Lead Well Intervention Engineer – Oil & Gas

Placements24; Vereeniging; On-site; ZAR 950,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive contract rate

Potential for extended contract

Work in Vereeniging

Professional development support

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Well Intervention Engineer for a contract role in Vereeniging, Gauteng. The successful candidate will plan, execute, and supervise well workovers, completions, and interventions to maintain or improve production, while managing safety, risk, and budgets.

You will develop execution plans, coordinate service providers and equipment, monitor performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with reservoir and production engineers to set intervention

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in well intervention, workover, or completion engineering in Oil & Gas.
• Proven experience in planning and executing complex well intervention operations.
• Strong knowledge of well control principles, coiled tubing, wireline, and hydraulic workover units.
• Familiarity with well integrity standards and assessment techniques.
• Excellent leadership, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure in challenging field conditions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and design well intervention operations including workovers and completions.
• Develop detailed job programs, risk assessments, and contingency plans.
• Supervise on-site intervention activities with safety first.
• Coordinate service providers and equipment for interventions.
• Monitor well performance during and after intervention.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Prepare post-job reports with costs and lessons learned.
• Collaborate with reservoir and production engineers to set priorities.
• Manage wellbore integrity during interventions.
• Stay updated on new technologies and best practices in well intervention.

Skills

Well intervention planning

Project management

Leadership

Safety leadership

Communication

Oil & Gas domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Tools

Coiled tubing

Wireline

Hydraulic workover units

Well integrity assessment

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Well Intervention Engineer for a contract role in Vereeniging, Gauteng. The successful candidate will plan, execute, and supervise well workovers, completions, and interventions to maintain or improve production, while managing safety, risk, and budgets.

You will develop execution plans, coordinate service providers and equipment, monitor performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with reservoir and production engineers to set intervention