Sr. Drilling Engineer

RTC-1 Employment Services

UAE

Ref: QP275-561

Job description / Role

Employment: Contract

Job Role:
• Will be reporting directly to the Drilling Manager
• Will perform well engineering work, preparing drilling and if possible, completions programmes, well basis of design, casing design, etc.
• Liaison with Production and Subsurface teams to ensure that objectives for well construction and/or well intervention are set and fully detailed in the procedures for each well
• Responsible for carrying out assigned work with particular emphasis on HSEQ performance, well operations performance, risk mitigation and cost-effective delivery
• Ensure that well designs and construction procedures comply with company’s requirements and the relevant legislative requirement
• Responsible for technical content of all programmes and programme amendments for the construction, re-entry, repair of a well
• Casing, cement, directional, bit selection, drilling fluids/well hydraulics, completion fluids, drill-string, data acquisition, well suspension, well intervention design work.
• Modelling of drilling load scenarios.
• Performance and Lost-Time reporting and analysis

Requirements

Requirements:
• Open to ANY nationality
• Male, below 45 years old
• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering
• Minimum 12 years drilling & well completion experience, GCC experience is highly preferred
• Must be IWCF Level 4 Well Control certified
• Have experience in drilling & well services engineering & operations, HT experience essential, HPHT experience is preferred
• Have a strong background in drilling engineering and well testing design in addition to a basic knowledge of completion and well testing engineering.
• Have international experience and significant onshore drilling experience in the Middle East
• Open for overseas candidates, can work from home if outside UAE
• Must be immediately available
• Excellent communication, technical and analytical skills

About the Client:
A leading oil and gas company in the UAE.

About the Company

RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa.

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Engineer salaries in UAE

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AED 9,500

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