We are a leading Exploration & Production (E&P) company with active operatorship of prolific oil

blocks and oil and gas assets in Nigeria's Niger Delta area and we seek to engage experienced and resourcesful professionais to fill the position below:  Job Title: Project Coordinator (Upstream & Midstream Gas Development)

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time Job Summary

The Project Coordinator provides senior, day-to-day coordination of a portfolio of upstream and midstream gas project developments, translating the Project Director's direction and senior leadership decisions into disciplined execufion across all workstreams. The role requires sufficient technical grounding across the upstream value chain to engage credibly with subsurface, drilling and completions teams, sanity-check technical inputs and timelines, and identily and escalale risk early... acling, in effect, as a technically fuent right hand to the Project Director rather than a purely administrative coordinator.


Key Responsibilities

Own and maintain the master programme schedule, dependency map, and risk and issue log across all workstreams. Translate Project Director direction and senior leadership decisions into clear workstream actions, and track delivery agoinst them. Coordinate cross-functional working sessions across subsurface, chiling, facilities, commercial, regulatory, corporate and SSE, and drive timely resolution of interface issues between workstreams. Provide independent, technically informed sanity-checking of subsurface, drilling and completions inputs and timelines: flag technical risk or schedule optimism eary rather than simply reporting status. Prepare programme reporting materials, including status updates, steering committee packs and senior leadership briefings. Manage programme documentation and governance cadence - meetings, minutes, actions and decision logs - and oversee information and document management for the programme. Support the Project Director in stakeholder engagement, and act os a credible deputy in the Project Director's absence where required,


Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Geosciences or a related technical discipline. At least 15 years in the upstream oil & gas industry with hands-on experience across multiple stages of the value chain-. subsurface data acquisition and interpretation, criling and completions; production or facilities exposure is a plus. Prior experience in a senior project management. project controls, or programme corination role on a major upstream oil and gas development. including LNG projects. Demonstrated ability to operate as a technically credible second-in-command - able to challenge technical teams and independently idenlify risk, not simply track and report status. Strong organisational and reporting discipline, with experience using programme management fools and operating within formal governance structures.


Advantageous:

Prior ING project exposure. Experience operating within the Nigerian upstream regulatory and operating environment. Formal project management credentials (e.g. PMP,PRINCE) in addition to technical background.


Key Competencies:

Highly organised and detail-oriented. comfortable owning the operational 'engine room' of a complex. multi-workstream programme. Technical fluency and conficience to engage subsurface, drilling and completions specialists as a credible peer, not merely a scheduler of their time. Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to produce senior leadership-ready materiais. Sound discretion and judgement, able to operate close to sensitive commercial and governance maiters. A self-starter, comfortable with pace and ambiguity in an early-stage programme.


Application Closing Date

19th August, 2026. Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications, quoting relevant references, attaching Curriculum Vite and scanned passport-size photograph to: [Email hidden - Login to reveal] using the job title as the subject of the email.

Note: All applications will be treated in strict confidence and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Salary

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Monthly based

Location

 Lagos

Job Overview
Job Posted:
2 days ago
Job Expire:
1 week from now
Job Type
Full Time
Job Role
Entry level role
Education
BA/BSc/HND
Total Vacancies
Variable
Category
Engineering / Technical

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