Gas Assets Specialist - Business Planning

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 290,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Dubai seeks a Gas Assets Specialist - Business Planning to support management with analysis, budgeting, and strategic planning for upstream gas assets. The role emphasizes production delivery, asset optimization, and cost control to ensure compliance with HSE requirements.

The candidate will review asset plans, performance metrics, and budgets, advising on optimization opportunities and governance across gas assets to meet corporate objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in upstream gas asset planning and performance analysis is required.
• Ability to translate complex operational and financial data into concise management insights.
• Strong budgeting, financial planning, and cost-control skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate business issues affecting gas assets and recommend actions aligned with corporate objectives.
• Review asset performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and financials.
• Advise management on resource utilization and economic optimization across gas assets.
• Analyze operational, production, budget, and strategic performance information.
• Prepare regular updates on asset performance, expenditure, production, and optimization initiatives.
• Coordinate with finance, operations, planning, and technical teams to ensure consistent asset information.

Skills

Gas asset management

Upstream operations

Business planning

Strategic planning

Asset performance management

Production planning

Operations planning

Cost optimization

Expenditure monitoring

Budgeting

Financial planning

Concession governance

Management reporting

HSE compliance

Job description

Gas Assets Specialist - Business Planning Job Snapshot Role: Gas Assets Specialist - Business Planning Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Strategy/Planning Experience: Relevant upstream gas asset planning and performance experience required Job Type: Full-time

Gas Assets Specialist - Business Planning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on operations planning, asset performance, production delivery, budgeting, financial planning, concession governance, and strategic business support for upstream gas assets. The role provides management with structured analysis, recommendations, and performance insights to optimize resources, control expenditure, improve operational efficiency, and ensure delivery of production mandates with full HSE compliance.

Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Strategy/Planning Salary: 26000-40000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Gas Assets Specialist supports management decision-making across business planning, operations performance, production, expenditure, and strategic asset management. The position evaluates operational and financial information to ensure gas assets are managed in accordance with corporate objectives, concession requirements, approved budgets, and upstream production commitments. The role connects operational performance with business and financial planning, enabling management to identify production constraints, expenditure trends, optimization opportunities, and strategic actions. Its contribution supports efficient resource utilization, disciplined cost management, production target achievement, and long-term asset value.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate business issues affecting gas assets and recommend actions aligned with corporate objectives.
• Review asset performance and identify opportunities to improve operational and financial efficiency.
• Advise management on resource utilization and economic optimization across gas assets.
• Analyze operational, production, budget, and strategic performance information.
• Provide comprehensive feedback to Gas Assets management on business and operational performance.
• Assess requirements raised by internal and external stakeholders and incorporate them into asset planning activities.
• Prepare regular updates covering asset performance, expenditure progress, production delivery, and optimization initiatives.
• Monitor performance against approved gas production targets and identify potential delivery gaps.
• Highlight production risks, constraints, and emerging issues requiring management attention.
• Develop recommendations supporting achievement of upstream gas production mandates.
• Provide management with business options related to operations, production, performance improvement, and asset optimization.
• Review gas asset operating plans to ensure alignment with approved objectives and corporate requirements.
• Review production work plans and assess their ability to support required production targets.
• Evaluate capital and operating budgets and recommend adjustments where necessary.
• Review asset-led evaluations and provide recommendations in line with ADNOC interests and guidelines.
• Analyze annual business plans and ensure operational, financial, and strategic assumptions are appropriately integrated.
• Coordinate inputs required for annual business and financial planning cycles.
• Review expenditure forecasts and compare actual performance against approved budgets.
• Identify significant cost deviations and recommend corrective measures.
• Support development of cost optimization initiatives without compromising production, integrity, or HSE requirements.
• Evaluate alternative operational and investment scenarios to support management decisions.
• Support concession governance through structured performance, planning, and business analysis.
• Maintain visibility of key asset commitments, production obligations, expenditure plans, and strategic priorities.
• Coordinate with finance, operations, production, planning, and technical teams to ensure consistent asset information.
• Consolidate business and operational inputs from relevant functions for management review.
• Support preparation of asset performance dashboards and management reporting.
• Monitor strategic initiatives and provide updates on implementation progress.
• Analyze trends affecting gas asset performance and recommend practical improvement opportunities.
• Support resource planning to ensure efficient allocation of people, budget, and operational capacity.
• Contribute to business cases, strategic reviews, and management presentations.
• Ensure planning assumptions reflect current operational realities and business priorities.
• Support management in balancing production, expenditure, operational efficiency, and long-term asset value.
• Track delivery of agreed optimization initiatives and quantify their operational or financial impact.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, forecasting accuracy, and performance monitoring.
• Maintain alignment between asset-level plans and broader upstream business objectives.
• Support timely escalation of material operational, production, financial, or strategic issues.
• Ensure all recommendations and planning activities maintain full compliance with HSE requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of gas asset planning and performance management processes.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should have strong experience in upstream oil and gas operations, asset planning, production performance, business planning, financial analysis, budgeting, or strategic asset management. A practical understanding of gas production operations and the relationship between production targets, operating plans, capital expenditure, operating expenditure, resource utilization, and business performance is important. Candidates should be capable of reviewing complex operational and financial information and converting it into concise management recommendations and decision-support material. Experience working with asset management teams, finance functions, production operations, strategic planning teams, and senior management will be particularly relevant. The position requires strong analytical capability, commercial awareness, planning discipline, and the ability to evaluate multiple business scenarios while maintaining alignment with corporate objectives and HSE requirements.

Skills Set

• Gas asset management
• Upstream operations
• Business planning
• Strategic planning
• Asset performance management
• Production planning
• Gas production
• Production performance
• Operations planning
• Asset optimization
• Business analysis
• Financial planning
• Budgeting
• Capital expenditure
• Operating expenditure
• Cost optimization
• Expenditure monitoring
• Business forecasting
• Performance analysis
• Resource optimization
• Concession governance
• Asset economics
• Management reporting
• Performance dashboards
• Business plans
• Financial plans
• Production targets
• Strategic initiatives
• Scenario analysis
• Decision support
• Stakeholder management
• Management presentations
• Performance monitoring
• HSE compliance
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This opportunity provides experienced upstream professionals with exposure to the commercial, operational, financial, and strategic dimensions of major gas assets. The role offers direct involvement in production delivery, business planning, budget management, optimization initiatives, and management decision support within a large Oil and Energy environment. It is particularly suitable for professionals who want to combine operational understanding with strategic analysis and influence how gas assets are planned, funded, optimized, and managed for sustainable long-term performance.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is one of the world 's leading integrated energy organizations, with extensive upstream oil and gas operations across the United Arab Emirates. Its gas assets support domestic energy requirements and broader production objectives through disciplined operations planning, performance management, investment control, resource optimization, and long-term strategic development.