Drilling Optimization Engineer

Baker Hughes; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 1,800,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Tailored financial programs

Global team collaboration

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Drilling Optimization Engineer to support integrated well services. You will monitor real-time drilling data across wells, identify optimization opportunities, and deliver data-driven recommendations to improve performance and reduce NPT.

The role requires 5+ years in drilling optimization, strong analytics, and fluency in English and Spanish. The position involves collaboration with field teams and site managers to drive safe, efficient drilling operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in drilling optimization, drilling data analysis, or well construction.
• Experience in Well Construction, in major basins.
• Experience with Itrak Hydraulics, Jewel Suite, WellLink, Corva.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time data during drilling and completion operations.
• Identify trends and opportunities for performance improvements and hazard avoidance.
• Develop daily reports with data, trends, and recommendations.
• Analyze drilling data including torque, RPM, LWD, and surface parameters.
• Support field operations with data access and timely insights for decision making.
• Perform torque, drag, and hydraulics analyses to optimize hole cleaning.

Skills

Drilling optimization

Data analysis

Real-time monitoring

Field operations

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Tools

Itrak Hydraulics

Jewel Suite Drilling Evaluation

WellLink Performance

Corva

Job description

Do you enjoy being part of a successful team?

Are you a Drilling Optimization Engineer looking for a new opportunity?

Join our Integrated Well Services team!

At Baker Hughes our purpose is clear. We take energy forward-making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Our team partners with the business to effectively enable and sustain change to improve our performance.

Partner with the best

The Drilling Optimization Engineer is responsible for early detection of drilling hazards and development of recommendations for optimizing drilling operations. In addition to previous drilling and data acquisition experience, the Drilling Optimization Engineer will accomplish this by utilizing pre-determined event fingerprinting, data validation and Well Engineering & Project Management best practices

As a Drilling Optimization Engineer - Technical Support, you will be responsible for:

• Monitoring real-time data throughout drilling and completion operations for one or more wells.
• Learning and assisting with recognizing trends in real-time data which relate to improvement opportunities or health of the well and the avoidance of drilling hazards
• Developing daily reports which include essential measured data and descriptions on activities, trends and recommendations for improvements.
• Collecting and applying drilling data (both realtime and recorded), such as but not limited to SPP, torque, RPM, block height and downhole LWD data.
• Assisting with and ensuring essential personnel have access to real-time information or are informed in a timely manner of improvement opportunities or trends that suggest potential drilling hazards. This will include assisting field operations personnel with data analysis and assist decision making.
• Performing torque and drag, hydraulics analysis in real-time with Baker Hughes system for proper hole cleaning and avoid any NPT
• Analyzing of drilling surface parameters such as ROP, WOB, Torque, Hook Load, Standpipe and any other available data. Complete Vibration analysis- Stick slip, Bit/BHA Whirl and Bit Bounce.
• Assisting in developing communication plans to provide performance feedback to job sites and operational stakeholders; monitor effectiveness and adjust as necessary
• Meeting and engaging with customers, rig managers, drillers, and operations team on a regular basis to present drilling optimization applications and trends, and help to identify and capture opportunities for performance improvement.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Petroleum Engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in drilling optimization, drilling data analyst, well engineering, field operations, and well construction. Competence should include drill bits/mills, drilling BHA design, drilling engineering simulations, drilling field operations, drilling preparation of programs, or similar.
• Experience working in Well Construction, in Vaca Muerta or Permian Basins.
• Experience using Itrak Hydraulics application Jewel Suite Drilling Evaluation,WellLink Performance, andCorva.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills to work well with colleagues across all businesses/cultures, achieve objectives through effective influencing, and establish credibility with senior leaders.
• Have excellent analytics and problem-solving, including ability to form hypotheses and move forward in the absence of complete information.
• Have excellent English and Spanish oral and written communication skills, including ability to synthesize complex topics into clear and simple messages.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well‑being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

About Us

With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we're committed to achieving net‑zero carbon emissions by 2050 and we're always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient.

Join Us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Services Senior Specialist - Applications Engineering

About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.