Job Description

Senior Drilling Engineer for 12-month renewable contract position, highly competitive PAYE rate, location Aberdeen.

Experience & Qualifications:
• Significant overall experience with Operator and/or Well Management Company in the UKCS, with a relevant working level at SDE
• Valid UKCS certification, including IWCF L4
• Recent UKCS platform drilling and P&A experience (equipment limitations, pit space constraints, etc.)
• Extensive ERD experience, both planning and execution
• Expert Landmark software package user: demonstrating recent experience with casing design, torque/drag and hydraulics modelling
• Extensive operational experience of managing well challenges, particularly with respect to hole cleaning, unstable shales &/or well bore stability issues, tight windows in shale drilling and management of OBM properties to manage same
• Experience planning and executing well campaigns with short planning cycle
• Experience in platform well slot recovery operations
• Experience in managing service providers, especially in areas of mud systems and cement designs
• Experience with the UK regulatory and permitting requirements, including preparation of Post-SCR15 OSDR Well Notifications
• Demonstrable experience of successful performance initiatives and sustainable knowledge/lessons transfer
• Experience coaching and supervising teams of engineers, both experienced and inexperienced &/or graduate engineers
• Contract management, contractor performance management and contract tendering experience
• Operational decision-making experience e.g., out of hours duty and/or Superintendent experience preferred
• Experience with complex sand face completions, including screen and gravel pack completions would be preferred

· Must have relevant UK Operator experience
· Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
· Knowledge and experience with UK regulations and well integrity requirements
· Broad knowledge in Drilling Engineering including software applications

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK