We are looking for a Quality & Risk Lead

Job Description

• Lead and coordinate quality and risk management activities for drilling operations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality and risk management plans aligned with drill-plans, ensuring continuous monitoring and communication of plan updates.
• Drive contractor and drilling performance improvements through supervisory activities and systematic QA/QC processes.
• Monitor key performance indicators and process efficiency to identify optimization opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with relevant quality standards and contractual requirements throughout operations.
• Facilitate verification and audit activities to validate system effectiveness.
• Facilitate incident management, conduct investigations, and perform root cause analysis.
• Manage lessons learned programs and analyze drilling results to identify improvement opportunities.
• Oversee implementation of improvements within established governance frameworks.
• Deliver training programs to build quality and risk management competency.
• Conduct reviews to assess performance and effectiveness of quality and risk systems.

Qualification Requirements

• Relevant degree, Bachelor or Master
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Relevant drilling experience
• Ability to communicate in both English and Norwegian

Duration: 01.02.2026 - 31.08.2026

About MDE

When the right people connect, we create value.

MDE Group is a global recruitment company, specializing in finding and placing the greatest talents worldwide. MDE currently consists of 12 companies that offer consulting, staffing, recruitment services as well as offshore personnel. With our unique knowledge of both the local and the international market, we will connect employees and companies, so they both find exactly what they are looking for. MDE aims to contribute to people developing and to ensure that our customers achieve great value from our services. We first succeed when both clients and our candidates reach their goals, together.

Our mission is to deliver relevant expertise. The right person with the right competence, at the right place and time. So simple, yet so difficult!