What we look for in our people
At seadrill, we look for people who share our values. People who are Safety conscious, Accountable, Inspirational, Loyal and Proactive.
To apply for an offshore role with us you’ll need a good work ethic, able to gain trust and maintain confidentiality. You’ll also need strong technical, IT, prioritisation, language and communication skills, both verbally and in writing. In return, if you demonstrate a willingness to keep developing your skills, we’ll ensure you have every opportunity to progress.
The Application process
Our recruitment process is rigorous, but fair. Everyone who applies to seadrill is evaluated using the same process:
- CV/Resumé
- Proof of certification where required
- SHL Candidate Assessment in advance of interview
- Interview
Will there be any pre-employment checks?
In some regions, before you can start your employment with seadrill, you’ll need to successfully complete our pre-employment screening process. In the UK this is completed for us by our partners Hire Right. Usually the checks You’ll receive an email asking you to follow a link and complete the online form (hosted on a secure website), and in some cases you may be contacted to provide supporting documents.
Find out more about our roles:
The IT department plays a crucial role at seadrill. Ensuring that our operations and rigs keep running safely and reliably, it underpins our vision to set the standard in drilling. It also enables us to seamlessly integrate our operations with those of our customers. Our innovative IT team creates new ways to solve problems by exploring and applying the latest and most appropriate digital technologies. Forging partnerships both with business stakeholders across seadrill and with external specialists, we ensure that our leading-edge information technology delivers value for seadrill and our customers consistently and at the highest level.
With a team of 90 accountants and payables professionals, our Shared Service Centre Accounting department takes care of seadrill’s global financial transactions with over 300 legal entities, 500 bank accounts in 30 different countries and 150,000 invoices processed each year. The three teams in the center have a global remit working daily with seadrill’s businesses across the world. The Regional team works closely with our regional accounting departments and rig teams around the world, enabling them to exchange knowledge and ideas for ongoing improvement. The Corporate team works on all the central and Group companies whilst the Accounts Payable team manages global payments transactions. Working with different areas across the business, staff enjoy opportunities to further develop and tailor their careers both within the center and in the wider seadrill business. Over a third of the center are training towards professional qualifications.
Our team of HR experts support our people across the globe to ensure we deliver seadrill’s business objectives. Providing great business partnering is key to our approach and is delivered by both HR Generalists and Centers of Excellence. So, whether you’re recruiting, analyzing the latest compensation data or working with the business to get the best out of our people, you’ll be working to one, shared purpose. All this is underpinned by our ethos of 'Own the Opportunity', with our people encouraged to own the progress they make and being recognised for the impact they create.
Our Tax and Treasury colleagues are involved in a wide variety of activities including reviewing treasury operations and recommending improvements, leading on financing transactions, ensuring compliance and advising on international tax issues. In addition, collectively they inform, influence and lead on a number of key initiatives within the seadrill Group of companies. They’re working to help ensure that seadrill can achieve its strategic goals within a changing market and financial landscape.
With a team spread across five continents, our Supply Chain function manages all of seadrill’s sourcing and procurement needs and is an integral part of our daily operations. The Supply Chain team’s spectrum encompasses strategic sourcing, procurement, logistics, warehouse management and process improvement, onshore and offshore, working with the latest technologies available and focusing on improving efficiency and controlling costs, while ensuring seamless operations.
The seadrill Corporate Legal Group provides legal services to the seadrill Group of companies, including legal issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, finance agreements, drilling contracts, litigation and inter-company transactions. Regional Legal Counsel advises regional management on all legal matters, challenges and risk mitigations, and ensure that best legal practices are being adopted and used.