Drilling Engineer – Lagos Job at WTS Energy – Nigeria

Job Title: Drilling Engineer
Reference: WTOA03272
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Recruiter: WTS Energy Holding B.V. / WTS Energy

Job description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the Well planning & drilling engineering, casing design, fluids, cementing, directional, survey, bits and suspension
• Total well planning and design, cost estimation and risk analysis, operation support to field team
• Preparation of well engineering Decision Support Packages (DSP).
• Ensure all regulatory requirements are met with the timely submittal of all applications to appropriate government authorities.
• Detail Long Lead equipment and planning/ordering requirements
• Travel to the field locations to monitor and participate in drilling operations and provide support to the Drilling Supervisors
• Ensure Open Well daily drilling reports are reviewed, kept up to date and accurate.
• Work closely with resource teams, geologists, and production and service company personnel to ensure an efficient operation.
• Strong commitment to Safety and Environmental compliance. Development of the well based risk register, mitigations, actions and contingency planning.
• Planning torque, drag, hydraulics, ECD, swab & surge calculations for drilling and running casing
• Investigate offset data, lessons learnt & drive continuous improvement into the well planning and engineering.
• Perform post-analyses for benchmarking and learning.

Key Result Areas:
• Prepare applications for drilling/workover operations ahead of time to be sent for approval by state agency
• Analyses incident reports and propose remedial action.
• Acts on KPI in order to improve Drilling/workovers performance
• Optimize Drilling/completion equipment
• Make presentation for the Drilling/management periodically.
• Prepares and carry out pre-spud meeting on site to all concerned.
• Liaise with the subsurface groups to ensure required data is available to drill the wells
• Assist in the preparation of tenders, evaluation of bids, award of contracts of all drilling and workover related services
• Prepare operational Drilling programmes.
• Assist in the investigation of non compliances and that lessons learned effectively communicated
• Prepare all relevant information to meet all requirements of Turkmenistan regulations as related to drilling and workover activities
• Liaise with Equipment Engineer to maintain a forecast of equipment to ensure sufficient quantities to meet operational requirements

HSE Tasks & Responsibilities:
• Follow the HSE guidelines for the safety of work

Communications and Working Relationships:
External;
• Service Companies
• Drilling Contractor

Requirements:
• Engineering Degree
• Minimum 8 years of broad experience in Drilling operations on Onshore or offshore (Planning and Operational Implementation)
• Proven capabilities in problem analysis and solution development.
• Collating and interpreting data and technical information.
• Project planning and design.
• Advanced/Emerging Well Engineering Technology
• Results oriented – Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals; is capable of working in challenging, fast paced environment
• Collaborative – Works effectively across the organization to achieve goals
• Innovative – Champions new ideas and creates an environment that supports innovation and creativity
• Decision Maker – Effectively examines events, issues, and problems, and generates solutions
• Demonstrated experience working with multi-disciplinary teams. .
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently.
• Self-motivated, positive attitude, and works with minimal direction. Strong problem solving skills.
• OpenWells software knowledge

Terms & Conditions:
• Nigerian Nationals preffered
• Office environment primarily, when required will travel to the drilling rig to assist with specific evaluations/problems. May also require travel vendor’s location to witness assembly of tools/equipment or repair of equipment.
• Competitive day rate
• Long term contract, renewable yearly

Deadline: 15-12-2014

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