Senior Well Engineer

Overview

The Senior Well Engineer is responsible for well engineering on a project and requires both detailed and broad well engineering and operations knowledge including the ability to design wells for a wide range of well types and different rig operations. The Senior Well Engineer is expected to supervise and mentor more junior Well Engineers on a project and requires management skills in addition to technical competency.

• Reviews and approves the Well Proposal and Basis of Design and follows the execution of programs technically. Reviews and approves Well Programs and End-of-Well reports.
• Reviews and approves well operations procedures e.g. Casing running and cementing.
• Participates in selection and evaluation of service companies, suppliers and equipment.
• Ensures proper communication with relevant parties (client, segments, third parties, etc.).
• Participates in cost control of programs vs AFE by analyzing solutions.
• Assures Technical Integrity of Well Operations programs.
• Participate in well performance reviews to ensure focus on increased ft/day and reduced flat time.
• Reviews and approves project well control briefing.
• Reviews new technology for possible application to project.
• Take active role in Drilling TIC projects as assigned.
• Uses InTouch for best practices, lessons learned and technical alerts.
• Ensures best practices and lessons learned are transferred between all rigs on a project.
• Verify invoices for service companies.
• Deputize for Project Manager as required.
• Participates in HARC's.
• Ensures compliance to IDS Standards and Procedures.
• Reviews requests for exemptions to IDS Standards in QUEST.
• Reviews SQ RIR's resulting from well operations in QUEST.
• Participates in and leads SQ investigations.
• Reviews and approves Management of Change to well programs.
• Forecasts and plans medium and long term needs to meet program requirements.
• Anticipates operational changes and needs and revises plan accordingly.
• Participates in Daily Morning Meetings.
• Evaluates results vs goals and performance of service companies.
• Monitors daily Time/Depth progress and take active part in daily performance calls.
• Monitors daily cost/depth progress vs AFE.
• Reviews performance trends including NPT across all rigs.
• Initiates engineering corrective action to ensure a process of continuous improvement.
• Initiates engineering studies to solve recurring problems (wellbore stability, lost circulation, washouts, etc.).
• 15 years Minimum Experiance