Senior Design Engineer

Global Engineering Talent; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Engineering Talent is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead the design of downhole packers and related equipment across Aberdeen and Dubai. You will establish standards, validate designs through testing, and support development and qualification activities, while coordinating with manufacturing and operations teams.

The role requires extensive experience in downhole tools, strong drafting skills (AutoCAD/CADWorx), and fluent English.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in downhole tools or well completions.
• Proficiency in packer design and completion-equipment calculations.
• Experience taking products from concept through qualification and manufacture.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing packers and other downhole completion equipment.
• Establishing engineering standards, processes and design practices.
• Creating assembly, disassembly and redress procedures.
• Completing design calculations for completion equipment.
• Preparing engineering test requests and technical reports.
• Managing design plans, reviews and approvals.
• Defining Design Acceptance Criteria against product and customer requirements.
• Overseeing prototype assembly and workshop testing.
• Reviewing customer specifications, technical data and design proposals.
• Ensuring designs meet relevant performance and manufacturing requirements.
• Managing engineering changes and communicating them to relevant teams.
• Verifying drawings before equipment assembly and testing.
• Providing technical guidance across engineering, operations and management teams.

Skills

Packer design

Completion equipment calculations

Design for manufacture

Engineering standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CADWorx

Job description

Location: Aberdeen, UK or Dubai, UAE

Salary: Up to £85,000 / US$115,600

Employment type: Permanent

Global Engineering Talent is supporting a global manufacturer of downhole completion technologies with the appointment of four experienced Senior Design Engineers across its Aberdeen and Dubai operations.

This is a senior, hands-on engineering position for someone with extensive experience designing downhole completion equipment - particularly packers - and taking products through design, qualification, manufacture and testing.

The role

You will be responsible for:

• Designing and developing packers and other downhole completion equipment
• Establishing engineering standards, processes and design practices
• Creating assembly, disassembly and redress procedures
• Completing design calculations for completion equipment
• Preparing engineering test requests and technical reports
• Managing design plans, reviews and approvals
• Defining Design Acceptance Criteria against product and customer requirements
• Supporting new product development and equipment qualification
• Overseeing prototype assembly and workshop testing
• Reviewing customer specifications, technical data and design proposals
• Ensuring designs meet relevant performance and manufacturing requirements
• Managing engineering changes and communicating them to relevant teams
• Verifying drawings before equipment assembly and testing
• Providing technical guidance across engineering, operations and management teams
• Holding the assembly process where drawing or design discrepancies are identified

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering or a related discipline
• At least 10 years’ experience in downhole tools, well completions or a closely related field
• Strong knowledge of packer design and completion-equipment calculations
• Experience developing downhole equipment from concept through qualification and manufacture
• Sound understanding of API manufacturing principles
• Awareness of relevant standards, including API 11D1, API Q1, ASNT and AWS
• Strong mechanical drafting and manufacturing-drawing experience
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, CADWorx or comparable engineering design software
• Experience overseeing prototype assembly and physical product testing
• Fluent written and spoken English

Experience with packers, barrier systems, core completion equipment, artificial lift equipment or other mechanically operated downhole tools would be particularly valuable.

Locations

Four engineers will be appointed across the two locations:

• Minimum of two positions in Aberdeen
• Minimum of one position in Dubai
• The fourth position may be based in either location

All applications will be handled confidentially.