Senior Drilling Engineer

Senior Drilling Engineer
Aberdeen
£ Competitive + benefits
Our client is one of the largest independent crude oil and natural gas producers in the world.

They seek with immediate effect a Senior Drilling Engineer to be based at their offices in Aberdeen for the North Sea field development.

As Senior Drilling Engineer your responsibilities will include: *Primary Drilling focal point with G&G, Exploitation, Production, Operations & Development for the relevant assets. *Key member of Project team (PDP), as defined. *Support Phase Leader, or act as phase leader (PDP), as defined. *Responsible for Drilling input to new and existing development scopes. *Responsible for proposing well concepts and feasibility studies, and subsequent development/delivery. Including assessing new technology and innovative solutions. *Responsible for detailed well design, including compliance with company P&P and Well Examination. *Responsible of all drilling documentation, including but not limited to BOD, AFE, Programmes, EOWR, PDP deliverables. *Responsible for all post well reporting and lessons, including but not limited to EOWR and Lessons Learned. *Preparation and maintenance of well budgets, schedules, AFE and daily costing in line with operations and planning schedule. *Obtain necessary formal approvals both internal and external prior to commencement of work.

*Responsible for drilling input to contract strategies. Subsequently responsible for scopes of work, ITT preparation and tender evaluation (technical) with input to commercial evaluation and recommendation to award for all drilling related contracts. *Liaise with vendors, suppliers and service providers as necessary. *Act as Drilling focal point for various contracts and ensure contractual compliance is maintained by vendors, suppliers and service providers. *Technical and Operational leader of a drilling team. Including but not limited to directing daily drilling activities, providing technical guidance, and providing input to operations as appropriate. *Provide support (costs, concepts, timings) for Business Development with regard to Acquisitions and Disposals *Participate in management and development of the D&C department through involvement in improvement of processes, procedures and systems.

*Provide Peer Review and Operational support as required to other Projects. *Act as coach and mentor for Junior Engineers

As Senior Drilling Engineer you'll have previous experience in a similar role and experience in Offshore Operations. You'll ideally be qualified to degree or equivalent level in an engineering discipline. You'll be familiar with full project development from concept to delivery and have experience of well design and Well Plan as well as drill string and casing design. Previous Project Management would be a distinct advantage. Offshore travel will be required as part of this role.