Drilling Engineers at an Independent Oil and Gas Company

An Independent company with significant interest in Oil and Gas Industry, seeks to engage experienced Intelligent and self-driven candidates, to fill the position below following its expansion and development programmes:

Job Title: Drilling Engineer

Location: Any City, Nigeria

Requirements

• The Drilling Engineer must have a good knowledge of well engineering, drilling and completions to provide support to company's operations from the initial design to delivery of a well to production.
• Must be knowledgeable in drilling and completion practices.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science degree in a core engineering discipline (Second Class Upper). A master's degree in any of the relevant Engineering disciplines will be an added advantage
• A minimum of seven (7) years of drilling experience, consisting of well engineering and rig operations is required.
• Must have strong analytical, technical and operational skills
• Ability to prepare work schedules and comprehensive drilling plans to meet project objectives and deadlines.
• Monitoring day-to-day rig operations during drilling and completions operations
• Provide immediate and effective Solutions for operational continuity, equipment malfunctions and other Onsite problems.
• Liaise with project partners, such as geologists and drilling contractors etc, in order to keep up-to-date on all developments that may have an impact on drilling activities.
• Responsible for executing the appropriate procedures for well drilling projects
• Ensuring that drilling operations comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, with respect to health and safety and emergency procedures.
• Must be capable of working seamlessly with geosciences, production and reservoir groups in executing drilling/operations engineering solutions,
• Must have working knowledge of commonly used and relevant drilling/operations/production management software
• Must have ability to plan and lead projects and must be able to work under pressure

Application Closing Date
21st February, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae (prepared as a Microsoft Word document) with contact telephone numbers, current work location, e-mail address and scanned passport size photographs to: [email protected]

Note: All applications will be treated in strict confidence and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.