Recruitment at Shell Petroleum Development Company

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: SC Inventory Analyst

Job Requisition id: R188485
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Family Group: Contracting and Procurement

What’s The Role

• Responsible for ensuring the effective planning, optimization, and governance of materials across Shell Companies in Nigeria’s operations.
• Manage critical material requirements, maintain optimal stock levels, and support multiple business units—including Wells, Engineering, Chemicals, Lubricants, and Production—by ensuring timely material availability and compliance with global standards.
• The Position reports to the Supply Chain Operations RTP Lead and will have to combine strong analytical skills, hands-on experience with inventory systems, and a passion for driving operational efficiency in a complex and dynamic environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Material requirements planning (MRP) and manage $600M+ worth of inventory across Shell Nigeria assets
• Replenish and maintain optimal stock levels through effective forecasting and demand planning
• Set up, monitor, and maintain inventory parameters (MRP Types, Min./Max., safety stock levels)
• Drive inventory optimization, identifying excess, dormant, and obsolete stock, and managing write-off proposals
• Ensure material availability for critical operations, including turnarounds, shutdowns, and maintenance activities
• Code and manage new material masters; oversee master data standardization and integrity across SAP systems
• Conduct inventory performance measurement and reporting (monthly, quarterly, and annual dashboards)
• Collaborate with global data teams on material integrity reviews, obsolescence cleanup, and data quality initiatives.
• Interface with procurement, expediting, warehouse, and logistics teams to ensure end-to-end materials availability.
• Act as focal point for Integrated Activity Planning & Scheduling (IAPS), ensuring alignment between materials availability and operational schedules.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 2 to 6 years of proven experience in inventory management, MRP, or materials planning (oil & gas experience preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of SAP MM and other inventory management tools
• Excellent analytical skills with ability to interpret data, generate insights, and optimize stock performance. Also proven ability to analyze procurement data, drive process improvement, and implement sustainable sourcing strategies
• Experience in material coding, standardization, and master data governance in an ERP system
• Strong collaboration skills with ability to work across procurement, engineering, logistics, and warehouse functions
• Proactive problem-solver with attention to detail and ability to thrive in a high-demand environment
• Exceptional negotiation skills, commercial acumen, and working knowledge of Supply chain risk and compliance frameworks
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with technical, commercial, and legal stakeholders
• Power BI (Microsoft) business intelligence, data visualization, real-time dashboards, and AI-powered insights will be an added advantage

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: QI Geophysicist

Job Requisition id: R188467
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Family Group: Geosciences
Worker Type: Regular

What’s the Role

• This position offers the opportunity as part of the integrated Nigeria Development, Subsurface & Wells organization, to contribute to lifecycle Hydrocarbon Maturation from Near Field Exploration to Front End development and Execution, supporting a diverse portfolio covering Deep Water Offshore assets.
• This role reports to the Geophysics/QI Lead in the Front-End Development and Portfolio Team and is part of a team of professionals conducting a wide range of high quality, business focused, technology-driven projects for the SNEPCO DW projects and assets.
• The work scope includes but is not limited to supporting subsurface teams to deliver on key OP maturation milestones through timely delivery of high-quality seismic data and QI interpretation.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the team to deliver on key projects milestones (DG1 to DG3) and WRFM activities.
• Responsible for the analysis and integration of all relevant Geophysical information extracted from a variety of data types (seismic, well logs, Geology, Production.) as input to constructing robust subsurface static and dynamic models covering range of geological scenarios
• Undertake high-end Geophysics/QI projects involving depth conversion, seismic data conditioning, muti stack Deterministic & Probabilistic seismic inversion, modelling and AVO analysis, 4D interpretation and analysis, DHI de-risking, utilizing experience and networking with internal / global expertise to ensure timely delivery, and defend fidelity of output
• Work with Production Seismologist, exploration geoscientist and Reservoir Engineers (RE) to ensure reservoir horizons, time/depth conversions, amplitude analysis, inversion products, and 4D results are generally consistent with geologic/RE data and concepts
• Ensure geophysics-related uncertainties are clearly defined, support static modelers and Reservoir Engineers in quantifying impact of seismic uncertainties on recoverable volumes and generation of realistic production forecasts, and work with Well Engineers to plan / optimize well paths
• Drive Geophysics discipline improvement initiatives and standards – development of workflows to automate processes and improve efficiency

What You Bring

• Minimum of Bachelors’ Degree in Geophysics or related Geoscience discipline
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with demonstrated skill-level competency in quantitative seismic interpretation
• Ability to manage projects and interfaces through virtual working practices is a critical skill
• Recognized for seeking discipline integration, in combination with pursuit of discipline excellence. Good knowledge and understanding of other sub-surface disciplines and ORS
• Good understanding of subsurface uncertainties, risks and technical issues associated with sub-surface and surface development opportunities including good understanding of other Petroleum Engineering disciplines (Petro Physics, Reservoir Engineering, Production Technology, Exploration prospect Evaluation)
• Ability to communicate results / challenges of work clearly and champion to address earlier key findings from work
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in natural teams and, influence and inspire are essential
• Good knowledge and understanding of project and asset teams and their seismic data needs
• Proficient with Quantitative Interpretation software (Petrel, Jason. HR etc.)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online