Senior Plugging and Abandonment (PandA)

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Mold; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd in Mold is seeking a Senior Plugging and Abandonment (PandA) Engineer for a contract role based in Mold. The position carries a daily rate of £350–£800, with responsibilities to review historical well data for a North Sea platform and its subsea tiebacks, informing future abandonment plans.

You will produce a Well Engineering Summary Pack, including Well Status Diagrams and summary tables. Flexible working patterns exist, but regular Mold office attendance is expected.

Qualifications

• North Sea experience required.
• Good grasp of platform, subsea and subsurface terminology.
• Familiar with UK abandonment design principles and industry guidelines.
• Experience as Well Abandonment or PandA engineer desirable.

Responsibilities

• Interpret drilling reports and well records to assess implications for abandonment plans.
• Understand subsurface data design inputs and abandonment design principles.
• Generate basic Well Status Diagrams in Excel showing barrier quality.
• Assess leak risk for each barrier based on historic data.
• Relate abandonment designs to field-wide wellbore diagrams and crossflow implications.

Skills

North Sea experience

Platform/subsea terminology

UK industry guidelines

Well Abandonment / PandA

Job description

Senior Plugging and Abandonment (PandA) Engineer - Mold

The Senior Plugging and Abandonment (PandA) Engineer position, based in Mold, is a contract role based on a daily rate between £350 and £800. The role involves reviewing historical well documentation for a North Sea platform, its subsea tiebacks, and legacy exploration and abandonment wells. You will interpret drilling reports and other records, assessing the significance of past events on future abandonment plans.

Your duties include producing a Well Engineering Summary Pack containing Well Status Diagrams and summary tables. Working patterns are flexible, though regular attendance at the Mold office is expected.

Contract Details

Contract type: Contract role offering a daily rate between £350 and £800. Work location: Mold. Working patterns are flexible, with regular attendance at the Mold office expected.

Responsibilities

• Interpret drilling reports and other well records with understanding of the potential implications of significant events.
• Understand relevance of subsurface data design inputs, general abandonment design philosophy and UK industry guidelines.
• Generate basic but clear Well Status Diagrams in Excel, with emphasis on demonstrating barrier quality.
• Assess leak risk for each barrier based on historic data.
• Relate abandonment designs and quality to field wide wellbore penetration plumbing diagram and potential impacts on subsurface assumptions for crossflow.

Qualifications

• Over three years of North Sea experience.
• Firm grasp of platform, subsea, and subsurface terminology.
• Familiarity with UK industry guidelines and abandonment design principles.
• Experience as Well Abandonment or Senior PandA Well Engineer, ideally with North Sea exposure.