Engineer, Drilling Performance

Job description / Role

Oversees and optimizes drilling operations to ensure maximum efficiency and safety. Analyzes drilling performance data, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to enhance drilling efficiency and reduce costs.

Job Specific Accountabilities
- Analyze drilling performance data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement in drilling operations.
- Develop and implement strategies to optimize drilling performance, including enhancing drilling processes, equipment utilization, and operational practices.
- Provide technical support to drilling teams, including troubleshooting drilling issues, recommending solutions, and ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including drilling engineers, geoscientists, and operations personnel, to implement performance improvement initiatives and achieve operational objectives.
- Provide training and guidance to drilling personnel on performance optimization techniques, tools, and best practices.
- Identify potential risks and hazards associated with drilling operations and develop mitigation strategies to minimize risk exposure and ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Monitor drilling-related expenses and identify opportunities to reduce costs without compromising safety or operational integrity.
- Assess wellbore integrity issues and collaborate with engineering teams to develop solutions to prevent or mitigate wellbore instability, formation damage, and other integrity concerns.
- Evaluate and recommend improvements to performance monitoring systems, including real-time drilling data acquisition and visualization tools, to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Implement quality assurance processes and standards to ensure the reliability and accuracy of drilling performance data and reports.
- Capture and disseminate lessons learned, best practices, and technical knowledge gained from drilling operations to facilitate continuous learning and improvement across the organization.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, advancements in drilling technology, and emerging best practices, and evaluate their potential applicability to improve drilling performance and efficiency.

Minimum Qualification
- BSc in an engineering discipline, or equivalent.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills
- 5 years' field experience, in drilling operations
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Good computer knowledge.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.