🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Vagan Oil & Gas Limited – 5 Positions

Job Title: HSE Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety regulations
• Identify hazards and conduct risk assessments
• Train staff on safety practices
• Investigate and report incidents

Requirements

• B.Sc in Public Health, Chemistry, Engineering or any other related field
• 3-5 years experience
• Experience in dealing with IOC's
• Good Interpersonal relationships
• Oil and gas experience is a must.

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: info@vagangroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Job Title: Pipeline Surveillance Support Personnel

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• Collate, process information streams by conducting analysis and facilitating information sharing with appropriate parties in preventing, intervening/aversions, and responding to crude oil theft-related crimes and incidents.

Principal Accountabilities

• Reports to Head of Availability and RoW Management
• HSE
• UA/UC Reporting - Knowledge
• ILSR - Awareness
• Goal Zero - Awareness
• Technical
• Data gathering and analysis – Mastery
• Maintain database and conduct trend analysis - Knowledge
• Operation of digital cameras with integrated GPS - Knowledge
• Operations of video systems - Knowledge
• Operations of Infra-red (both automatic and hand-held) systems – Knowledge
• Capability in the use of cutting-edge IT & Geomatic Tools Resource - Skill
• Incidents investigation and security intelligence coordination – Knowledge
• Strong communication (verbal and written), presentation, and visualization skills to develop reports and presentations - Knowledge

Additional Information:

• Possess recent T-BOSIET or HUET certification
• Awareness of the geography of SPDC operations assets – East & West.
• Pipelines & their RoWs – East & West
• Has good relational abilities – requirements to ensure cordial working relationships with the flight crew.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, team-based environment
• Support assets and projects Physical Asset Verifications (PAV) exercise.
• Has excellent analytical skills and appreciates a technical challenge.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Effective management and prioritizing multiple tasks.

Key Challenges:

• Long flying hours and screen time.
• Work Cycle
• The work location is mostly office-based.
• There is, however possibility for periodical visits to remote facilities accessible via land transport, helicopter or boat, as business demands.
• Personnel shall manage their own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers, as approved by the Client.

Requirements
Academics:

• Candidate should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Work Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in data management and not prone to Acrophobia, hypsophobia due to space and motion discomfort.
• Key Interfaces: IT, Pipeline RoW, SOC/Security
• Technology Platforms
• MS Office suite of applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc)

Professional Certifications:

• Data analytics, environmental health and safety management, engineering, or relevant studies.
• Technical Skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: info@vagangroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Job Title: Supervisor (Operations, Maintenance, Contract Engineer) (PACO) – North Bank Node

Location: Nigeria

Roles and Responsibilities
The personnel will be responsible for the following:

• Apply the emergency response procedure where and when necessary.
• Report and close out Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Conditions
• Serves as permit to work signatory and administer safe system of work.
• Apply the Health Safety Security and Environment policy, legislation applicable to crude oil transfer and export.
• Carry out first line maintenance on the instrumentation systems on pumps, motors, separators, and valves.
• Adhere to plant operating procedures.
• Execute daily communication and Shift handover.
• Prepare equipment for maintenance interventions plant isolation etc.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to execute planned activities.
• Collaborate with Plant operators to execute front line maintenance activities in the plant.
• Supervise the activities of the frontline maintenance team.
• Troubleshooting of safety critical equipment and control/safeguarding system.
• Supporting the production staff in maintaining facilities.
• Assist the maintenance team to cope with high number of activities to sustain asset integrity/equipment availability.
• Assist to ensure Technical Integrity and safe operation of new process & utility system to achieve the facility’s objectives.
• Identify any area of new facilities requiring Change Control and document the change proposal.
• Provide specification for critical spare/or replacement with vendor details (e.g. Hard disc for compressor control, etc)
• Review operating/maintenance procedure under current reality and propose changes.
• Develop (Maintenance Job Routines) MJRs/maintenance procedures and work packs.
• Identify vendor support requirement for equipment maintenance.
• Provide technical support in repairing outstanding mal-functioning equipment (e.g. crude transfer pumps etc)
• Liaison with OEMs for trouble shooting, spare parts, field technical supports etc.
• Support the maintenance (operation) team in all trouble shooting exercises.
• Carryout maintenance routine activities in line with company standards, local and international standards.
• Participate in equipment failure RCA (Root Cause Analysis), investigation and improvement initiatives.
• Participation in MFI (Management Facility Inspections) and HSE meetings
• Close out assigned MFI/audit actions and other assignments for continuous improvements (AMS process application: RCAs, MTO, MEC etc.) as exigent.

Minimum Requirements

• OND / HND / University degree in Instrumentation, Electrical, Electronics Engineering or sciences with a minimum of 10 years work experience in instrumentation, control and automation (PACO) systems engineering and maintenance in the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum of 4years in a Supervisory role.
• PACO field supervisor must have skill level competence in DCS(DeltaV)/SIS(HIMA)/Fieldbus instrumentation systems engineering and maintenance; Allen
• Bradley Systems engineering and maintenance; SMART Systems engineering and maintenance.
• Ability to read and interpret as-built drawings (PEFS, P&IDs, C&E etc)
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, and word)
• Problem-solving and good analytical skills.
• Knowledge of Process and Personal safety
• T_BOSIET certification

Skills (Added advantage):

• Experience in operations/maintenance of export and booster compressors (eg Siemens) and Solar Turbines
• Prior work experience in a Renaissance production facility (PACO discipline) will be an added advantage.

