Service Engineer - Swell / Expandable Packer Services

TKR Engineering Sdn Bhd; Sabah; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TKR Engineering Sdn Bhd is seeking a Service Engineer for Swell/Expandable Packer Services to engineer and deliver reliable packer solutions for zonal isolation and well integrity applications. You will review well data, select configurations, prepare calculations and running procedures, and provide wellsite supervision through installation and closeout.

The role requires 5+ years in swellable/expandable packer equipment, strong English and Bahasa Malaysia, and knowledge of completion

Qualifications

• Education: Degree, Master's or PhD in Mechanical, Petroleum, Drilling, Materials, Chemical or another relevant Engineering discipline.
• Experience: Minimum five (5) years' directly relevant experience in swellable and/or expandable packer equipment and services.
• Language: Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia (written and spoken).
• Technical Knowledge: Completion architecture, zonal isolation, packer mechanics, elastomer and fluid compatibility, casing/open-hole tolerances, downhole load cases, engineering calculations, QA/QC and installation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Review the well basis of design, completion schematic, casing or open-hole geometry, trajectory, formation interval, pressure, temperature, fluids, metallurgy and expected service life.
• Confirm the isolation objective, deployment constraints, well-barrier requirements and interfaces with drilling, completion, cementing and fluids programmes.
• Identify missing or uncertain well data and obtain clarification before final equipment selection or procedure release.
• Select the appropriate swellable or expandable packer, mandrel, sealing or anchoring elements within the qualified operating envelope.
• Assess elastomer swell response, fluid and temperature compatibility, dimensional clearance, expansion ratio, differential pressure, axial loading and installation risks.
• Prepare checked calculations, drawings, equipment lists, running/setting procedures, parameter limits, hold points, acceptance criteria and contingency actions.
• Verify equipment identity, serial numbers, material certificates, dimensions, inspection and maintenance status before assembly.
• Supervise redress, assembly, drift, function testing, pressure testing, preservation, packing and load-out in accordance with the approved quality plan.
• Ensure test equipment is calibrated and that inspection, assembly and traceability records are complete and approved.
• Lead pre-job meetings and provide wellsite direction for pick-up, make-up, running, positioning, expansion, activation or setting and installation verification.
• Monitor running speed, drag, depth, circulation, pressure, torque, temperature, exposure time and other job-specific parameters.
• Coordinate with drilling, completion, cementing, fluids, directional-drilling and rig teams to maintain the approved sequence and well barriers.
• Diagnose installation, activation, sealing, dimensional or tool-function problems using actual job data and product limits.
• Develop technically justified recovery or contingency recommendations and obtain the required client and management-of-change approvals.
• Support equipment-failure reviews, root-cause analysis, corrective action and lessons learned.
• Act as the technical focal point for packer application reviews, client clarification, risk assessment and execution readiness.
• Prepare service tickets, equipment and test records, installation parameters, non-conformity records, final job reports and recommendations for future wells.
• Support technical tenders, presentations, equipment forecasts, local procedures, competency development and continuous improvement.
• Ensure selected equipment and operations remain within qualified pressure, temperature, material, load and dimensional limits.
• Comply with permit-to-work, JSA/JHA, lifting, pressure-testing, well-control and simultaneous-operations requirements.
• Report incidents, near misses, equipment anomalies and service-quality events promptly and support effective corrective action.
• Stop preparation or field execution when data or parameters do not support safe installation.
• Recommend the packer configuration and contingency actions within product qualification limits, subject to required technical and client approval.
• Reject equipment that is damaged or uncertified or unsupported by records.
• Review and verify engineering calculations, procedures, drawings and final service documentation before submission.

Skills

Field supervision

Technical writing

Client coordination

Risk assessment

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Petroleum/Drilling)

Job description

Service Engineer - Swell / Expandable Packer Services

The Service Engineer - Swell / Expandable Packer Services is responsible for engineering and delivering reliable packer solutions for zonal isolation, well completion, workover and well-integrity applications. The role reviews well data, selects and verifies the packer configuration, prepares calculations and running procedures, controls workshop preparation and provides wellsite supervision through installation and closeout. The incumbent also supports client requirements, mobilization and demobilization, technical tenders and other duties assigned by the supervisor or Management.

2) Key Responsibilities

Review the well basis of design, completion schematic, casing or open-hole geometry, trajectory, formation interval, pressure, temperature, fluids, metallurgy and expected service life.

Confirm the isolation objective, deployment constraints, well-barrier requirements and interfaces with drilling, completion, cementing and fluids programmes.

Identify missing or uncertain well data and obtain clarification before final equipment selection or procedure release.

System Selection & Job Planning

Select the appropriate swellable or expandable packer, mandrel, sealing or anchoring elements and approved accessories within the qualified operating envelope.

Assess elastomer swell response, fluid and temperature compatibility, dimensional clearance, expansion ratio, differential pressure, axial loading and installation risks.

Prepare checked calculations, drawings, equipment lists, running/setting procedures, parameter limits, hold points, acceptance criteria and contingency actions.

Equipment Preparation & Quality Control

Verify equipment identity, serial numbers, material certificates, dimensions, inspection and maintenance status before assembly.

