Senior Completions Engineer

Elemental Energies; Westhill; In loco; GBP 65.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Elemental Energies is seeking an experienced completions engineer to lead design, analysis, and delivery of well completions across the lifecycle. You will supervise calculations, select materials, and assure quality while coordinating with subsurface, drilling, and supply chain teams.

The role requires directing cost estimates, monitoring daily time and cost, and applying new technologies to improve safety and performance.

Competenze

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

Mansioni

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Appraises new completion technologies and products to evaluate their potential to improve safety and performance.
• 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.
• Completes end-of-well reporting and support the well handover process.
• Ensures that actual well costs and other predefined KPIs are monitored and benchmarked.

Conoscenze

Completion design

Engineering software

Well delivery process

Mentoring staff engineers

Independent work

Formazione

BSc / BEng or equivalent

IWCF Level 4

Offshore medical/survival

Strumenti

StressCheck

WellCat

Descrizione del lavoro

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.