SURF Shore Pull Lead at an Undisclosed Oil & Gas Operator via IOTA Group – Port Harcourt

An upstream oil and gas operator is recruiting a SURF Shore Pull Lead in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The role will lead civil-engineering and construction planning for shore-pull activities, coordinate contractor readiness and support safe execution across project interfaces.

H3SE and compliance

• Demonstrate strong H3SE leadership and implement applicable H3SE rules and requirements within the area of responsibility.
• Promote the company’s ethics and Code of Conduct and support the Anti-Corruption Programme within the team.
• Verify that contractors understand and follow H3SE requirements and safe-working practices throughout the project.

Primary responsibilities

• Review and validate the shore-pull execution philosophy and civil-engineering basis, including temporary works, access and laydown areas, beach preparation, pulling pads, winch foundations, trenching, backfilling, pipe supports, beach-crossing constraints, contingencies and site readiness.
• Review the EPC contractor’s execution approach, construction sequence, subcontracting strategy, resources, schedule assumptions and principal execution risks.
• Review tender documents, technical proposals, deviations and clarifications covering shore-pull civil works, temporary works, subcontractor capability, construction methodology and readiness requirements.
• Lead the review and validation of shore-pull civil-engineering and construction deliverables issued by the EPC contractor and its subcontractors.
• Ensure that the EPC contractor mobilises a competent shore-pull or civil-works subcontractor with suitable experience, supervision, personnel, equipment, consumables, HSE resources and logistical support.
• Review method statements, execution plans, construction procedures, inspection and test plans, lifting and pulling procedures, temporary-works designs, risk assessments and readiness dossiers.
• Verify subcontractor readiness before mobilisation, including organisation, manpower, equipment, maintenance, specialist competencies, emergency arrangements and site supervision.
• Validate temporary civil works such as access roads, laydown areas, pulling pads, winch foundations, anchor blocks, rollers, pipe supports, trench stability and beach-crossing preparation.
• Attend site during shore-pull preparation and execution to monitor approved procedures, resolve construction issues and support safe site decisions.
• Coordinate marine, pipeline, onshore construction, HSE, QA/QC and operations interfaces and ensure that issues are closed before execution.
• Challenge assumptions relating to construction sequence, resources, weather and tidal constraints, contingencies and critical-path activities.
• Participate in constructability and readiness reviews, site inspections, HSE workshops, risk assessments, lifting and pulling reviews, toolbox preparation and pre-start verification.
• Report progress, critical issues, technical risks, subcontractor performance and required decisions to the SURF Package Manager and project stakeholders.

Project and package support

• Manage shore-pull interfaces with pipeline design, marine operations, onshore construction, civil subcontractors, HSE, QA/QC, field operations, authorities and local stakeholders.
• Support interface clarification with geotechnical, environmental, permitting, logistics, procurement, fabrication, installation and operations teams.
• Review technical documents required by partners, authorities, certifying bodies, marine warranty surveyors or third-party approvers where applicable.
• Anticipate civil-works, temporary-works, access, subcontractor and site-readiness issues that may affect other packages, schedule, cost, HSE or operational integrity, and propose mitigation actions.

Qualifications and experience

• University degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Fifteen years of civil-engineering or professional experience.
• Ten years of experience within projects and project management.
• Strong project-management and contractor-management capability.
• Excellent knowledge of civil engineering, temporary works and shore-pull construction management.
• Strong method-statement review, execution-planning, subcontractor-readiness and site-supervision experience.

Applicants must be Nigerian nationals.