Senior Completions Engineer

Elemental Energies; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Elemental Energies is seeking a Senior Completion Engineer to lead the design of completion activities and ensure safe, cost-effective delivery across the full well lifecycle. You will coordinate with subsurface, drilling, and operations teams, validate calculations, and drive continuous improvement in well delivery.

You will mentor junior engineers, manage contractor interfaces, and ensure compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• BSc / BEng or equivalent technical degree in engineering, technology or science.
• Offshore medical, survival certs are required.
• IWCF Level 4 or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Directs the design of the completion and validates engineering calculations.
• Leads material selection for completion and quality assurance.
• Manages completion engineering activities for safe, timely delivery.
• Supports well planning and interfaces with subsurface, drilling, and logistics.
• Ensures compliance with policies, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Prepares cost data, tracks daily time and cost, and provides performance reporting.
• Mentors other completion engineers and supports knowledge transfer.

Skills

Completion Design

WellCat

Stresscheck

Mentoring

Independent work

Education

BSc / BEng or equivalent

IWCF Level 4

Offshore medical, survival

Tools

Well Delivery Process

Job description

Responsible for engineering, design and technical integrity aspects of completions, ensuring the safe and efficient execution of projects covering the full lifecycle (Complete, Workover, repurpose, P&A).

Associated responsibilities:

• Provides input to well construction, workover and abandonment studies, reviews and design projects.
• Provides (completion) engineering support to well operations.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Leadership:

• Directs the design of the completion, checking and confirming the validity of engineering calculations and assumptions.
• Lead engineering input on completion material and equipment selection, and quality assurance.
• Manage completion engineering activities to ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of well operations, and that the well / project objectives are met.
• Actively supports the well planning process in accordance with the Well Delivery Process.
• Interface with subsurface, drilling, supply chain, and finance teams to ensure successful project execution.

Risk Management:

• Ensures all completion activities comply with corporate policies, standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Leads completion design and operations risk assessments and ensure risks are managed and mitigated Captures and closes out lessons learned and analyses non-productive time (NPT) events.

Contractor Management:

• Prepares and evaluates tenders; acts as Technical Sponsor for selected contracts.
• Provides technical advice during prequalification and tender evaluation phases, ensuring contractor and supplier selection meets technical objectives and company standards.
• Supports the contractor management process by developing positive relationships with contractors and suppliers, and by ensuring contractor delivery against KPIs and scorecards.

Technical Analysis:

• Responsible for completion cost estimates (AFEs), for both future budgets and current operations, ensuring accuracy and reliability of cost data.
• Continuously monitors daily time and cost of operations, with regular reporting, cost forecasting, benchmarking, and performance analysis.
• Appraise new completion technologies and products to evaluate their potential to improve safety and performance.

Project Execution:

• Plans and schedules supply of completion materials and services.
• Prepares rig-based completion programmes and time & cost documentation for each phase of the project.
• Support project delivery activities, including participation in execution readiness reviews.
• Ensure all consents and legislative requirements are met.

Documentation & Reporting:

• Completes end-of-well reporting and support the well handover process.
• Ensures that actual well costs and other predefined KPIs are monitored and benchmarked.
• Captures non-conformance and lessons learned and ensure continuous performance reporting.

Continuous Improvement:

• Review existing lessons learned, and captures any new lessons.
• Reviews and proposes modifications to wells standards and guidelines to enhance safety and operational performance.
• Appraises new technologies and approaches for their value-adding potential across the well delivery lifecycle.
• Implements feedback and performance analysis to support continuous learning and improvement.

Training & Mentoring:

• Mentor other (completion) engineers and support knowledge transfer.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Knowledge & Qualifications:

• BSc / BEng or equivalent technical degree in an engineering, technology or science discipline,
• Offshore medical, survival.
• IWCF Level 4 (Or Equiv.).

Skills:

• Competent in Completion Design & Engineering Software (Stresscheck, WellCat, etc.).
• Competent in all aspects of Completion Design.
• Competent in using a Well Delivery Process.
• Capable of mentoring and training staff engineers.
• Capable of working independently and as part of a team.

Experience:

• Previous experience with an Operator or Well Management Company in a well engineering role.