Pragmatic Resource

Remove the frustrations of building Teams:
1) Struggling to attract the best candidates
2) Wasted interviews and tiring recruitment process
3) Candidate retention

Pragmatic Certified enables you to identify great candidates BEFORE you speak with them.

Interviews within 7 Days and a 12-month Guarantee

Partner | Life Sciences 

Hydrogen Group

Built out a Market Leading Recruitment team (Perm and Contract) in European Life Sciences Market. Quality, Engineering, Clinical & TechnicalOperations.

Manager - Life Sciences

Led a high performing team, providing interim recruitment solutions across EMEA region.

Team Leader

Senior Consultant

Supporting Leaders to Build Outstanding Clinical Operations Departments | Practical Recruitment. Life Changing Results

I'm a British business owner and entrepreneur, I run a life sciences recruitment business and an insect-powered pet treats business.

I love working with Innovative Companies! 

Most people have had shoddy recruitment experiences! 

We want to change that and provide a genuinely great level of service.

Pragmatic Certified is 20 years of experience, brand spanking new technology, and a laser focus on life sciences so we are networked.

It's to overcome the main problems our client faces.

Unsuitable candidates
Wasted 1st interviews and the process took too long
Rejected Offers
New Hires not lasting! 

We identify the superstar before you talk with them.

Oliver H.

Wellynx

Senior Drilling Supervisor

DAL Drilling Consultants

Consultancy services to the oil and gas industry as a Drilling Manager, Superintendent and Supervisor on/offshore - work in teams or individually as required, good listener, good people skills, try to get best from personnel working with me

Consultant Drilling  - Manager - Superintendent - Supervisor

ITB Competence Assurance Ltd

Competency assessments of marine and drilling crews on Stena drill ships in the Gulf of Mexico

Drilling competency assessor

Energean

•	Involved with small team of consultants – preparing tenders and documents for future campaign
•	Using Energean system to produce HSE and Rig tendering check lists
•	Using Energean system to create bridging documents for the campaign

Drilling Superintendent

QatarEnergy

Involved in QHSE with all, encourage participation from all, encourage following the life-saving rules of Qatar Energy
Abandon laterals on older wells, set whipstock and drill new horizontal lateral and complete same, over platform work
Carbonate reservoir drilling in Shuaiba, and Arab formations
Total loss zones, some H2S and depleted reservoirs
Removal of old completions and ESPs – running new completions once wells worked over and redrilled – some new ESP, some dry completions, some smart 
Working with team of DSVs, HSE, Completions, Geologists, logistics and office personnel to allow the smooth operation of the planned well(s)
Building a good working relationship with drilling contractor as new hired rig, went through commissioning plan during first trip to make sure all components of the HSE case were closed out 
Using Open-wells for daily reporting
Using Borr drilling BBS scheme for safety cards

Kuwait Oil Company

Based onshore (office and rig site) as a Senior Area Drilling Superintendent / Supervisor for Development Drilling & Work-over Group
Involved in QHSE with all, encourage participation from all
Working with expatriate and local Drilling Supervisors, introducing step changes, use of Open wells reporting system – for all team rigs in Kuwait (9-11 rigs in my team) – troubleshooting, overseeing issues and problems on all rigs as required 
Mentor and working with local Rig Operation Engineers, ex-pat Drilling Supervisors. Local and ex-pat office based Senior and Junior Drilling Engineers
Drilling horizontal and deviated wells through total loss zones and highly fractured carbonates – some H2S, using international and local rigs, using RSS drilling BHAs, Multi well pad drilling
Lots of stuck pipe potential, losses, total losses, well control issues
Multiple workover schemes of work, ESP removal and replacements, PCP pumps, perforation, cement squeeze, zonal isolation, injectors, producers, production wireline logging, Coiled Tubing

Due to Covid-19 pandemic working out of scheduled rotation

Senior Area Drilling Superintendent

Soco E&P Congo

Involved in QHSE with all on board, encourage participation from all
Working with local crews and ex-pats, discussed all operations in planning meetings, issued daily instructions for the ongoing operations
Worked with well testing crews in full well test operations, ran DST, fracked well with SLB fracking vessel Big Orange,  tested well and flowed same. Performed P&A as per local regulations – cut and recovered wellhead from seabed

Nido Petroleum Ltd.

Using new build rig – with multinational crew
Liaised with the logistics personnel to arrange movement of equipment and personnel
Using IDS web based reporting package
Involved in QHSE with all on board, encourage participation from all
Performed P&A as per local regulations – cut and retrieved wellhead from seabed, involved in tow of rig to Singapore

Petrofac (Malaysia-PM304) Limited

Involved in planning and well requirements with onshore team
Liaised with the logistics personnel to arrange movement of equipment and personnel
Involved with multinational crew and national crew members, working and integrating well together as a team
Mentor local Drilling engineers
Using IDS web based reporting package (Open-wells)
Involved in QHSE with all on board, encourage participation from all. Encourage Start/SOAR card, JRA, safety STOP card participation, AAR, Hazard hunt involvement and feedback, risk assessments and environment 
Involved in all SIMOPS operations on live, commissioning platforms and MOPUs when attached
Involved in the planning and installation of an Petrofac combined designed Wellhead Support Structure (WSS) installed in sections from the jack up using DP3 vessel, ROVs and the rig to set and position. The topsides installed via a crane barge
Wells all deviated, some high angles, ERD, HTLP some proved difficult to drill, posing lots of mechanical and geological issues. Using RSS systems and annular monitoring. Using wellheads which allow 2 and or 3 wells to be drilled though them, using hole opening reamers once section drilled
Involved in farm out on well for HESS E&P Malaysia – CWD (casing drilling) for first 2 sections, conventional motor drilling in next 2 sections of well, logging as per requirements
Involved in the rig move from Petrofac location, a spud can inspection in open water and then the move to Hess location and positioning of the rig

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Involved in planning and well requirements with onshore team of Drilling engineers, Logistics, Contracts, Legal and the Project Drilling Manager
Involved in the writing of the drilling and completion programs with other engineers for the shallow well using the jack up rig and the deep water well using the semi-submersible rig (<2000m)
Using drill ahead (DAT) equipment for the surface hole
Liaised with the logistics personnel to arrange movement of equipment and personnel
Involved in QHSE and environmental concerns, Environmental spill and incident involvement (drill and scenario training)

Senior Operations Engineer / Drilling Superintendent

I have managed and supervised well operations onshore and offshore, ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards. I worked closely with the drilling engineers, rig contractors, shareholders, drilling managers, Superintendents and service personnel to optimize the drilling performance and deliver the projects on time and within budget. Good listener, solution driven, give respect to my co-workers

With 36 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working as a drilling manager, superintendent, and supervisor in various regions and environments. I have a MSc in Drilling Engineering and Well Management from Robert Gordon University, and a MSc in Petroleum Geology from The Open University. I am certified by the International Well Control Forum (IWCF) and have a valid T-FOET certificate and a FOET for UKCS

My core competencies include well construction, drilling operations, project management, team leadership, and problem-solving. I have a strong passion for learning and improving my skills, and I enjoy working with diverse and multicultural teams. My goal is to leverage my expertise and experience to contribute to the success and growth of the oil and gas industry.

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