Reports to: Well Engineering Manager
Direct Reports
- Well Completions Engineer
- Well Workover Engineer
- Well Intervention Engineer
Job Summary
To provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, planning, and execution of well completions and interventions operations, ensuring safe, cost‑effective, and reliable well delivery. The role encompasses engineering assurance, rig intake and readiness, and team development, while ensuring all completions and intervention programs comply with OERNL standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. Ultimately, the position enables maximum well productivity and reservoir recovery.
Key Responsibilities Areas
Well Engineering Review and Operational Validation
- Reviews and approves completion and intervention designs and programs to ensure technical soundness, operational feasibility, and effective risk management.
- Validates engineering calculations, tool string designs, and risk assessments.
- Ensures the appropriate selection of equipment, materials, and fluids to safeguard long‑term well integrity and performance.
- Confirms rig capability, operational readiness, and technical integrity of all equipment.
Team Leadership and Performance Management
- Leads and mentors a multidisciplinary team of completion and intervention engineers.
- Ensures competency development, succession planning, and performance evaluations are effectively implemented.
- Drives technical assurance, competency growth, and performance excellence.
- Manages manpower planning to guarantee adequate engineering coverage.
Well Safety and Compliance Oversight
- Champions HSE compliance across all completion and intervention designs/programs.
- Promotes well control, integrity, and barrier assurance throughout all activities.
- Guarantees compliance with company well engineering standards, HSE‑MS, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Leads incident investigations and drives the integration of lessons learned across the organization.
Cost and Performance Monitoring
- Drive cost optimization while safeguarding operational reliability and well productivity.
- Take ownership of AFE and cost control across all well projects.
- Track and analyse well KPIs (NPT, ILT, cost per job, efficiency index) to foster continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration
- Collaborates with subsurface, drilling, production, and other cross‑functional teams to align well objectives and priorities.
- Engages service companies, contractors, and vendors to ensure optimal performance and service quality.
- Represents the completions and interventions function in asset planning and management meetings
Qualifications & Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering [Petroleum, Mechanical, etc.] or related discipline.
Required Professional Certifications / Accreditations / Registrations
- SPE/IADC-accredited completion design training.
Minimum Years of Experience and Relevant Areas
- 15–20+ years in well engineering, with at least 7 -10 years in completions and intervention.
- Proven track record in completion and intervention design, execution, and management.
- Minimum of 3 years in leadership position managing completions and intervention engineering.
Proven experience in
- Rig and rigless-based completions and intervention activities.
- Well integrity restoration and production enhancement projects.
- Managing multi-rig programs in land or offshore operations.
- Cost optimization and contractor performance management.
- Sand control, HPHT completions, onshore operations, multilateral, and intelligent well systems.
Any Additional Qualifications / Certifications or Experience (Desirable but not essential)
- Master’s degree in petroleum or reservoir engineering.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
- Exposure to digital completion design tools and advanced well monitoring systems.
Behavioral and Technical Competencies Required
Behavioral Competencies
- Strategic leadership & decision-making.
- Strong safety leadership mindset.
- Excellent communication & cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Ability to manage contractors and build win-win relationships.
- Resilience and adaptability in dynamic project environments.
- High integrity, accountability, and results orientation.
Technical Competencies
- Advanced completion design (sand control, intelligent completions)
- Well integrity assurance and regulatory compliance knowledge.
- Completions and intervention Cost and performance benchmarking in completions.
- Strong well modelling, nodal analysis, and software skills (e.g., WellCat, Prosper).
- Understanding of reservoir productivity and inflow performance relationships.
- Fluids and materials selection expertise (brines, elastomers, metallurgy).
- Familiarity with drilling–completion interfaces (casing design, wellhead equipment).
- Contractor and service company technical evaluation skills
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