Senior Engineer, Drilling (IDS)

JOB PURPOSE:
Senior member of well engineering team. Provide technical and operational support for drilling operations from the tendering stage through project commencement, operations and wrap up. Interface between AD IDS rig site execution team, engineering team, customer and product lines to ensure flawless job execution by preparing detailed procedures, capturing and recording NPT, lessons learned and identified risks for optimization of ongoing and future operations. Provide technical advice on adoption of new drilling/well operations technologies and practices to enhance well design and operations in compliance with HSE standards.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Job Specific Accountabilities
 Consider well design options based on a review of drilling objectives and recommendations proposed by operations teams.
 Monitor operations and provide engineering support to optimize operations efficiency
 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.
 Generate cost estimates for the proposed well design, and develop an equipment list and material requirements.
 Review drilling rig and other equipment specifications to ensure adequacy for the proposed well design.
 Prepare a drilling program to meet well objectives.
 Ensure that all well planning and design activities are conducted using workflows that comply with company well engineering and HSE standards, industry best practices and statutory requirements.
 Provide technical input for the preparation and evaluation of tenders.
 Engagement with product lines to optimize programs
 Implement and 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.
 Liaise with drilling operations team to identify requirements for equipment, materials and services, and to coordinate scheduling of well operations.
 Maintain effective and proper working relationships with contractors and service companies to ensure that company requirements are understood and met in terms of expected standards of quality and performance.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Minimum Qualification
 BSc in an engineering discipline, or equivalent.
Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills
 Ten (10) or more years’ experience within drilling operations and well engineering.
 Experience from both offshore and onshore operations
 Fluency in spoken and written English.
 Good computer knowledge.