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We are looking for a Senior Drilling Engineer for one of our Clients : 

Location : Doha, Qatar

Duration : May 2021 - December 2024

Work Status : Resident, Onshore 

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• 8 - 12 years Drilling Engineering experience
• Good communication skills in English.
• Mandatory training as per HSE training matrix
• IWCF Level 4 certified every 4 years as a minimum

ATIVITIES

Health Safety Environment

• Identify all drilling risks and ensure accompanying risk register for every well operations is included in drilling program
• Ensure all other HSE requirements and lifting colour codes are highlighted in drilling and workover  programmes.
• Prepare exemption dossier when required and ensure risk analysis is performed for all non-routine operations.
• Ensure that company safety standard is maintained in all worksites.

Drilling Operation preparation and monitoring

• Well preparation in close corporation with RGS (WSOR) with clear definition of the objectives of the planned well covering trajectories, casing design, specific drilling challenges and associated cost estimates, reduce well complexity, perform torque and drag studies, hydraulics studies, anti-collision screening.
• Wells Trajectory design and optimization to reduce or eliminate collision risk.
• Prepare well programs, organize DWOP with onshore team and pre-spud meeting with rig site teams
• Prepare planning schedules, and required progress time curve for well, follow daily progress and provide
• detailed programs for non-routine activities liaising with Drilling Superintendent.
• Regular presentation of design decisions and progress to hierarchy, partners and regulators.
• Ensuring drilling performance and daily cost is accurately captured in daily drilling reports and dedicated  reporting software.
• Performance follow up and optimization: develop strategies, and engage with contractors, base and rig site team.
• Provide engineering support/advise to the rig on program implementation.
• Regular rig visits: safety meetings / campaigns / audits, quality reviews and operations follow up.
• Completing final well reports with emphasis on ensuring high levels of data quality is reported and that lessons learned are captured in after action reviews and dedicated software.
• Participate in technical studies to improve drilling operations.
• Participate in Call for Tender for drilling service contracts.

Additional job roles

• Provide drilling engineering input for the initial screening of opportunities to improve recovery and increase rate
• In the select phase, work in an integrated team to mature workovers, re-drills and infill wells. This includes drilling or workover feasibility evaluations, equipment availability, advise technology solutions, initial cost estimate of the selected option(s).
• Act as Lead drilling engineering New wells on occasion.
• Lead important engineering studies to optimize drilling operation.
• Mentor other young drilling engineers.