proprietary databases.
- Demonstrated experience producing governance-quality written deliverables: NOC position papers, technical assurance reports, MC briefing notes, or formal challenge correspondence at investment-committee standard.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving
Requirements
- , including the ability to construct and test technical arguments from first principles and identify gaps in operator logic without being given a template.
- Excellent written and verbal communication
Requirements
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- ability to synthesise complex multi-discipline issues into concise, decision-ready governance outputs without editorial support.
- SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) membership is strongly preferred.
- Fluency in English is required.
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