Base Management Team Lead

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

About the role

The Kirkuk project is an important part of bp’s portfolio in Iraq. It comprises four giant carbonate oilfields with 49 billion barrels initially in place and current production of approximately 320 mbd. bp works with the North Oil Company, North Gas Company, ConocoPhillips and Turkish Petroleum to redevelop the fields and grow production.

Reporting to the Area Development Manager, the Base Management Team Leader leads a team of petroleum engineering professionals supporting Kirkuk’s Base Management activities and 5-year Operating Plan.

This is a broad leadership and technical role operating across more than 600 wells and 13 production facilities. You will oversee Base Management priorities, well interventions, production optimization, artificial lift and water injection activities.

You will work closely with subsurface, operations and regional teams to deliver short and long-term plans. You will also develop team capability, drive continuous improvement and support the use of technology and digital solutions.

The role is suited to an experienced petroleum engineering leader who can manage competing priorities, lead technical teams and deliver in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

What you will deliver

• Line management of all KST BMT PEs which include senior technical practitioners. Promote discipline health and wellbeing of the team.
• Technical coaching, mentoring and career development of all KST BMT PEs. Responsible for people related workflows and management including development discussions and plans (through Focus and Grow), performance evaluations and promotions.
• Technical delivery on key PE / Base Mgmt workstreams as required by prioritization and team capability - i.e. the role has both line management, team leadership and technical delivery elements
• Develop capabilities in support of the vision for BMT excellence in Kirkuk and nationalization. Responsible for enabling training forums and framework to upskill KPOD PEs.
• Collaborate with regional and central DLs/PSMEs/SMEs to share guidelines, help support improvement / update and implementation of field specific guidelines, processes workflows and necessary tools, trainings to support delivery of appropriate quality technical products.
• Works with KST TLs and squad members to define ToRs and workplans, to define the products and the ‘definition being done’ as defined by the ToRs.
• Drive integration between central enablers and support Well Work progression and activity planning for successful delivery of rig and non-rig intervention programs production/injection targets.
• Work with MENA JV BMM for alignment and ownership of key long wavelength strategic BM projects associated with technology deployment trials with due consideration to support delivery of proved reserves.
• Drive continuous improvement ideas including digitization of data and work with BMM to establish leadings and lagging KPIs for BMT to enable leadership discussion on department performance.
• Collaborate with KPOD TLs to share guidelines and federal initiatives. This includes Well Work JID ToRs, ESP Selection Process Guidelines, New Well Completion Guidelines, Surveillance strategies and plans.
• Risk management: Ensures self-verification plans are in place & completed for technical work and that final products are well integrated. Probes understanding of uncertainty and risk in the integrated products and drives closure of risks or identified gaps.
  

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications):

• Petroleum Engineering or similar Engineering degree.
• Experience in any or all of the following would be beneficial: waterflooded fields, carbonate fields, mature oil or gas fields, giant fields with high levels of activity
• Great communication and integration skills. Ability to communicate complex subsurface topics to interested parties across multiple functions.
• Experienced in Artificial Lift Management, Waterflood, Well Work opportunity generation & progression, and able to work on a high pace multicultural environment.
• Considerable experience in Production and Injection Well Management, Well & System Performance, Short term Production / Injection Optimisation and Well Interventions.
• Knowledge of Production management workflows, relevant practices and guides, meetings cadence, and integration points with other squads and enablers.
• Ability to embrace the agile ways of working. Excellent prioritization skills.
• Uphold and demonstrate bp’s Safety Leadership Principles
  

You will work with:

• KST team consists of 20-25 people in Sunbury, Aberdeen and Pune, split into Base, Depletion Management and Reservoir Management teams
• KPOD, based in Kirkuk, consists of c.50 rotational BP secondees and over 6000 national staff assigned from state companies. The subsurface team within KPOD consists of a bp senior subsurface manager, and 5 subsurface positions (2 PE, 1 RE, 1 PP, 1 PP) in team leader roles for an overall team of approximately 150 people.
• Pending completion of the recent farm-down, there will be technical interactions as a BP shareholder with ConocoPhillips and Turkish Petroleum
• The KST team is high-performing, with experienced individuals in all disciplines. Activity levels and pace of work is high, motivated by the rich opportunity set in Kirkuk. Our Iraqi counterparts are of high technical competence and knowledge of their fields, and there is a major opportunity to build a high-performing team in KPOD and make a difference to the region and the country, as well as contribute significant value to BP.
  

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Travel Requirement:

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Data Analysis, Geomechanical analysis, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir geomechanics, Resource, Reserves Estimation and Storage Volume Assessment, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Well and Area Performance Management, Wellbore geomechanics

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Future Location Notice:  This role will start in Sunbury, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in Sunbury, including this one, expected to relocate around Q4 2027-Q1 2028. This presents an exciting opportunity for all employees and leaders to come together in one London location. The specific date of the move will be confirmed closer to the time.

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