Senior Drilling Engineer at Amaiden Energy Nigeria

Job Description
Drilling Engineering:

• Contribute to the engineering details for new field development studies.
• Prepare drilling engineering calculations linked the projects planned: well design, casing design, trajectory design, torque and drag simulations, hydraulic simulations.
• Participate in defining the drilling programs, the well location reports and procedures to fulfill operations for planned projects wells.
• Participate in defining with GSR & Assets Management the Scope of Requirement (location, trajectories, well design, initial completion, data acquisition, etc.) for wells activities.
• Work with Reservoir Engineering, Geology, Production Engineering to ensure all well objectives are met in the delivery of optimum producing wells which also includes exploration/appraisal wells.
• Contribute to the completion and sand control design (design evolution, optimization, follow up).
• Participate to down hole tools and Bit selection.
• Coordinate with Fluid team the Fluid and Cementation Program and calculations.
• Ensure equipment and materials meet technically valid and applicable to the specific well conditions.
• Ensure equipment and materials meet technical and quality control standards.
• Develop and maintain contingency plans for potential problems that could occur during the program.
• Liaise with all drilling, operations and well engineering personnel.

QA/QC:

• Participate in HSEQ related audits and investigations as required by the drilling and completion department.
• Participate in Quality and pre-acceptance related audits and inspections as required by the drilling and completion department.

Project and Contracts:

• Develop requirement about call for tender for drilling equipment and services with respect to partner and COMPANY rules.
• Conduct evaluation/clarification about call for drilling equipment and services with respect to partner and COMPANY rules.
• Prepare Contract / Purchase Order in accordance with project plan. Ensure contracts for operations are in place prior to the starting of operations.
• Ensure high level of co-ordination between project drilling engineering activities and the project teams plus all other operations within COMPANY.

Cost and Performance:

• Understand the economic impact of technical and business decisions.
• Monitor and collect operational, financial and well performance data (Cost and NPT Tracking) to prepare next projects budgets efficiently.
• Participate in the development of AFEs for projects and/or studies.
• Provide accurate and timely (1) technical inputs to and (2) costs for Work Programs to GSR & Assets Management to facilitate preparation of budgets and closing forecasts.
• Conduct studies to improve cost performance follow-up.

Venture Management:

• Liaise with external agencies on technical issues like NAPIMS/DPR and Partners.
• Participate in the preparation of well initial completion/ Side Track/ Plug & Abandon approval packages to DPR and NAPIMS.
• Whenever required, produce the technical and operational presentations (to Partners or internal).

Perform complex technical studies:

• Supervise small task forces, comprising junior engineers and contractors to resolve engineering / technical issues.
• Provide technical advice on specific area of technical expertise.
• Propose technological innovations.
• Contribute to improving skills and know-how.
• Participate in the training of job holders.
• Supervise and coach entry level engineers.
• Create, optimize, maintain then isolate the interface between the HC reservoirs and surface facilities
• Prepare the drilling & completion engineering for projects, work-over, well testing, wireline, plugging & abandonment of wells in full respect of commonly defined scope of work with GSR or PROD
• Maintain objective of cost containment, and in full respect of Company Rules (HSE and Technical)
• Ensure adequate engineering and preparatory work for well design are performed
• Ensure Engineering for New projects
• Ensure the adequate resources, equipment and contracts necessary are timely mobilized
• Ensure that DCD material are ordered timely and cost effectively in accordance with forecasted activity

Job Requirement

• Master in Engineering (ENSPM if possible).
• English: fluent - French is a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Drilling and Completion activities (incl. Onshore & Offshore drilling on exploration, appraisal and development wells, completion techniques, work-over, well servicing, fluids)

Experience is required in:

• Drilling Engineering: well design, casing design, trajectory design, torque and drag simulations, hydraulic simulations.
• Project preparation: Call for tender process (definition of needs, ITTs, follow up of CFTs, evaluation of tender received, recommendations to award)
• Completion and sand control (design evolution , optimization, follow up)
• AFE and cost preparation
• SIMOPS dossier preparation
• Liaison with Partners (presentations, follow up of dossiers,...).
• Well preparation in liaison with Project, geosciences, completions and operation teams.