Job Description

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies. Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices.

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

This position will be filled on a local employment contract basis, requiring candidates to have the legal right to work in the specified location. Please note that relocation support is not provided for this role.

Purpose of the role:

• Accountable for safe, reliable and efficient field operations within our JV, ensuring production targets, asset integrity, HSEQ requirements and business objectives are achieved.
• Provides overall field leadership across Operations, Maintenance, Wells, HSEQ and support functions to deliver safe production and protect long-term asset value.
• Acts as the senior field representative, driving safety culture, operational discipline, people development, risk management and effective stakeholder relationships.

Critical Responsibilities (MAE/MATTE/HSES*):

• Promote Harbour Energy process safety, HSE and operational standards across the JV and provide visible HSES leadership in all field activities.
• Ensure MAE/MATTE, process safety, asset integrity and environmental risks are identified, assessed, controlled, monitored and supported by effective safety-critical barriers.
• Ensure compliance with company HSES requirements, legislation, procedures and approved risk controls through site presence, inspections, audits and performance reviews.
• Maintain effective emergency preparedness and response capability, including drills, exercises and response to significant operational events.
• Ensure incidents, near misses and deviations are reported, investigated and closed out, and stop or suspend work where unacceptable HSES or operational risks exist.
  
  

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

• Safety, HSEQ & Process Safety: Lead HSEQ and process safety performance, maintain a strong safety culture, ensure compliance with JV/shareholder standards and regulations, manage major accident hazards and safety-critical elements, and drive emergency preparedness, assurance and incident learning.
• Production & Operational Performance: Accountable for safe, reliable production delivery, integrated production planning, operational optimization, loss reduction and coordination with wells, subsurface, maintenance, projects, engineering, commercial teams and external production stakeholders.
• Asset Integrity & Reliability: Ensure field assets remain safe, reliable and fit for purpose through risk-based integrity management, preventive and corrective maintenance, reliability improvement, assurance and integration of maintenance and inspection into operating plans.
• Operational Planning & Shutdowns: Lead major shutdowns, campaigns, projects, start-ups and tie-ins with robust planning, risk management, resource coordination, cost and schedule discipline, safe return to service and lessons learned.
• Business & Financial Management: Support OPEX/CAPEX budgeting, cost control, resource and contract efficiency, forecasting, business planning and decisions that balance short-term production with long-term asset value.
• Leadership & People Development: Lead a high-performing, safety-focused field organization by setting clear accountabilities, developing national staff and future leaders, maintaining competence and training, and ensuring effective workforce planning and field coverage.
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement: Drive improvement in safety, production, reliability, cost and efficiency through standardized work processes, operational discipline, performance data, risk communication, best-practice sharing and implementation of company initiatives.
• Projects, Wells & Change Management: Provide operational input and field readiness for drilling, workovers, interventions, modifications, commissioning and change activities, ensuring risks are assessed and disruption is minimized.
• Stakeholder & Joint Venture Management: Act as senior field representative with partners, authorities, contractors and suppliers, ensuring clear reporting, aligned priorities, effective communication and timely escalation of operational, HSEQ, production or business risks.

Critical Skills*, Qualifications, Experience, etc.:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in upstream Oil & Gas operations, production facilities, or gas processing operations.
• Significant leadership experience in field or plant operations, including experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven experience in production operations, asset integrity, maintenance, HSEQ, shutdowns, and operational risk management.
• Experience in managing major operational activities, projects, start-ups, shutdowns, or well-related activities is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of process safety, risk management, emergency response, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in budget management and operational cost control.
• Experience working in a JV, multicultural, and multi-disciplinary environment is preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
  
  

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com