Operation Manager - Well testing

Weatherford; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Weatherford is seeking a senior operations leader to drive testing services, optimize profitability, and ensure high-quality delivery worldwide. You will manage strategic plans, pricing, resource planning, and stakeholder engagement while mentoring teams across functions.

The role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement, with responsibilities spanning budget control, contracts, and customer relationships to maximize value for clients and Weatherford.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10 to 15 years of Oil & Gas operations experience.
• Minimum 5 years in Testing, Well Testing, Production Testing, Flowback, Surface Well Testing, or related intervention services.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership or management role with direct responsibility for personnel, operational execution, and financial performance.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and field operations.

Responsibilities

• Align operational activities with strategic service goals and business objectives.
• Maintain regular communication with leadership, highlighting opportunities, risks, and operational challenges.
• Support execution of operational improvement initiatives and long-term growth plans.
• Review financial performance against forecast and budget and implement corrective actions when required.
• Analyze trends, variances, costs, revenue, and gross margin performance.
• Recommend workforce and organizational structure adjustments based on activity levels and business requirements.
• Approve operational expenditures and monitor budget compliance.
• Review contracts to maximize revenue and minimize commercial leakage.
• Drive upselling opportunities and margin improvement initiatives.
• Oversee delivery ticket creation and support timely invoice and cash collection.
• Monitor forecasting accuracy, DSO, DTI, disputed invoices, revenue accruals, and forecast performance.
• Lead operational execution, resource planning, personnel utilization, and asset utilization.
• Manage inventory levels, storage, preservation, maintenance, and deployment of assets.
• Conduct inventory audits and cycle counts to ensure stock accuracy.
• Collaborate with global teams to improve demand forecasting and resource planning.
• Monitor R&M cycle time, inventory turns, overtime, asset utilization, and DSI performance.
• Lead operational readiness and deployment of new testing technologies.
• Support field trials, technology qualification programs, and launch plans.
• Optimize resource allocation for new technology implementation.
• Drive revenue growth through adoption of new technologies and services.
• Act as the primary operational interface with customers.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer management.

Skills

Strategic planning

Financial mgmt

Workforce planning

Inventory management

Demand forecasting

Testing deployment

CRM & engagement

HSE compliance

Risk & RCAs

Continuous improvement

Quality standards

Leadership

KPI management

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Lead Testing operations by ensuring safe, efficient, profitable, and high-quality service delivery while developing people, customers, technology, and operational performance.

Job Overview

Lead Testing operations by ensuring safe, efficient, profitable, and high-quality service delivery while developing people, customers, technology, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Align operational activities with strategic service goals and business objectives.
• Maintain regular communication with leadership, highlighting opportunities, risks, and operational challenges.
• Support execution of operational improvement initiatives and long-term growth plans.
• Review financial performance against forecast and budget and implement corrective actions when required.
• Analyze trends, variances, costs, revenue, and gross margin performance.
• Recommend workforce and organizational structure adjustments based on activity levels and business requirements.
• Approve operational expenditures and monitor budget compliance.
• Review contracts to maximize revenue and minimize commercial leakage.
• Drive upselling opportunities and margin improvement initiatives.
• Oversee delivery ticket creation and support timely invoice and cash collection.
• Monitor forecasting accuracy, DSO, DTI, disputed invoices, revenue accruals, and forecast performance.
• Lead operational execution, resource planning, personnel utilization, and asset utilization.
• Manage inventory levels, storage, preservation, maintenance, and deployment of assets.
• Conduct inventory audits and cycle counts to ensure stock accuracy.
• Collaborate with global teams to improve demand forecasting and resource planning.
• Monitor R&M cycle time, inventory turns, overtime, asset utilization, and DSI performance.
• Lead operational readiness and deployment of new testing technologies.
• Support field trials, technology qualification programs, and launch plans.
• Optimize resource allocation for new technology implementation.
• Drive revenue growth through adoption of new technologies and services.
• Act as the primary operational interface with customers.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer management.
• Work closely with Sales and Technical Sales teams on market growth opportunities.
• Review tenders, bids, and commercial proposals from an operational perspective.
• Promote collaboration between Sales, Service Quality, and Operations.
• Drive customer satisfaction and service excellence.
• Ensure full compliance with HSE regulations, company policies, and local legal requirements.
• Lead incident investigations, JHAs, RCAs, safety meetings, and risk mitigation activities.
• Promote Stop Work Authority and injury prevention campaigns.
• Monitor operational reports, equipment performance, and service execution metrics.
• Respond quickly to operational disruptions and equipment failures.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, efficiency, and service quality.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, SOPs, quality plans, and end-of-well reporting requirements.
• Manage Management of Change (MOC) processes and corrective/preventive actions.
• Monitor operational KPIs including NPT, IFD, LTIR, PVIR, TRIR, HSE engagement, and compliance performance.
• Monitor team performance and provide coaching, guidance, and feedback.
• Ensure personnel training, competency, and qualification requirements are achieved.
• Assign responsibilities and oversee daily operational activities.
• Conduct performance reviews and implement development plans.
• Support succession planning, mentoring, and career progression initiatives.
• Develop training and competency plans for new and developing employees.
• Monitor mandatory training completion, competency compliance, and localization programs.
• Drive employee engagement, retention, and organizational capability development.

Skills

• Strategic planning and operational execution.
• Financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and margin optimization.
• Workforce planning and organizational effectiveness.
• Inventory management, asset utilization, and lean operations.
• Demand forecasting and resource planning.
• Testing technology deployment and operational readiness.
• Customer relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
• Tender, bid, and commercial proposal review.
• HSE leadership and regulatory compliance.
• Incident investigation, risk assessment, JHAs, RCAs, and MOC processes.
• Continuous improvement, reliability, and service quality management.
• Quality standards, SOP compliance, and operational reporting.
• Leadership, coaching, mentoring, and team development.
• Performance management, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• KPI management, including revenue, gross margin, forecast accuracy, customer satisfaction, personnel utilization, inventory performance, DSO, DTI, safety, and competency compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or any related field.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant Oil & Gas operations experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Testing, Well Testing, Production Testing, Flowback, Surface Well Testing, or related intervention services.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership or management role with direct responsibility for personnel, operational execution, and financial performance.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and field operations.

About Us

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Join Us

Weatherford is producing energy for today and tomorrow- with global opportunities as unlimited as your sense of adventure. Join us to make an impact on our customers, the industry, and the world.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.