Senior Drilling Engineer I

Job Purpose

• Provide local Engineering support for Drilling, Completion and workover operations.  Ensure that well operations are carried out in accordance with company policies, industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide input regarding proposed well designs based on practical experience, technical expertise and knowledge of local operating conditions.
• Provide technical guidance and support in developing a well plan and generating a well design that incorporates the casing, cementing and directional Drilling parameters. Solicit and evaluate input from relevant service company providers.
• Evaluate the feasibility of and the risks involved in achieving well objectives.
• Confirm that the well design and Drilling program complies with all local HSE policies and regulations.
• Provide input data used to generate cost estimates, equipment lists and material requirements for proposed well programs.
• Review Drilling rig and other equipment specifications to ensure adequacy for the proposed well design.
• Provide technical input for the preparation and evaluation of tenders.
• Track the company’s AFE review process for the well plan and well design.
• Review existing and new technologies for incorporation into the well design and drilling operations.
• Prepare detailed Drilling and operating procedures for each succeeding hole interval, taking into account local geology, potential hole problems and drilling hazards.
• Identify, assess and control potential and actual drilling hazards, such as abnormal pressures, complex geology or mud loss zones.
• Incorporate safe work practices into the Drilling program, specifying as part of the program the use of any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
• Review daily Drilling reports, along with the daily activity reports from contractors and service companies. Cross-check and verify the accuracy of the reports, and compare Drilling performance to that predicted in the well program.
• Study bit, bottom hole assembly and mud system performance and recommend ways to optimize the Drilling process.
• Evaluate geological and engineering data to determine whether operations are on track with well plan. Recommend implementation of contingency options as needed.
• Monitor well expenditures and contractor and service company performance. Assist in maintaining control of well costs.
• Conduct regular operations meetings with service company representatives to evaluate ongoing activities and plan upcoming operations.
• Coordinate the use of existing and new technologies to improve
• Drilling performance and well bore quality.
• Provide on-call support to rig when Drilling Superintendent is not available.
• Lead project review and closeout.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering
• 10 years of experience in drilling, completion and workover operations and engineering, with a minimum of 5 years of offshore experience. Experience should include work in directional and highly deviated drilling (including mudline tiebacks) as well as HPHT environments. Demonstrated experience working in remote areas and dealing with logistics challenges.

Job Requirement Directional and Horizontal Drilling

Drill String Design

Drilling Bits

Drilling Fluids and Circulating System

Drilling Problems and Optimization

Fishing Operations

Hydraulics Program

Rotary Drilling

Solids Control

Well Control (Drilling)

Wellhead Equipment Design

Well Programming and Drilling Procedures

Well Cost Control

Cement and Casing Evaluation using Well Logs

Company HSE Policy

Drilling, Completion and Workover

Cementing Operations

Well Preparation

Certifications Skills Physical Requirements