BHP Billiton - Completions Engineer, Sr. / Mexico

BHP Billiton has submitted the winning bid to acquire a 60 per cent participating interest and operatorship of an oil reserve containing the Trion discovery located in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. PEMEX Exploration & Production Mexico (Pemex) will retain a 40 per cent interest in the blocks.

For Drilling and Completions, this work will focus on planning and execution of a multiple well work program on the Trion discovery in 8,000ft water depth. Planning work will include development of a comprehensive campaign plan with identification of critical path activities to completion of first well; close interface with Pemex and government regulators.

This Completions Engineer role provides overall engineering support to the operation from the office, shore-base, and rig, and has responsibility for well planning, costing and operations for on the rig.

This person must be willing to relocate to Mexico City. 

In this role you will:

Core:

• Prepares high quality written work
• Makes clear concise presentations
• Works collaboratively with internal and external teams
• Coaches Associate and Graduate Engineers
• Leads portions of:
  • Completion Design
  • Engineering problem solving
  • Cost reduction efforts
  • Maximizing efficiency of operations
  • Ensuring and verifying well integrity
  • Recognition and implementation of industry best practice
• Compliance with BHP Billiton D&C Standards
• Process and technical improvements
• Continuously demonstrates professional and ethical behavior
• Proficient in pumping and sand control operations
• Familiar with well interventions and workover operations

Engineering:

• Provides completion design input to the Basis of Completion Design (BOCD), including the formation evaluation program
• Reviews offset wells and Lessons Learned for input to subsequent well designs and programs
• Prepares and presents detailed Well Design Review to the project team and management
• Prepares portions of completions program, critical elements list, load out list, contingency plans, and MOCs
• Designs well stimulation in conjunction with BHP and service companies' SMEs
• Perform tubing stress analysis for well life cycle
• Ability to run torque and drag models
• Assist in selection, testing of completion components to meet BOCD requirements
• Works with the BHP Billiton metallurgist to ensure metal selections meet well design requirements
• Works with the BHP Billiton subsea engineers to incorporate subsea engineering procedures into program and operations
• Leads portions of:
  • Post-well or post-campaign review
  • Operational time estimates for input to AFE estimate
  • New completion tool technology evaluations and recommendations
  • Well integrity and barrier analysis
  • Completion input to subsurface and production program

Operations:

• Reviews daily activity reports to ensure accuracy and appropriate level of detail
• Participates in rig-based audits, in support of the Superintendent and HSE Supervisor
• Participates in After Action Reviews and ensures Lessons Learned are captured
• Liaises with Supply to ensure timely delivery of equipment and services to meet operational requirements
• Assists in managing service companies and ensures compliance with contracts
• Participate in service company Performance Reviews
• Evaluate and progress continuous improvement opportunities
• Responsible for retention of critical well records (CEL, tallies, trip sheets, etc.)
• Review of well designs and operational plans at well/pad kick-off meetings
• Supporting operations on a daily basis, ensuring program is followed, and anticipating potential problems
• Evaluating requirements for program changes and raising MOCs as required
• Identifying potential problems and preparing contingency programs as required
• Making recommendations on improvement opportunities
• Well handover process

Costs:

• Assists in the preparation of well cost estimates, including accurate cost estimate for AFE generation
• Closely tracks costs during operations
• Proposes cost reduction initiatives and drives savings
• Reconciling AFE vs final tracked costs, investigates variances, and updates cost model as required
• Raising requisitions and approving invoices in a timely manner

Supply:

• Specifies completion equipment for procurement
• Evaluation of tenders to ensure the best services are contracted at competitive rates
• Inputs and scope of work to tender documents for third party services

Quality Assurance:

• Provides engineering input to quality plans for equipment and service tools
• Ensuring equipment and service tools are manufactured and prepared to QP
• Write failure investigation reports and non-compliance reports

Risks:

• Understands Material Risk Bowties, Critical Controls, and Performance Standards and verifies compliance
• Assists in preparation of well and operational risk assessments

Health, Safety, and Environmental:

• Participates in HSE incident investigations
• Participate in behavior-based safety programs
• Building HSE into well programs
• Well and operational risk assessments
• Barrier analyses

Regulatory and Joint Venture:

• Assist in liaising with JVP's on planning and operations
• Permit applications, documentation and submissions to regulators
• Compliance with all applicable regulations

Development:

• Drives own technical and professional development
• Guides the technical and professional development of junior engineers on the team
• Mentors and trains office based engineers to where they are able to work independently

About you:

• Engineering degree (Petroleum, Mechanical or Chemical) preferred
• 5+ years in the Drilling, Completion and Well Intervention industry, 2+ years wellsite supervision preferred; engineering and/or operations experience with different well types and/or campaigns. Spanish speaking is preferred.