Engineering Manager - (Drilling & downhole completion tools) ID 35612

NADIA Recruitment & Management Consultants; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 167,400 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

NADIA Recruitment & Management Consultants is seeking an Engineering Manager in Abu Dhabi to oversee engineering design and validation for downhole tool assemblies. The ideal candidate will have 10 to 15 years of mechanical design experience, with a deep understanding of operations and troubleshooting in high-pressure environments.

Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with quality and validation standards, particularly API specifications, and using advanced modeling software like PTC Creo and AutoCAD.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years of hard mechanical design and manufacturing experience.
• Understand rig-site operations and troubleshooting under pressure.
• Experience validating components to API standards.

Responsibilities

• Complete engineering design and validation ownership of downhole tool assemblies.
• Translate engineering blueprints into high-pressure-tested downhole equipment.

Skills

Engineering design and validation

Hydraulic and Mechanical Liner Hangers

API Spec Q1 standards

High-Pressure Packers & Plugs

Tools

PTC Creo

AutoCAD 2D

Job description

Job Summary

One of our clients in Abu Dhabi is looking for Engineering Manager (Drilling & downhole completion tools).

Key Responsibilities

• Core Product Experience: Complete engineering design and validation ownership of downhole tool assemblies, including:
  • Hydraulic and Mechanical Liner Hangers (featuring string rotation capabilities during cementing).
  • Integrated Liner Hanger Packers (with pocket‑type slips, anti‑premature setting mechanisms, balanced pistons, and bonding elements).
  • Downhole Setting & Running Tools (Hydraulic release, mechanical release for heavy strings, and hydro‑mechanical tools with heavy‑duty clutches).
  • High‑Pressure Packers & Plugs: Single/double grip retrievable packers, extended reach seal bore packers, drillable/retrievable bridge plugs, and cement retainers.
  • Float Equipment and cementing accessories.
  • Required Design Software: Advanced modeling using PTC Creo (Pro/ENGINEER) and AutoCAD 2D.
  • Quality & Validation Standards: Extensive experience under API Spec Q1 and ISO 9001.
  • Direct experience validating components to API 11D1 (V6‑R to V0‑R grades), API 19LH / ISO 14310, API 5CT, and API 14L.

Requirements

• Operations Knowledge: Must understand rig‑site operations, troubleshooting under pressure, and translating engineering blueprints into physical, high‑pressure‑tested downhole equipment on the shop floor.
• 10 to 15 years of hard mechanical design and manufacturing experience within these niche product lines.