Senior Drilling Engineer

General Electric (GE)

UAE

Ref: KP132-815

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Role Summary:

About Us:

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world's first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

BHGE helps its customers acquire, transport and refine hydrocarbons more efficiently, productively and safely, with a smaller environmental footprint and at lower cost per barrel. Backed by the digital industrial strength of GE, the company deploys minds, machines and the cloud to break down silos and reduce waste and risk, applying breakthroughs from other industries to advance its own.

With operations in over 120 countries, the company's global scale, local know-how and commitment to service infuse over a century of experience with the spirit of a startup - inventing smarter ways to bring energy to the world.

Role Summary:

Offers the opportunity as an experienced Senior Drilling Engineer to join the team in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Essential Responsibilities:

- With little supervision, provides engineering support for safe completion and workover operations and implementation of Baker Hughes products and services as well as relevant third party companies on integrated operations projects at the well site
- Responsible for well planning and fundamental engineering analysis and integration of wellsite operations relative to downhole operations
- Serves as mentor to junior engineers
- Supports planning and execution of jobs

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- 10+ years' experience in Drilling Engineering
- Completion of supervisory/leadership training preferred


Desired Characteristics:

- Comprehensive knowledge of well control best practices
- Skilled application of drilling engineering and well planning
- Drill string design and downhole dynamics
- Pore Pressure/Fracture Pressure determination
- Bits / Dull Grading
- Drilling fluid management
- Hydraulics, including nozzle selection
- Directional/Horizontal /Extended Reach Drilling
- Cementing and casing / liner running Fishing Thorough understanding of Rig Systems and Rig Floor Operations
- Rig-site acumen and supervisory skills
- Competency to plan, problem solve, organize, direct, and control
- Leadership skills in a diverse geographic and cultural environment
- Expert in utilization of computers and application of Microsoft office
- Job Safety Analysis(JSA)
- HS&E Emergency Response Systems
- Should be fluent oral/written English and local country language

Locations

Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Baker Hughes, a GE company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.

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