The Drilling Engineer will be responsible for planning design work related to the planning and operational delivery of wells. 

The Drilling Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Safety in well design and execution.
• Working in multidisciplinary teams to deliver well planning and execution activities.
• Delivering risk assessments in well planning and execution.
• Delivering engineering feasibility and improving projects in support of department objectives.
• Delivering, or QA/QC, field wide engineering projects in support of simplification and standardisation.
• Performing QA/QC of engineering deliverables in well planning and execution.
• Preparing well maturation reports.
• Compiling main well planning reports.
• Planning well on paper reviews and experience sharing workshops.
• Engineering design using Landmark software suite.
• Leading engineering design input from Contractors.
• Developing and reviewing of well barrier schematics.
• Evaluating offset data and implementing lessons learned.
• Evaluating and specifying well equipment.
• Preparing time and cost estimates.
• Delivering well permits and notifications.
• Developing and updating well schematics.
• Performing detailed studies into new technologies, well design and optimisation projects.
• Planning performance improvement workshops.
• Delivering and managing the project planner inputs in the planning and execution phase of well operations.
• Challenging the rest of the group to ensure that the work is done cost-effectively and that future well operations can be run in a simple and cost-effective way.
• Participating in operational duty support rotas as required.

Experience / Qualifications:

Essential:

• A relevant engineering degree qualification.
• Previous or current IWCF Level 4 Supervisor Surface and Subsea certification.
• Previous experience in a similar Drilling Engineer type role directly within the North Sea oil and gas industry.
• Previous experience in a similar role with an E&P company / operator or a well planning consultancy.
• 5 plus years’ experience in Drilling Engineering (planning and operations).
• Drilling engineering experience on subsea projects.
• Knowledge of UK regulations and requirements.

Desirable:

• Offshore engineering or supervisory experience working on semi-submersible rigs.
• Experience of working on subsea fields of 1000m+ water depth.
• Experience of drilling operations in the UK West of Shetland or other harsh weather environments.
• Broad knowledge and experience with wells (completion) planning and operations.
• Knowledge of subsea wellhead systems.

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