About the Role
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP), a leading indigenous energy company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, is seeking a talented Wells Planning Engineer to join our dynamic upstream team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in developing integrated well plans, schedules, cost estimates, and execution readiness requirements to support safe, efficient drilling, completion, intervention, and abandonment activities across our operations.
Key Responsibilities- Develop integrated well activity plans and detailed execution schedules in collaboration with Wells and asset teams.
- Coordinate technical inputs for well design, sequencing, logistics, contracting, and operational readiness.
- Maintain well planning assumptions, time estimates, cost forecasts, and look-ahead plans.
- Identify critical-path activities, schedule risks, and readiness gaps, coordinating effective mitigation actions.
- Support preparation and assurance of well programmes, decision-gate documentation, and execution readiness reviews.
- Integrate rig vessel, materials, personnel, and service-company requirements into robust, executable plans.
- Track planning milestones and report deviations, constraints, and recovery actions to management.
- Support annual Wells work programmes, budgets, and campaign planning while maintaining performance benchmarks.
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 8-12 years of relevant upstream oil and gas experience with substantial wells planning and execution exposure.
- Proven proficiency in recognized planning and scheduling tools.
- Project management certification is an added advantage.
- Strong expertise in integrated well planning, scheduling, critical-path analysis, and cost-time estimation.
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus structure.
- Comprehensive medical and health insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Opportunities for professional development, continuous training, and career advancement.
- Pension scheme and competitive retirement benefits in line with Nigerian industry standards.