Drilling Engineer I
Location: Doha, QatarContract Type: Contract
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver all Drilling & Wells Engineering aspects for future greenfield and brownfield development projects as well as decommissioning, including drilling feasibility, platform design, platform serviceability, and DRILLEX calculations.
- Ensure all drilling and wells related documentation, reports, and presentations are prepared in accordance with industry standards and best practices, complete with detailed risk assessments and derogations as necessary.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, contributing to internal and external reviews, validations, and endorsements to facilitate the sanctioning of future projects.
- Support supplier and partner technical engagement to secure readiness, safety, and quality; resolve non-conformities and deviations related to New Technology subjects.
- Demonstrate strong commitment to HSE, Life Saving Rules, and Incident Free initiatives, acting as a leading example.
- Act as Drilling & Wells focal point for multi-departmental greenfield and brownfield development studies.
- Assist with detailed Drilling and Well Engineering studies related to overall feasibility of future projects.
- Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams and occasionally act as Drilling & Wells focal point for interfaces.
- Prepare timely and detailed documentation to facilitate management and shareholder review and validation.
- Seek innovative engineering solutions with a focus on operational excellence and cost optimisation; apply a LEAN mindset.
- Support technology evaluation and introduction for Drilling & Wells across multiple disciplines and assets; convert prioritised opportunities into executed pilots/studies and deliver decision-quality material to internal forums.
- Identify all drilling risks and ensure accompanying risk register for all development studies.
- Ensure that all HSE requirements are adhered to in the development studies.
- Prepare derogations when deviations are required from standard referential.
- Participate in development process studies, collaborating with relevant departments and identifying requirements for platform design, rig mobilisation and serviceability, slot spacing, and well serviceability.
- Perform detailed well planning focusing on collision avoidance, maximising reservoir contact, and optimal completion design.
- Participate in internal weekly review meetings and vendor reviews throughout the development process.
- Participate in operational and cost optimisation initiatives with a LEAN mindset.
- Prepare engineering reports, presentations, and other documentation to facilitate project progression through stage gates.
- Present the Drilling & Wells scope of the project to internal management and external shareholders through stage gates.
- Collaborate with other sub-departments within Drilling & Wells and contribute to improvements across the function.
- Coordinate to keep the technology roadmap current; submit timeline adjustments and lists of technologies under study by agreed cut-offs.
- Initiate targeted studies on performance, reliability, safety, or cost drivers; quantify evidence; recommend corrective actions; follow implementation and benefits realisation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Master's preferred).
- 5-7 years of Drilling & Well Engineering experience, with a minimum of 2-3 years rig site operational experience.
- Excellent English language skills (written and spoken).
- Experience with MS Office suite.
- Competence in use of software such as WellView, Compass, Wellplan, MS Project, or Primavera.
- Proven record in technology scouting, pilot/test design and execution, and successful introduction of solutions.
- Valid IWCF Well Control Certification (Level 4), or competency for qualification.
- Valid OPITO™ approved Sea Survival, H2S and Fire-Fighting Certification, or competency for qualification.