Sem Kalinin, PMP

Leading workforce planning and efficiency improvement initiatives across North America and Caribbean regions of SLB Well Construction Division

Lead full employee lifecycle starting from defining the staffing needs and ending with employee career development for Well Construction Division in Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname. • Achieved 40bps improvement in compensation/revenue by fast tracking the training and development. • Improved training compliance from 5% in H1'24 to 60% in H2'24 pushing the region to the top 3 in SLB worldwide • Achieved the lowest employee attrition rates in the region history (230bps YoY improvement) by managing career progression and work-life balance

Managing the strategic workforce plan for Well Construction Division in Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname, during periods of cyclical activity while minimizing the costs of service delivery. • Leading the team of 4 WorkForce Coordinators across 6 business segments, overseeing a total headcount 500+ employees. • Enhanced work life balance by 6.5% across all business segments by developing and implementing staffing plan that optimized staffing levels and schedules. • Developed and executed Remote Operations and Multiskilling roadmap for the location resulting in twofold YoY improvement • Achieved 320bps YoY improvement in compensation/revenue by implementing remote operations and multiskilling solutions.

Led workforce planning, efficiency improvement and cost reduction initiatives for 2 business segments with over 100 employees across 3 countries - Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago. • Successfully Rolled out first teleworking project offshore Guyana for ExxonMobil resulting in a 23% reduction in compensation costs. • Developed and executed a 2-year business strategy, resulting in a targeted 10% YoY improvement in compensation. • Participated in various recruitment events to attract local talents to SLB, contributing to the organization’s talent acquisition strategy.

Established and maintained an accurate resource allocation plan, and managed workforce and equipment for 4 offshore drilling rigs in Atlantic Canada: • Led a cross-functional optimization effort (team of 20) and achieved a 6% reduction service delivery costs. • Implemented remote operations for a major client, lowering crew size by 17% and minimizing health risks amid COVID-19 pandemic. • Leveraged data to identify and correct inefficiencies in personnel rotational schedules increasing workforce efficiency by 4%. • Increased asset utilization by 6% by reducing idle time and changing technology mix.

Managed workforce demand forecasting and staff deployment and training assignments for 90+ engineers across 12 offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (US) and liaised with departments to optimize compensation costs: • Developed and launched an Excel model thereby increasing compensation forecast accuracy by 15% and reducing the income statement preparation time by >10 hours/quarter. • Resolved personnel shortage in Q2-Q3 2019 by identifying hiring needs and onboarding 13 engineers. • Improved workforce efficiency by expanding remote operation by 5% and increasing staff utilization by 12%.

Performed dual duties – directional drilling and logging while drilling – on rig sites offshore the US Gulf of Mexico and onshore Alaska: • Led teams (up to 6 engineers) on 23 well construction projects for Shell, BP, Conoco-Phillips and others and managed all aspects of job planning and execution. • Coordinated the launch of remote operations/drilling optimization project for Shell Gulf of Mexico, monitored drilling operations for up to 3 drilling rigs for 6 months. • Trained 11 engineers to provide well logging services and coached 5 peers during their promotion process. • Analyzed gaps and streamlined the promotion process while reducing promotion timeline by 15%.

Provided Logging while Drilling and Directional Drilling services utilizing a full suite of Schlumberger technologies on rig sites offshore the US Gulf of Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Alaska, Russia: • Flawlessly delivered well logging services on an encroachment well for a major oil and gas company in Gulf of Mexico in 2015, resulting in a two-year contract for drilling 7 wells. • Led field tests and launch of 5 new technologies on location. • Rolled out digital workflow to enable paperless delivery of equipment specification to the drilling rigs, increased compliance with quality standard to 95% and eliminated >2,700lb/year of paper waste. • Prevented Catastrophic Quality and Safety Incident with a potential loss of $1MM by proactively detecting deviation in critical parameter and ceasing of drilling operations.

Intern in Reservoir Engineering department. Assisted with data analysis (welltest, petrophysical). Planned operations to increase recovery factors. Prepared reports and graphic materials for field development projects

Thesis: “Determination of geological and technological parameters influencing the process of non-stationary waterflooding” Top-3 Student

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Thesis: “Field Development project for Mukhanovskoe Oilfield, Samara region, Russia” Received scholarship of Scientific Council of Samara State Technical University and "Samaraneftegaz" Ltd, Rosneft for high academic achievements

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