Senior Well Engineer

Education Bachelor of Technology/Engineering

The Senior Well Engineer is responsible and accountable for the operational performance, regulatory compliance, and safe delivery of multiple well operations achieved through the leadership of a multi-disciplined drilling, completions, and work-over team. The position supports single or multi-rig operations to deliver wells within the planned time, cost, and HSE targets by using optimum technology and best industry practices without compromising established company policies and HSE standards.

The role drives the implementation of all lessons learned from offset wells, contributes to performance analysis and improvement, target setting, and benchmarking.

• Well Engineering Operations Planning and Execution
• Casing Design planning and execution
• Drill String Design and Directional Plan programming and execution
• Well Control Equipment and Executing Well Control Operations
• Drilling Fluid and Cementing Design planning and execution
• Selection and management of Drilling and Completion Units and Equipment
• Completion and intervention planning and execution

• Line Management:
  Act as the direct line manager for Well Engineers, who will report directly to this position.
• Talent Development:
  Motivate, coach, mentor and develop well engineers within the operational team.

• Rig Support:
  Provide office-based technical support to the Well Engineer Manager to effectively manage rig/hoist operations.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Embed the 'Drilling technical Limit' concept (DWOP
  - Drill Well on Paper, AAR
  - After Action Reviews, BPR
  - Business Performance Reviews) and performance management in each activity to drive a learning organization.
• Rig Site
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Provide real-time support and technical information to the rig-site Drilling Supervisor on all matters related to drilling, completion, work-over, and abandonment operations.
• Cost & Efficiency:
  Monitor work delivered and associated costs. Ensuring that the most cost-effective techniques and equipment are applied on site.
• Technical Standardization:
  Standardize all drilling/CWI assemblies, hydraulics, and drilling parameters; lead trial initiatives (including new drill bit trials) with clear performance metrics and structured feedback loops.
• Reporting:
  Create all necessary technical reports to support operations and ensure timely lookaheads for personnel, equipment, and services.

• Budgetary Target:
  Ensure all well objectives are achieved within agreed program time constraints and budget.
• KPI:
  Maintain actual vs. planned cost.
• Lifecycle Integrity:
  Ensure robust well designs that account for all relevant load cases over the entire well lifecycle.
• Equipment Specification:
  Manage the definition and technical specification of all well drilling equipment.
• Program
  
  Schedule:
  
  Accountable for timely program delivery to run the rig(s).
• KPI:
  Full well program delivered 4 weeks before spud; sub-programs (Completions, Logging, etc.) issued 2 weeks before commencement.
• Change Management:
  Support operational changes or rescheduling under a proper Management of Change (MOC) process to ensure well objectives are met.

• Process Safety:
  Ensure Wells Process Safety principles are thoroughly implemented, identified, and strictly assured.
• HSSE:
  Serve as the focal point for HSSE management with contractors and execute systematic evaluations of service quality.

• Contract Quality Control:
  Maintain and control the availability, quality, and performance of services and equipment provided under the various service contracts.
• Contract Holder Duties:
  Support contract…