Department: General Management

Reports to: COO

Salary: Competitive

The Role

This is a business leadership role with clear responsibility for getting the most value from Serica Energy’s operated assets in the UK Southern North Sea and the Netherlands. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, it suits someone comfortable balancing strategy with day‑to‑day decision‑making, and who enjoys leading people while keeping a close eye on commercial performance.

The role holds ownership of life‑of‑field plans and overall financial performance for the Southern North Sea and Netherlands portfolio, including the Greater Markham Area, Eris and Ceres. You will bring together multi‑disciplinary teams to run the assets safely, optimise production, extend field life and progress opportunities that genuinely add value.

How you will lead

You will set clear direction for asset teams and keep communication straightforward and open. Building strong, practical working relationships across the business — including with partners, regulators and works councils — will be essential, alongside the ability to listen carefully, challenge constructively and bring people with you.

Continuous improvement will be part of how you will approach the role day‑to‑day, whether through strengthening operational performance, improving process safety or learning from experience to refine how work is done. High standards will be expected, balanced with a genuine commitment to developing capability and confidence within the team.

As the senior asset owner and Duty Holder, you will take accountability for decisions and outcomes, trusting teams while being clear on expectations. Technical, operational and commercial considerations will be weighed pragmatically, with timely decisions that support both current performance and long‑term asset value.

You will lead in a fair and inclusive way, grounded in respect for people and professional judgement. Safety, integrity and wellbeing will be embedded in how the assets are run, shaping everyday behaviours rather than serving as abstract principles.

Our Culture

Serica offers the opportunity to be part of a busy, vibrant working environment with a strong culture rooted in mutual respect and trust.

We are passionate about building an inclusive culture that attracts and encourages diversity. We want our employees to feel that they can bring their true self to work, as we recognise the potential that this unlocks and the value that it brings.

We have created an environment that puts people at the heart of everything we do, based on a shared set of values.  This means not just doing the essentials of looking after everyone’s health, safety and wellbeing but their development, their sense of belonging and their success.  Only by making our values a real part of everyday life at Serica can we achieve our goals and grow as individuals and together.

In real terms this means being truly supportive of the things that matter to our people.

Next Steps

If, having read the information above, you would be interested in a conversation to take things forward, the next step is to contact Lachlan.nicholson@orioneng.com at Serica’s Recruitment Partner, The Orion Group.

Please note that applications for this role will be managed by our recruitment partner, the Orion Group. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that your personal data will be shared with and processed by Orion for the purposes of recruitment. For queries or to exercise your data protection rights, you can contact Orion at marketing@orioneng.com. Further information on how your data is used can be found in their Privacy Policy.

Serica’s Equal Opportunity statement

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and conduct our recruitment and selection process in a fair and consistent manner that does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex or sexual orientation, religion or belief. 

Serica will make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.

A copy of the full job description can be found here.