Offshore drilling contractor managing global fleet operations and maintenance
Valaris operates one of the world's largest fleets of offshore drilling units, with 5,000–10,000 employees distributed across five continents. The company's tech stack is heavily weighted toward enterprise resource planning (Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft) and financial planning (Oracle Hyperion, Essbase), reflecting a capital-intensive business centered on asset utilization, cost control, and compliance—not software development. Current hiring is sparse (23 open roles, 1 posted in the last month) and concentrated in senior engineering and operations roles, signaling focus on retaining and stabilizing existing capabilities rather than scaling new functions.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Engineer
Valaris provides offshore drilling services, operating a global fleet of drillships and mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) for oil and gas exploration and production. The company sells rig capacity and drilling services to major oil and gas operators on a contract basis. Operations span the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Southeast Asia, West Africa, and the Middle East. The business model centers on maximizing fleet utilization, managing maintenance and capital spares across dispersed assets, and controlling operational costs—evident in active projects around fleet maintenance strategy, logistics optimization, and well control standards. Valaris is a publicly traded company headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Valaris uses Oracle HCM Cloud, PeopleSoft, Oracle Hyperion Planning, Essbase, and BI Publisher for human resources, financial planning, and business intelligence. Excel and Microsoft Office remain core operational tools across the organization.
Valaris has active hiring in the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nigeria—reflecting the geographic spread of its offshore drilling operations.
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