Job Description

For more than 40 years, the IOTA Group has been supporting clients in their international expansion by combining compliance, agility, and seamless local integration across more than 150 countries.

We provide tailored solutions that enable our clients to operate confidently across borders through our Employer of Record (EOR), technical consulting, global payroll, and international recruitment services.

What sets IOTA apart is the strength of its global network of 165,000 professionals, supported by a dedicated team driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Through our international subsidiaries, we combine global standards with deep local expertise, ensuring seamless and compliant operations wherever our clients do business.

At IOTA, trust is at the heart of everything we do. We build long-term partnerships based on transparency, reliability, and compliance, helping our clients achieve lasting success in their international growth.

• Lead safe and efficient day-to-day site operations and production activities.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, environmental, regulatory and company standards.
• Maintain site facilities, equipment and asset integrity.
• Deliver production targets while reducing downtime and production losses.
• Lead and manage multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
• Coordinate operations, maintenance, engineering, wells and project activities.
• Lead risk assessments, emergency response and incident management.
• Drive equipment reliability, operational improvements and cost optimisation.
• Manage site resources and OPEX effectively.
• Ensure clear communication, reporting and effective rotational handovers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of progressive upstream oil & gas operations experience
• Strong background covering production, maintenance and production technology.
• Previous senior site-based operational leadership experience as an OIM, Site Manager, Operations Superintendent, Production Superintendent or equivalent.
• Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary teams in remote or operationally complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve production objectives while maintaining high safety standards.
• Strong knowledge of production operations, optimisation, asset integrity and operational risk management.
• Experience managing emergency response activities and operational incidents.
• Track record of delivering reliability, operational improvement and cost-optimisation initiatives.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions and remain effective in high-pressure operational environments.
• Fluency in both English and French is essential.

Additional Information

• Position: Onshore Installation Manager / Site Manager
• Location: Gabon – site-based
• Rotation: 28 days on / 28 days off
• Employment: Full-time
• Sector: Upstream Oil & Gas