Senior Completions & Interventions Engineer - Hybrid

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Relocation assistance may be available

Health and retirement benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 in Benoni seeks a Senior Petroleum Engineer specializing in completions and well interventions. The role combines strategic planning with on-site execution in a hybrid work environment, supporting a global energy client.

You will design and optimize completion and workover programs, optimize artificial lift, oversee stimulation treatments, and mentor engineers while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance across assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in petroleum engineering with a focus on completions and interventions.
• Proven experience designing and executing complex completion and workover programs.
• Strong knowledge of artificial lift systems, stimulation techniques, and wellbore integrity.
• Familiarity with well design, simulation, and data analysis software.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Hybrid work environment experience and field travel willingness.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer well completions for new wells and recompletions.
• Plan and execute well intervention programs, including workovers and P&A.
• Optimize artificial lift systems for maximum production efficiency.
• Develop and supervise stimulation treatments (fracturing, acidizing).
• Perform technical evaluations of completion and intervention technologies.
• Manage project risks, costs, and timelines for completion and intervention operations.
• Ensure wellbore integrity and adherence to safety standards.
• Collaborate with reservoir engineers on production forecasting and performance analysis.
• Provide technical support to field operations and troubleshoot downhole issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing.

Skills

Petroleum engineering

Completions & interventions

Well integrity

Artificial lift

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Job description

Placements24 in Benoni seeks a Senior Petroleum Engineer specializing in completions and well interventions. The role combines strategic planning with on-site execution in a hybrid work environment, supporting a global energy client.

You will design and optimize completion and workover programs, optimize artificial lift, oversee stimulation treatments, and mentor engineers while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance across assets.