Supervise redress, assembly, drift, function testing, pressure testing, preservation, packing and load-out in accordance with the approved quality plan.

Ensure test equipment is calibrated and that inspection, assembly and traceability records are complete and approved.

Field Installation & Supervision

Lead pre-job meetings and provide wellsite direction for pick-up, make-up, running, positioning, expansion, activation or setting and installation verification.

Monitor running speed, drag, depth, circulation, pressure, torque, temperature, exposure time and other job-specific parameters.

Coordinate with drilling, completion, cementing, fluids, directional-drilling and rig teams to maintain the approved sequence and well barriers.

Troubleshooting & Technical Support

Diagnose installation, activation, sealing, dimensional or tool-function problems using actual job data and product limits.

Develop technically justified recovery or contingency recommendations and obtain the required client and management-of-change approvals.

Support equipment-failure reviews, root-cause analysis, corrective action and lessons learned.

Client Coordination & Reporting

Act as the technical focal point for packer application reviews, client clarification, risk assessment and execution readiness.

Prepare service tickets, equipment and test records, installation parameters, non-conformity records, final job reports and recommendations for future wells.

Support technical tenders, presentations, equipment forecasts, local procedures, competency development and continuous improvement.

Compliance & Safety

Ensure selected equipment and operations remain within qualified pressure, temperature, material, load and dimensional limits.

Comply with permit-to-work, JSA/JHA, lifting, pressure-testing, well-control and simultaneous-operations requirements.

Report incidents, near misses, equipment anomalies and service-quality events promptly and support effective corrective action.

3) Authorities

Stop preparation or field execution when well data, barriers, equipment condition, certification, test results or operating parameters do not support safe installation.

Recommend the packer configuration and contingency actions within product qualification limits, subject to required technical and client approval.

Reject equipment that is damaged, out of tolerance, incorrectly assembled, uncertified or unsupported by complete inspection and test records.

Review and verify engineering calculations, procedures, drawings and final service documentation before submission.

4) Qualifications & Requirement

Education: Degree, Master's degree or PhD in Mechanical, Petroleum, Drilling, Materials, Chemical or another relevant Engineering discipline.

Experience: Minimum five (5) years' directly relevant experience in swellable and/or expandable packer equipment and services, regardless of the accepted Engineering qualification pathway.

Language: Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia (written and spoken).

Technical Knowledge: Strong knowledge of completion architecture, zonal isolation, packer mechanics, elastomer and fluid compatibility, casing/open-hole tolerances, downhole load cases, engineering calculations, equipment QA/QC and installation procedures.

5) Preferred Skills and Competencies

Ability to select and engineer swellable and expandable packer systems for defined well conditions.

Strong analytical capability in dimensional, pressure, axial-load, clearance, expansion and deployment calculations.

Working knowledge of elastomer swelling behaviour, temperature exposure, fluid chemistry, metallurgy and corrosion compatibility.

Competence in equipment inspection, assembly, function/pressure testing and material traceability.

Clear technical writing, presentation and client-interface skills.

Strong planning, risk assessment, troubleshooting and management-of-change discipline.

Ability to lead workshop and field teams and work effectively with multidisciplinary well personnel.

Valid offshore medical, BOSIET/FOET, H2S, well-control and other client-required certificates, where applicable.

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Incorporated in 2019, TKR Engineering Sdn Bhd is a newly formed company under Misarma Enterprise Sdn Bhd. We are committed to quality, cost-effectiveness and effective delivery. Our business started by doing supply to the

oil & gas industry, we then moved to the maritime industry; the upstream and downstream clients and then on to industrial supplies on shore.

TKR Engineering is formed to focus on the engineering industry and allow more efficient project management and services allow more efficient management and services. We recognize our customer’s needs for convenience, non – time consuming purchase and on-time delivery of supplies at a competitive price.

TKR headquarters is located at a wholly owned/private wharf of our affiliiate company Misarma Marine Sdn Bhd. The Misarma Marine wharf has a length of 140 metres and 3 metres minimum alongside depth and is located alongside Baong River which also known as Miri River.

The river serves as the main route for cargo vessel to gain entry and exit and plays a major role as a transit for trans-loading operation, berthing, repair and maintainance services and other related matters to shipping industries.

Incorporated in 2019, TKR Engineering Sdn Bhd is a newly formed company under Misarma Enterprise Sdn Bhd. We are committed to quality, cost-effectiveness and effective delivery. Our business started by doing supply to the

oil & gas industry, we then moved to the maritime industry; the upstream and downstream clients and then on to industrial supplies on shore.

TKR Engineering is formed to focus on the engineering industry and allow more efficient project management and services allow more efficient management and services. We recognize our customer’s needs for convenience, non – time consuming purchase and on-time delivery of supplies at a competitive price.

TKR headquarters is located at a wholly owned/private wharf of our affiliiate company Misarma Marine Sdn Bhd. The Misarma Marine wharf has a length of 140 metres and 3 metres minimum alongside depth and is located alongside Baong River which also known as Miri River.

The river serves as the main route for cargo vessel to gain entry and exit and plays a major role as a transit for trans-loading operation, berthing, repair and maintainance services and other related matters to shipping industries.

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