Offshore Petroleum Wells Lead
Offshore Petroleum Wells Lead
Starting Salary: £57,716 – £86,131 (plus 25% market supplement) – dependent on skills and experience.
Salary package also includes:
- Eligibility for a 25% taxable gratuity
- Flights package for you and any accompanying dependents
- 41 days paid leave (includes Public and Government Holidays)
- Relocation allowance to help with moving costs.
- Government housing for rent and a starter pack to help you settle in.
- A stimulating and supportive setting to work in and a unique and beautiful setting to live in.
The post is for a fixed term of up to four years in the first instance with the possibility of extension. Secondment and Interchange opportunities will be considered.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This truly is an exciting opportunity in an unparalleled location. We are looking for new team members to join us and be involved at this critical point as we finalise and implement our new regulatory framework and start regulating a live oil industry here in the islands.
The Falkland Islands Government has recently granted its first regulatory approval for a field development and production programme, which is expected to start producing oil in 2028. This is an unrivalled opportunity to make an impact as we start our journey as an oil-producing country.
THE ROLE
The Offshore Petroleum Wells Lead is responsible for regulatory oversight of all offshore petroleum activities associated with wells, including integrity, design, drilling operations, and decommissioning. The role involves assessing well designs, drilling programmes, suspension and decommissioning proposals, licence applications, technology plans and emergency response plans, with a strong emphasis on well integrity throughout the lifecycle of each well. The postholder will be the principal regulatory authority for wells, assessing, challenging, and recommending acceptance or refusal of well consents, drilling programmes, and decommissioning plans.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL:
- Have significant experience (10+ years) of industry experience in planning, delivery, operations and decommissioning of offshore oil and gas wells.
- Have a proven track record of analysing offshore wells plans and delivery, risks and performance, developing clear recommendations with supporting evidence.
- Have an excellent understanding of current well integrity and well abandonment best practice and well control processes
- Have demonstrable expertise in the complex technical and operation challenges associated with well design, integrity, and abandonment techniques
- Be proficient in risk assessment and mitigation strategies for well decommissioning, along with the key stages of planning and executing this work
- Have a degree in well engineering or other parallel technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Hold a valid IWCF level 4 accreditation and BOSIET (CA-EBS) and MIST certificates
- Hold an OEUK approved offshore workers medical examination
- Possess a valid driving licence.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates can download the job description and view further information from our online vacancy page.
For further information regarding the position please contact Megan Middleton, Human Resources Adviser, by emailing mmiddleton@sec.gov.fk or by calling (+500) 27260.
To apply, please complete our online application form from our vacancy page www.jobs.gov.fk, by clicking on 'Apply Now' and completing the form.
Timetable for Recruitment and Selection Process
Closing Date of Applications – 9 August 2026
Interviews – Week commencing 17 August 2026
ABOUT US
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG)
The Falkland Islands is a British Overseas Territory, with full internal self-government.
As the largest employer in the Falkland Islands, we offer many unique and fulfilling job opportunities, across the full spectrum of public services. Our responsibilities include those typically managed by central government – taxation, legislation and policy, as well as those usually managed on a local level such as town planning, health and social services, and education. FIG also provides services specific to the needs of the Falkland Islands, such as fisheries research, power generation and the Government Air Service, FIGAS.
For more information about working for Falkland Islands Government, take a look at our recruitment microsite: www.jobs.gov.fk
The Falkland Islands
Set in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles east of South America and 8,000 miles south-west of the UK, the Falkland Islands are a small, thriving community with a British way of life, benefiting from good local services, a varied social calendar and an absence of traffic jams!
The Falkland Islands’ stunning natural environment provides an unspoiled landscape and amazing wildlife to observe and explore, including penguins, whales and dolphins, all seen from the shore.
For those with a sense of adventure, it provides opportunities which are hard to match anywhere else in the world.
Salary range
- £57,716 - £86,131 per year