Senior Drilling Engineer - Field Campaigns & Well Integrity

SGF Global; Anaco; On-site; VES 45,704,000 - 73,126,000; Full time

Job summary

SGF Global is seeking a Drilling Engineer in Venezuela to join our energy sector client. The role focuses on planning and supporting drilling, workover, and well intervention campaigns, translating objectives into executable programs, and maintaining safe field operations.

The ideal candidate has a petroleum/drilling engineering degree with practical Venezuela experience, plus fluent Spanish and working English for technical discussions. Remote collaboration with field teams is common.

Qualifications

• Petroleum or drilling engineering degree required and Venezuela experience preferred.
• Experience with workovers and interventions on mature wells; drilling or completion capability.
• Strong knowledge of well integrity, barriers, and well-control principles; rig operations familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Review well files, completion diagrams, integrity records and intervention history.
• Prepare drilling, completion, workover, and intervention programs for each well.
• Collaborate with subsurface and production specialists to assess candidacy and options.
• Prepare cost estimates, approvals for expenditure, and campaign schedules.
• Develop technical scopes and bid evaluations for rigs, service companies and equipment.
• Monitor operations with site supervisors and contractors; review daily reports and address deviations.
• Coordinate well-control readiness and risk reviews for program changes.
• Maintain daily activity, time and cost records; deliver end-of-well reports and lessons learned.

Skills

Fluent Spanish

Working English

Field work readiness

Education

Petroleum/Drilling engineering degree

Well-control training

Job description

SGF Global is seeking a Drilling Engineer in Venezuela to join our energy sector client. The role focuses on planning and supporting drilling, workover, and well intervention campaigns, translating objectives into executable programs, and maintaining safe field operations.

The ideal candidate has a petroleum/drilling engineering degree with practical Venezuela experience, plus fluent Spanish and working English for technical discussions. Remote collaboration with field teams is common.