Drilling Engineer

Job Summary

The Engineer works to support the priorities of the WSC (Well Support Center) by focusing specifically on a single rig line to help drive decisions, transfer the engineered plan to execution, measure performance and identify opportunities and optimizations.

Responsibilities

• Support the Well Superintendents and the field teams in achieving HSE targets by actively participating in all town and field HSE processes.
• Ensure compliance of operations with approved procedures, safety, environment, and legislative requirements.
• Engage with regulatory bodies during Wells Operations.
• Drive the transfer of an engineered plan on paper / approved drilling program to actual execution in the field through the development, review, and approval of signed Section Plans.
• Clearly communicate with ops team members and set expectations for execution in collaboration with Well Superintendent and Rig Advisor.
• Drive collaboration and develop plan forward between operations and engineering if deviations from the approved D&C procedure and section plan occur.
• Review operations forecasting with Rig Site Supervisor.
• Support Rig Advisor and vendors to ensure logistics are in place.
• Set up and QC Torque/Drag and hydraulic models ahead of section execution including model adjustments.
• Lead Wells Surveillance and Analytics Technicians in monitoring and trend analysis.
• Work with Wells Surveillance & Analytics Technicians to execute Operations Roadmaps, monitoring trends and deviations from plan.
• Perform final review of all MPD and hydraulics modeling, Cementing modeling and other vendor programs prior to execution.
• Capture weekly lessons learned, participate in event based After Action Reviews, and generate Service Improvement Opportunities utilizing global Wells Knowledge Application platform (SIO/WKA)
• Examine performance and optimization opportunities in collaboration with Wells Engineering team and Well Surveillance and Analytics Technicians.
• Responsible for Regulatory Body notifications during Well Operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering
• Strong operational background including exposure to various well operational activities
• Current Well Control Certification