Plant Manager
Plant Manager
Location: Port Harcourt.
Role Purpose
The Plant Manager holds overall leadership and operational accountability for the Liquid Mud Plant facility. This strategic role directs all plant operations, health and safety, quality assurance, asset preservation, maintenance scheduling, and service delivery. By instilling a culture of ownership, customer focus, and continuous improvement, the Plant Manager optimizes Cost of Service Delivery (COSD), enforces zero non-compliance, guarantees zero cost of poor quality, eliminates facility downtime, and ensures full compliance with all client micro LMP service level agreements.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Maintain complete operational integrity and health, safety, and environmental (HSE) integrity across the entire plant facility.
- Optimize Cost of Service Delivery (COSD) through operational efficiency, waste reduction, and strategic resource allocation.
- Maintain a complete activity pipeline and operational forecasting in business systems to align plant capacity with customer demands.
- Lead, mentor, and direct the plant leadership team, driving a corporate culture of ownership, accountability, leadership, and teamwork.
- Oversee asset integrity and asset preservation strategies, ensuring preventive and scheduled maintenance budgets are executed efficiently.
- Act as the primary focal point for key customer operations leads, ensuring high customer focus and seamless service delivery.
- Ensure zero non-compliance with local laws, environmental standards, corporate policies, and client contractual terms.
- Guarantee zero cost of poor quality across all fluid manufacturing, storage, and dispatch operations.
- Monitor plant performance against micro LMP service level agreements, driving corrective actions when deviations occur.
- Manage plant capital and operational budgets, procurement strategies, and vendor service agreements.
- Demonstrate high adaptability in guiding the plant through market shifts, rapid operational expansions, or client emergencies.
Education & Work Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, or Business Management.
- Minimum 10+ years of progressive oilfield services experience, with at least 3–5 years in a plant management or operational leadership role.
Competency & Skill Requirements
- Exceptional strategic leadership, change management, and executive communication abilities.
- Strong financial acumen (P&L oversight, COSD optimization, budget management).
- Comprehensive technical expertise in drilling/completion fluid plant operations, maintenance, and quality management.
- High adaptability, decision-making speed, and crisis management capability.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Zero Non-Compliance:Zero regulatory fines, zero lost-time injuries (LTIs), and 100% audit compliance.
- Zero Cost of Poor Quality:Overarching facility quality rating of 99%+ with zero major client product rejections.
- Plant Uptime & Asset Integrity:Maintain overall plant operational uptime of >98% with 100% execution of maintenance plans.
- Micro LMP SLAs:100% compliance with client service level agreements across all active contracts.
- Financial Performance:Achieve target Cost of Service Delivery (COSD) savings and budget efficiency targets.