Senior Drilling Engineer Full Time

Senior Drilling Engineer Jobs in Abu Dhabi

About the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Direct and supervise all aspects of the offshore drilling/workover routine and non-routine operations. Includes directing the work of assigned personnel, ensuring the work of contractors is in accordance with related contracts, following up on material, equipment and personnel movement to and from rigs, carrying  out  non-routine  drilling  operations,  and  checking,  verifying  and  technically  endorsing contractor’s invoices.
• Review and optimize Drilling/Workover programme to meet job objectives
• Review Basis of Well Design (BOD) for each drilling/workover activity

Drilling/Workover Program

• Check programmes such as drilling, testing and directional plots in conjunction with the Subsurface team (Geology, RE and PE), ensuring that future wells are correctly programmed from operational point of view.
• Visit rig site for inspections or non-routine operations as deemed necessary. Include evaluating new equipment or materials for testing new operating procedures, handling major operational problems such as fishing in open hole, stuck string, kick, side tracking, etc.  Evaluate the nonroutine operations, prepares necessary programme procedure and supervises the execution.

Education / Qualifications

• Required:  Engineering bachelor’s degree e.g. Mechanical, Petroleum, Mining or equivalent with a good understanding of Drilling technology and upstream processes.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree

Experience  

Required: 8-10 years’ experience of Drilling experience across multiple drilling locations

Technical

• Drilling and completion
• Well control
• HSE (HAZID, SIMOPS)