Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Engineering - Civil & Construction
Company Industry
Oil & Gas / Energy
Job purpose
To oversee all aspects of frac water sourcing, treatment, and transfer across the field, as well as sand management and civil engineering tasks associated with hydraulic fracturing operations. This includes the construction of water pits, development of access roads, and execution of civil works for frac site preparation. The role emphasizes ensuring operations are conducted safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with ADNOC's high standards and regulatory requirements.
Key accountabilities
Job specific:
Plan the drilling and completion of shallow wells and coordinate sourcing from alternative water sources such as deep wells, refinery treated water, and seawater.
Supervise water H2S treatment operations to ensure treated water meets required quality KPIs and volume targets for frac operations.
Supervise water recycling treatments to ensure recycled water meets required quality KPIs.
Supervise the installation and the operation of the electrical submersible pumps, manage fuel logistics and ensure pumps operate within a safe operating envelope.
Oversee water transfer logistics from multiple sources to frac sites, ensuring continuous and uninterrupted supply.
Coordinate with all vendors, production operations teams, technical teams, and other stakeholders to align water and sand sourcing and usage plans.
Forecast water production schedules and manage storage caravans for water equipment and chemicals to support operational readiness.
Coordinate with suppliers and security stakeholders (e.g., CICPA, ADNOC Security) to ensure timely and secure delivery of proppant to frac sites.
Supervise on-site sand storage, handling, and inventory control, ensuring efficient use and minimal downtime or spillage.
Monitor sand transfer systems (e.g., conveyors, blowers) and enforce safe handling practices to ensure operational continuity.
Oversee civil works including construction of frac sites, access roads, and water pits, ensuring compliance with engineering drawings, QA/QC standards, and ADNOC specifications.
Ensure safe and timely movement of heavy equipment by maintaining access roads and supervising subcontractor performance against schedule.
Generic:
Generic accountabilities
Supervision
Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
Budgets
Provide input for preparation of the department/section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
Policies, systems, processes & procedures
Implement approved department/section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the section’s work programs in line with company and international standards.
Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.
Performance management
Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the department/section in line with the company performance framework.
Innovation and continuous improvement
Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
Health, safety, environment (HSE) and sustainability
Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practice.
Participate in emergency response duties as a team member.
Be familiar with the ADNOC HSE Recognition and Accountability Framework requirements. Comply with all applicable HSE requirements at all times. Exercise the STOP Work Authority bestowed if any unsafe act or situation puts you or your colleagues at risk.
Reports
Provide inputs to prepare section MIS and progress reports for company management.
Communication & working relationship
Internal: Regular contacts with assets and functions.
External:
Communicate with security stakeholders (e.g., CICPA, ADNOC Security) to ensure timely material logistics to the frac sites.
Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills
Minimum qualification
Technical diploma or degree in engineering or related field.
Minimum experience & knowledge & skills
Minimum 5 years of experience in oil & gas field operations.
Experience with electrical submersible pumps and transfer pumps is highly desired.
About the Company
We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.
We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.
Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.
Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.
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