Project Engineer, Operations Management

Dolfines is a specialized operational excellence consultancy serving the O&G drilling industry. We have more than 25 years of experience auditing maintenance systems and inspecting onshore and offshore drilling units across 50 countries. We work alongside IOCs, NOCs and Indedependent Operators to strengthen asset integrity, safety culture and operational performance on drilling rigs and oilfield sites around the world.

As a Project Engineer within our Oil & Gas Business Unit, you will manage the day-to-day execution of inspection and audit projects assigned by the Operations Manager — from order validation and inspector mobilization through to final reporting and invoicing — ensuring compliance with client expectations, contracts and industry regulations.

• Verify that POs, service orders, work orders and contracts match agreed terms, escalating discrepancies to the Operations Manager.
• Coordinate the assignment and mobilization of inspectors: certifications, travel, visas, security passes and mission orders.
• Prepare written instructions and Project Quality Plans for inspectors, and organize client kick-off meetings.
• Follow up daily on inspection progress, ensure inspectors submit timely reports, and monitor invoicing values against client POs/Service Orders.
• Review and deliver final inspection reports to clients within contractual deadlines.
• Support tender preparation (CVs, QHSE and technical documentation, scopes of work, commercial budgets) and keep project management tools and document control systems up to date.
• Manage administrative aspects of inspector deployment: time sheets, expense sheets and invoicing support, and evaluate inspector performance at the end of each project.
• Propose and vet new inspectors to strengthen our field resource pool.

• BS in Engineering or another technical/scientific field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in technical and managerial roles within an oil & gas service company.
• General awareness of codes, rules, regulations and standards applicable to drilling rigs and rig equipment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English;
  French, Arabic, Spanish or Portuguese are a plus.
• Strong organizational skills, comfortable managing multiple simultaneous projects and stakeholders (clients, inspectors, internal teams).
• Proficient with standard office and project management software.
• Based full-time at our Abu Dhabi office, Monday to Friday.

You’ll be part of a group with more than two decades of specialized expertise in drilling engineering and operations, working on assignments across the globe alongside major international operators and drilling contractors. We offer the opportunity to work on technically demanding, high-impact projects within a collaborative, multicultural team.