Staff Engineer, Well Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Mature well designs and evaluate the design options against the project objectives and value drivers following company Well Delivery Process and adhering to appropriate well design standards
• Perform detailed well design calculations, including casing design, torque & drag, well trajectory, borehole stability, kick calculations, etc. utilizing industry standard software. Evaluate modeling results, identify design issues, and develop mitigations.
• Prepare Well Functional Specifications, Well Technical Specifications and provide input for Well Proposals.
• Prepare detailed drilling programs, time and cost estimates for the wells prior to spud.
• Identify well construction materials, support services, and other long lead time items whilst ensuring these items are procured in a timely manner.
• Provide daily engineering support to the rig to ensure safe and efficient operations. Provide offshore engineering and operational support on the rig as required.
• Track cost and schedule. Provide updates and look-ahead forecasts as required. Verify cost entries to ensure accuracy and identify issues.
• Liaise with drilling service contractors and drilling material suppliers ensuring readiness for drilling operations
• Collaborate with the Wells contract specialists to develop contract tender and farm-in documents, detailed scopes of work, contract ACVs, and perform tender technical evaluations.
• Contract Holder for drilling related scopes
• Organize and prepare Drilling Well on Paper (DWOP) exercise, after action reviews (AAR), and close-out documentation
• Ensure drilling risks are identified, mitigations developed, and communicated to the rig team.
• Capture operational best practices and lessons learnt. Ensure these are incorporated into drilling program and cascaded to the rig team.
• Prepare and submit permits, NOOPs, and other required regulatory documentation in a timely manner.
• Contribute to peer reviews, technical challenge workshops shareholder technical reviews, cost reviews, and NPT discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Well Engineering discipline
• Minimum 2 years in a drilling operation position directly responsible for managing offshore drilling activity
• Holder of IWCF Level 4, Supervisor Certificate for Surface BOP Stack
• Proven ability in oil and gas well designs, knowledgeable about latest developments related to drilling and completions.
• Experienced in offshore well construction operations and proven ability to oversee daily drilling operations.
• Strong operational focus and understanding of personal and process safety
• Thorough understanding of well control, well barriers, and MOC
• Knowledgeable in CWI operations, including Well Integrity Management
• Experienced in simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) offshore 
• Good analytical, communication and writing skills, with PC fluency.
• Skilled in using industry standard well engineering software and interpretation of results.
• Prior experience working with tender assisted drilling rigs would be beneficial

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