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Well Planning Engineer at WAEP – Lagos
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is recruiting a Well Planning Engineer in Lagos. The role coordinates integrated well schedules, budgets, logistics and operational readiness for drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment programmes.
Department: Wells. Reports to: Wells Manager / EGM Wells.
Role Purpose
- Develop integrated well plans, schedules, cost estimates and execution readiness requirements to support safe and efficient delivery of drilling completion, intervention and abandonment activities.
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.
- Develop and maintain well planning assumptions, time estimates, cost forecasts and look-ahead plans.
- Identify critical-path activities, schedule risks and readiness gaps and coordinate 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 executable plans.
- Track planning milestones and report deviations, constraints and recovery actions.
- Support annual Wells work programmes, budgets and campaign planning.
- Maintain planning records, lessons learned and performance benchmarks for continuous improvement.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Safe and timely delivery of assigned activities
- Compliance with planned maintenance/well execution schedules
- Quality and accuracy of technical documentation and reporting
- Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable
- HSE and regulatory compliance
- Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
- 8-12 years’ relevant upstream oil and gas experience with substantial wells planning/execution exposure.
- Proficiency in recognized planning/scheduling tools; project management certification is an added advantage.
Core Competencies
- Integrated well planning
- Scheduling and critical-path analysis
- Cost and time estimation Operational readiness
- Risk management
- Wells logistics integration
- Performance reporting
- Multidisciplinary coordination
How to apply
Send your CV to the recruitment email address for this position.
Email subject
Well Planning Engineer Application
Closing date
20 October 2026
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Email your application to careers@waepco.com.
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About the employer
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission under RC 1173358. Its stated strategic partnership comprises Dangote Exploration Assets Limited (80%), Dansa Energy Resources Limited (5%) and First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (15%).
In 2015, WAEP acquired a 45% working interest in OML 71 and OML 72 from the SPDC joint venture. It operates the offshore blocks, south of Bonny Island, for the WAEP–NNPC joint venture. The discovered fields named for OML 72 are Kalaekule, KD, Koronama, Kugbe, KL, KQ and Kappa; OML 71 includes KI and KI South.
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