A Senior High Pressure/High Temperature (HPHT) Drilling Engineer plans, designs, and safely executes complex, high-risk drilling operations in extreme temperature and pressure environments.
• Responsible for well engineering, design and technical integrity aspects of well projects and ensuring the safe and efficient execution of well projects.
• Develops well design documentation, drilling programmes and associated documentation
• Identifies and raises a change request for any material changes to these programmes
• Identifies material requirements and requests to Logistics Department
• Ensures projects are planned in full compliance with corporate policies, standards, procedures and guidelines and relevant regulatory requirements and are executed safely and efficiently
• Demonstrates a challenging and innovative approach, to ensure cost effective, safe and environmentally acceptable engineering solutions
• Applies appropriate techniques and processes to drive performance through benchmarking and data analysis
• Ensures appropriate peer reviews, risk assessments and assurance reviews are held with actions closed out accordingly
• Interfaces effectively with other teams e.g. subsurface, projects, supply chain, finance to safely and successfully deliver the project
• Prepares required Budget estimates/AFEs for each project phase through the through appropriate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for budgeting and after work allocation processes. Ensures project expenditures are effectively monitored, managed and controlled
• Prepares and evaluates tenders. Acts as Technical Sponsor for certain contracts
• Supports the contractor management process by developing highly positive relationships with contractors and suppliers. Ensures contractor delivery against KPls/scorecards
• Responsible for the capture and close out of lessons learned and analysis of NPT events, and for the preparation and submission of end of well reports
• Provides technical support and gives work direction to less experienced engineers.
• Provides support to Project Manager and Operational team and provides operational cover as required
• Makes regular visits to site to enhance base - site relationships and communications, participate in rig safety audits, promote and support Company and contractor safety-related initiatives etc.
• Participates in the Wells' duty rota and provides support to the Incident Management Team (IMT) in the event of a rig-related incident