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Senior Drilling Engineer

Company An International Oil & Gas Company Experience 6-10 years
Date 2009-11-13 Salary Competitive
Category Exploration and Production Start date To be agreed
Region Europe Duration Initially 1 year with an option to extend
Location Geneva Country Switzerland

Description of Senior Drilling Engineer

An International Oil & Gas Company is looking for a Senior Drilling Engineer to work in Geneva, Switzerland.

The responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:
• Well and completion planning in accordance with the Well Delivery Process.
• Provide planning schedules for all drilling programs.
• Track schedules and monitor implementation to schedule.
• Provide initial well timelines for planning purposes, drilling time curves, and initial cost estimates. Review with drilling superintendent and drilling manager.
• Provide proper technical and commercial input to tender documents for services and products.
• Evaluate tenders both technically and commercially with appropriate recommendations.
• Provide detailed Scope of Work for drilling services.
• Carry out contracts management.
• Acquire planning data from geology, reservoir engineering or geophysics as necessary.
• Carry out offset well data analysis.
• Design drilling/completion and work-over programs (deepwater operations)
• Recommend means of avoiding drilling problems such as how to ensure well bore stability, tackling lost circulation and stuck pipe.
• Work with various service vendors to ensure plans are achievable.
• Review with engineer on DIMS the provision of End of Well reports.
• Provide engineering support/advise to the rig on program implementation. Check and sign job tickets (not invoices) from service contractors.

Skills required for Senior Drilling Engineer

• BS degree in Engineering (minimum)
• Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers. Member IADC. Attended industry courses in well engineering, well operations management and project management.
• Good technical knowledge of well planning and well operations. Initiative to proffer solutions to technical problems. Sound knowledge of IADC/API guidelines for well operations.
• Holder of IWCF well control certification and Offshore Survival certificate.
• Deepwater experience would highly preferred
Remarks Work schedule: resident

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