Soft Skills:

• Onsite Hazards identification and Risk assessment capability.
• Problem-solving and good analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
• Ability to multitask effectively.
• Good team player
• Ability to work under pressure with resilience
• Good organizational skills
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision.

Work Cycle:

• The work location is North Bank node and accessible via water and Air.
• The job activity period is daily on 12 hours (7am to 7pm) routine over a 21-day period.
• There is a standard 3weeks on and 3weeks off schedule.
• The successful candidate will manage own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers.
• There may be need for periodic visits to Shell industrial area for training and official assignments.
• Personnel may be required to work extended hours as need may arise.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: info@vagangroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Job Title: Senior Supervisor (Operations / Maintenance / Contract Engineer)

Location: Lagos

Roles and Responsibilities

• He/she will be responsible for the following:
• Lead a team of field personnel (and vendors) to deliver simple and complex activities at work site
• Manage the shutdown permit and isolation management process.
• Apply the emergency response procedure where and when necessary.
• Report and close out UA/UC.
• Serves as PTW signatory.
• Apply the HSSE policy, legislations applicable to crude oil transfer and export.
• Adhere to operational procedures.
• Monitor, control and record production rates and performance.
• Start-up and commissioning of facilities.
• Perform daily first line monitoring of process parameters and variables.
• Participate in Daily notification and YTT review meeting
• Ensure optimized chemical injection rates are followed as advised.
• Prepare equipment for maintenance interventions
• Collaborate with other disciplines to execute planned activities.
• Supervise preparation of equipment for maintenance including isolation, draining, steaming, and other procedures as required.
• Follow-up Procurement for ordered spares and materials until delivery.
• Raise and achieve budgetary approval for procurement of materials and services.
• To enable the end-to-end process of material purchasing using Companies Material
• Management “ways of working” and manage the Requisition-to-Pay (RtP) Process.

Requirements
Academics:

• A higher qualification (Bachelor's Degree / HND / OND / IVQ LEVEL-5)

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years working as a Pipeline field operations or maintenance support
• Technician or permit coordinator in an oil and gas producing field location.
• Supervised at least 5 in-service Pipeline Repairs spanning Land, Swamp and Offshore

Terrain

• Key Interfaces: Pipeline RoW, SOC/Security, HSE team, Community Relations

Skills (Added advantage):

• Ability to read and interpret process engineering flow schemes (PEFS) and process documents.
• Skill level knowledge in running/managing in permit systems.
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft office tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
• Problem-solving and good analytical skills.
• Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision.
• Experience in leading and supervising others in field tasks.
• Experience in site project supervision and commissioning.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to understand and perform Pipeline operations/maintenance
• Ability to understand unit of various variables i.e., pressure, volume, flowrate etc.
• Onsite Hazards identification and Risk assessment capability.
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Problem-solving and good analytical skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: info@vagangroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Job Title: Instrument (PACO) Engineer, Maintenance - Level 2 (Senior Smartfield Engineer) - WRFM

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Purpose:

• Wellhead & APM data acquisition automation
• Pipeline manifolds pressure data acquisition automation
• Workflow automation, systems implementation, and data analysis

Dimensions:

• Ability to provide support and take up responsibilities in other aspect of WRFM Systems

Principal Accountabilities:

• The Smartfield & Technology is a multidisciplinary team with key focus on integration, realtime system deployment, RTO standard for projects, provision of technology governance, coordination of technology delivery via cadence, production surveillance, optimization, and technology arm of WRFM
• Installation of hardware and software
• Workflow mapping and change management
• Working hours is the standard Shell Working days and hours.

Key Interfaces:

• Pipeline Asset
• Asset PUMs and operations
• Wells Integrity, completion, and delivery team

Requirements
Academics:

• University degree in any physical sciences discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Physics)
• Masters is an added advantage

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in Oil & Gas/ Petrochemicals Industry Operations
• Technology Platforms (Added advantage)
• OSISoft PI knowledge
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Process, Automation, Control & Operations skilled
• Oil and Gas operations/maintenance experience

Professional Certifications:

• Instrumentation Control &Automation (IC&A) competencies
• Project Management will be an added advantage
• Technical/Leadership Skills

Project Management:

• Technical / Leadership Skills

Technical Competencies:

• Process, Automation, Control and Optimisation
• Experience in pipeline and wellhead operations will be an added advantage
• Excellent understanding of IT systems savvy and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.

Soft skills required:

• Problem-solving and good analytical skills
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills
• Ability to navigate the organizational functions and hierarchy to get things done
• Good understanding and utilization of design and system thinking
• Self—being authentic, open, flexible, and adaptable
• People—building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse stakeholders, and influencing people
• Results—taking initiative, managing execution, and focusing on performance
• Thought—understanding the business, ability to break complex problems to simple subsystems, able to create new and different solutions

Work Condition

• The work location is mostly office based.
• There will be periodic visits to shallow Offshores/Swamp and land field-based locations (East & West Shell facilities) accessible via the Helicopter, boat, land vehicle and as the business demands.
• Personnel shall manage own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers, as approved by Client.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application to: info@vagangroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.