Senior Drilling Engineer career Vacancy at WTS Energy (Oil and Gas) Lagos - Nigeria

Company Profile:
WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industry. We supply consultants to projects and operations of our clients and perform outsourcing services such workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. Our clients are based globally and offer a myriad in oil and gas and energy vacancies.

WTS Energy positions in any phase of the project lifecycle; from Geoscience, Drilling Management and Supervision, (FEED) Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Start UP, Operations and Maintenance. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries.

WTS Energy is recruiting to fill the below position:

Position: Senior Drilling Engineer - Nigeria
Ref No: WTPB03333
Location: Lagos - Nigeria
Terms & Conditions

• Office environment primarily, when required will travel to the drilling rig to assist with specific evaluations/problems. May also require travel vendor’s location to witness assembly of tools/equipment or repair of equipment.
• Competitive day rate
• Long term contract, renewable yearly

Basic Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Well planning & drilling engineering, casing design, fluids, cementing, directional, survey, bits and suspension
• Total well planning and design, cost estimation and risk analysis, operation support to field team
• Preparation of well engineering Decision Support Packages (DSP).
• Ensure all regulatory requirements are met with the timely submittal of all applications to appropriate government authorities.
• Detail Long Lead equipment and planning/ordering requirements
• Travel to the field locations to monitor and participate in drilling operations and provide support to the Drilling Supervisors
• Ensure Open Well daily drilling reports are reviewed, kept up to date and accurate.
• Work closely with resource teams, geologists, and production and service company personnel to ensure an efficient operation.
• Strong commitment to Safety and Environmental compliance. Development of the well based risk register, mitigations, actions and contingency planning.
• Planning torque, drag, hydraulics, ECD, swab & surge calculations for drilling and running casing
• Investigate offset data, lessons learnt & drive continuous improvement into the well planning and engineering.
• Perform post-analyses for benchmarking and learning.

Key Result Areas

• Prepare applications for drilling/workover operations ahead of time to be sent for approval by state agency
• Analyses incident reports and propose remedial action.
• Acts on KPI in order to improve Drilling/workovers performance
• Optimize Drilling/completion equipment
• Make presentation for the Drilling/management periodically.
• Prepares and carry out pre-spud meeting on site to all concerned.
• Liaise with the subsurface groups to ensure required data is available to drill the wells
• Assist in the preparation of tenders, evaluation of bids, award of contracts of all drilling and workover related services
• Prepare operational Drilling programmes.
• Assist in the investigation of non compliances and that lessons learned effectively communicated
• Prepare all relevant information to meet all requirements of Turkmenistan regulations as related to drilling and workover activities
• Liaise with Equipment Engineer to maintain a forecast of equipment to ensure sufficient quantities to meet operational requirements

HSE Tasks & Responsibilities

• Follow the HSE guidelines for the safety of work
• Communications and Working Relationships

What we require from the Candidate

• Engineering Degree
• Minimum 10 years of broad experience in Drilling operations on Onshore or offshore (Planning and Operational Implementation)
• Proven capabilities in problem analysis and solution development.
• Collating and interpreting data and technical information. =
• Project planning and design.
• Advanced/Emerging Well Engineering Technology
• Results oriented - Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals; is capable of working in challenging, fast paced environment
• Collaborative - Works effectively across the organization to achieve goals
• Innovative - Champions new ideas and creates an environment that supports innovation and creativity
• Decision Maker - Effectively examines events, issues, and problems, and generates solutions
• Demonstrated experience working with multi-disciplinary teams. .
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently.
• Self-motivated, positive attitude, and works with minimal direction. Strong problem solving skills.
• OpenWells software knowledge

How to Apply 
Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to apply online before 28th January, 2014