Senior Drilling Operations and Completion Engineer Job in a Leading Petroleum Upstream Company

We are a leading company in the Petroleum Upstream Sector, with a Portfolio of Assets in Nigeria and in other African Countries. We produce and export Crude Oil and our fields have impressive quantities of Gas.


We are seeking to recruit highly competent, talented an self motivate individuals to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Drilling Operations and Completion Engineer

Ref No.: SD0
Location: Nigeria

Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Carrying out Well design, which includes casing design and selection, drill fluids and well control, using the appropriate well engineering design software.
• Implementing change control procedures to ensure that changes to procedures, either planned or unplanned, have the necessary level of technical Authority approval.
• Conducting a periodic review of Well Engineering policies and standards procedures and guidelines, in line with international standards.
• Preparing the drilling and completion programs, and obtaining approvals from relevant Authorities.
• Monitoring the progress of drilling and completion operations and reporting critical issues to management.

• Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering or any other relevant Engineering field (But equivalent qualifications and relevant experience can override this).
• Relevant post-graduate qualification will be an added advantage
• Ability to handle the pressures of working in a dynamic and result oriented environment.
• Strong leadership, people management and communication skills
• Stakeholders Management skills.
• Demonstrable understanding the Well design, Health safety and environmental standards and practices.
• Conversant with the use of all Drilling Engineering Software withing Engineers Desktop (EDT), including Compass, Well Plain, Stress Check and Casing Seat.

• Minimum of 15 years in the Oil and Gas industry, mainly in Drilling, well site completion and testing operations, with a minimum of 5 years as a Senior Operational Drilling Engineer.
• Proven track record handling well design, wellbore construction, drilling rigs and fluids, and well control, with a good understand of Geology.
• Demonstrable understanding of all financial aspects of Drilling Operations, including budgeting, cost forecasting and estimation of service company contract values.
• handling critical assignment with tangible success.