Onshore Installation Manager (Site Manager)
On-sitePort-Gentil, Ogooué-Maritime, Gabon
Job Summary
Lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of an onshore production site in Gabon, ensuring delivery of production targets while maintaining the highest standards of safety, environmental performance, and workforce engagement. Act as the custodian of facility integrity, managing risk assessments, emergency response, and operational plans to minimize downtime and maximize asset reliability. Direct a multidisciplinary team across operations, maintenance, and projects, overseeing contractor coordination, budget management, and continuous improvement initiatives. This rotational position operates on a 28 days on / 28 days off schedule.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- Minimum 10 years' progressive experience in upstream oil and gas operations, including production, maintenance and production technology disciplines
- Significant experience in a site-based senior operational leadership role such as OIM, Site Manager, Operations Superintendent or Production Superintendent
- Proven experience managing large multidisciplinary teams within remote or operationally complex environments
- Demonstrated success in delivering production targets while maintaining strong safety performance
- Strong knowledge of production operations, production optimisation, asset integrity management and operational risk management
- Experience leading emergency response activities and managing operational incidents
- Proven ability to deliver operational improvements, reliability initiatives and cost optimisation projects
- Strong stakeholder management, leadership and communication skills
- Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure environments and make sound operational decisions
- Fluent in both English and French
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