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Contract: Sr. Drilling Engineer / Canada
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Added: | 2020-03-06 |
Location: | St. John`s, Canada |
Salary: | Competitive |
Duration: | Contract |
Apjid | 3 |
The client is seeking a Sr. Drilling Engineer to join their Atlantic Region Drilling Completions and Interventions Team.
Start Date: April 1, 2020
Duration: 1 year, possibility of extension
Reports to: Well Engineering Manager
Candidates must be either local to NL or willing to relocate
Core Responsibilities:
Start Date: April 1, 2020
Duration: 1 year, possibility of extension
Reports to: Well Engineering Manager
Candidates must be either local to NL or willing to relocate
Core Responsibilities:
- Providing technical support to ensure operational readiness for the upcoming WWRP including:
- Development of operating procedures and policy documentation.
- Development of completion, intervention, and work- over programs. Ensuring operations are planned and executed in accordance with Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB), company policies, and industry standards.
- Liaising with Well Planning Design Teams (Reservoir, Geoscience, Drilling, Completion, Rig Operations, and Contractors.
- Analyzing and making recommendations on the appropriate use of existing technologies to enhance
- Conducting technical and commercial reviews of vendor proposals to ensure the most technically sound and cost-effective methods are employed.
- Mentoring of Junior Engineering Staff and Engineering Co-op Students.
- Develop detailed well designs, if required, and supporting documents in accordance with applicable requirements, in alignment to the well design and execution processes, and in support of related protocols
- Supporting well related documentation for regulatory submission as required.
- Interfacing with and directing third party contractors in the development of various drilling operations procedures and guidance
- Interfacing with the Subsurface Team to ensure team objectives are being met
- Assisting with management of long lead inventory equipment
- Assisting accounting staff in administration of invoicing and cost control for ongoing operations
- Participating on Emergency Response Team, which may include the requirement to carry a pager/cell phone and be on call, as required.
- Bachelor of Engineering Degree preferred, with eligibility for Professional Engineer status with Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL).
- At least 15 years of experience within Drilling/Completions, predominantly within the drilling space and Ideally with platform facilities in a harsh weather environment.
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in well construction design, planning and operations. With demonstrated working knowledge of the following:
- o Well planning of highly deviated / extended reach horizontal wells
- o Well Construction policies, procedures, and related industry standards/practices
- o NL Regulatory guidelines and industry standards
- o Well Engineering process safety and barrier management practices
- o Tubular Stress Analysis (Landmark StressCheck and WellCat )
- o Torque/drag modelling and analysis (Landmark Well Plan)
- o Casing, Cement, and Fluid Design
- o Relief Well Planning and Well Abandonment guidelines
- o Dynamic Well Kill modelling
- o Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient Analysis
- o Geomechanics Modelling
- o Fluids Design and Hydraulics
- o Well cost reporting and AFE generation
- o Platform Drilling & Operations, Surface Wellheads and Trees
- Applicants should have permanent resident status in Canada, and ability to relocate to Newfoundland
- Valid Well Control certification
- Proficient in Microsoft Software
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team, and with others outside of the formal organization (e.g. service providers, vendors, contractors)
- Excellent analysis and problem identification abilities and strong judgment to recommend practical solutions.
- Experience in platform drilling operations and platform well planning would be an asset.
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