Drilling Performance Engineer (KL)

Elsa Talent; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsa Talent in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Drilling Performance Engineer for an office-based role with offshore/site visits as required. You will monitor drilling performance, analyze data, and develop dashboards using Excel and Power BI.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 3–5 years of drilling experience, including offshore operations, and is proficient with drilling data platforms such as Corva, WITSML, and NOV tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years drilling/well-construction experience, with at least 3 years in drilling engineering or analytics.
• Strong understanding of offshore drilling operations and multi-well campaigns.
• Experience with drilling data and digital performance monitoring systems.
• Excel proficiency; Power BI/SQL/Python are advantages.
• Experience with Corva, NOV Kaizen/NOVOS, WITSML, WellView/OpenWells preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor drilling performance against plans, benchmarks and limits.
• Analyse drilling data to identify inefficiencies, NPT and cost savings.
• Use digital platforms to monitor and analyse performance.
• Develop dashboards and reports using Excel and Power BI.
• Conduct technical-limit analysis and benchmark across wells.
• Identify opportunities to improve drilling efficiency and automation.
• Prepare end-of-well performance reviews and compare planned vs actual.
• Analyse recurring issues and recommend practical improvements.
• Validate drilling data from rigs and service providers.
• Track improvement actions and verify time/cost savings.
• Provide performance reports and recommendations to the Drilling Manager.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Corva

NOV Kaizen

NOVOS

WITSML

WellView

OpenWells

Job description

Position : Drilling Performance Engineer

Industry : Oil & Gas

Location : Kuala Lumpur (office-based, with offshore/site visits as required)

Employment Type : Contract – 2 years

Scope of Works:

• Monitor drilling performance against plans, benchmarks and technical limits.
• Analyse drilling data to identify operational inefficiencies, non-productive time (NPT) and potential cost savings.
• Use digital drilling platforms such as Corva, NOV Kaizen / NOVOS and WITSML to monitor and analyse drilling performance.
• Develop performance dashboards and reports using Excel, Power BI or other analytical tools.
• Conduct technical-limit analysis and benchmark performance across wells and drilling activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve drilling efficiency, reduce operational delays and optimise drilling automation.
• Prepare end-of-well performance reviews and compare planned versus actual performance.
• Analyse recurring operational issues and recommend practical improvement initiatives.
• Validate drilling data from rig systems, daily drilling reports and service providers.
• Track improvement actions and verify the time and cost savings achieved.
• Provide performance reports, lessons learned and recommendations to the Drilling Manager.

Requirement(s):

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 3–5 years of drilling and well-construction experience, with at least 3 years in drilling engineering, drilling operations, drilling performance or drilling analytics
• Strong understanding of offshore drilling operations and multi-well development campaigns.
• Experience in drilling performance analysis, NPT analysis and technical-limit benchmarking.
• Hands-on experience with drilling data and digital performance monitoring systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with Power BI, SQL or Python is an advantage
• Experience with Corva, NOV Kaizen / NOVOS, WITSML, WellView / OpenWells or equivalent platforms is preferred.
• Good understanding of drilling operations, drilling parameters, BHA and bit performance, tripping, casing and cementing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret operational data and provide practical, data-driven recommendations.

Added Advantage:

• Experience with jack-up rigs and repetitive development drilling campaigns.
• Gulf of Thailand drilling experience.
• Experience with slimhole, tubingless or monobore development wells.
• Knowledge of drilling automation and real-time performance analytics.

Note: Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted as part of shortlisting process