Senior Engineer, Drilling

About the company:

ADNOC is one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for the growth and diversification of the United Arab Emirates.

Our diverse family of more than 50,000 employees is made up of over 100 different nationalities. People from different backgrounds, with unique perspectives and wide-ranging skillsets, who share a collective responsibility: to enable and accelerate progress, both here in the UAE and across the globe. Here at ADNOC, we go beyond business as usual. We do things differently, challenge convention, and embrace new ways of thinking. This is what defines and differentiates us. By working together every day, we’re bringing energy to life.

About the job:

Plans and coordinates all the activities associated with drilling and work over operations and monitors execution of approved programs and initiates necessary changes to optimize the operational time and cost. Ensures proper follow up of day-to-day drilling operation and continuous improvement in drilling operation.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Plan, program, schedule and coordinate the execution of well construction activities on the rig(s) under his/her control to deliver 'Fit for purpose', quality wells on time and within budget.
• Maintain day to day relationships with Customers, internal Service Providers and Service Contractors to enable smooth and efficient progress of the drilling operations.
• Responsible for the engineering design of wells, taking into account well integrity, Asset Team objectives, past experience and Well Engineering standards and policies.
• Proactively contribute to field development studies and Well selection in the Asset Teams in the Directorates. Contribute to and progress the Asset Team Well Proposal and give expert advice on new techniques and/or technologies to the Asset Teams.
• Make time and cost estimates; schedule materials; communicate and review specific operations with the Drilling Contractors and Service Contractors; solicit feedback and prepare Drilling or Workover programs ahead of the actual operations.
• Coordinate the programming, gathering, reporting and distribution of well data; evaluate the quality of well engineering data and participate in the quality evaluation of reservoir related data.
• Collect rig operational, financial and well performance data and participate in monthly, quarterly and annual review with management and customers. Report against targets. Collect and process data for the Drilling Incentive.
• Visit rigs at least once per week. Make HSE and integral element of these rig visits.
• Review all incidents occurring on his/her Rig(s) and assist in the investigation of all LTl incidents for all drilling and service contractors on his/her Rig(s).
• Enhance the design and programming quality of drilling, workover and well completion activities by optimizing proven techniques and practices and implementing new technology and innovative operating methods; evaluate and report results; contribute to the development, upgrading and maintenance of drilling and completion standards.
• Maintain Well Documents in the share folder and archive them in eWeIIFile System.
• Ensure achieving Drilling Function HSE & Performance KPls.

Minimum Experience:

• Bachelor degree in petroleum or equivalent.
• 6 years of experience in drilling engineering and workover operations.​​​​​​​