About this role
The Data Manager will govern and manage the technical subsurface and petroleum engineering data, ensuring its quality, integrity, security, accessibility and lifecycle management to support upstream studies, regulatory obligations and business decisions. The role is with WAEP, an indigenous energy company focusing on exploration, development and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa, headquartered in Lagos.
What you would do
- Develop and implement technical data-management standards, procedures, workflows and governance controls.
- Manage subsurface data including seismic, well, log, core, production, reservoir, interpretation and related technical datasets.
- Ensure accurate loading, indexing, classification, versioning, storage, retrieval and archiving of technical data.
- Maintain data quality through validation, reconciliation, metadata management and periodic quality-control reviews.
- Administer or support technical data repositories, databases and applications used by subsurface teams.
- Control data access and support compliance with information-security, confidentiality and data-retention requirements.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Management, Geoscience, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Relevant data-management, information-governance or technical application certification is an added advantage.
- Minimum 8-12 years' relevant experience in technical data management, preferably within upstream oil and gas.
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