Role Purpose
- Lead drilling engineering design, planning and execution support for safe, efficient and cost-effective delivery of exploration, appraisal and development wells
Core Competencies
- Drilling engineering and well design
- Well control and drilling risk management Drilling performance optimization
- Cost and schedule control
- Contractor management
- Technical assurance
- HSE leadership
- Stakeholder management
Key Performance Indicators KPIs
- Safe and timely delivery of assigned activities
- Compliance with planned maintenance/well execution schedules
- Quality and accuracy of technical documentation and reporting
Key Responsibilities
- Develop drilling programmes, basis of design, well trajectories, casing and cementing designs and drilling execution plans.
- Prepare cost and time estimates, AFES and drilling schedules; monitor performance against plan.
- Provide technical support during drilling operations and resolve drilling dysfunctions and operational challenges.
- Lead well risk assessments, DWOPS, technical reviews and lessons-learned processes.
- Optimize drilling performance, reduce NPT and identify cost- saving opportunities without compromising well integrity or HSE
- Coordinate drilling contractors, service companies and multidisciplinary interfaces
- Ensure compliance with well control, company standards, regulatory requirements and approved management-of- change processes.
- Support contract technical evaluations, equipment selection and driling performance reporting.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote technical assurance and knowledge transfer.
- Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable
- HSE and regulatory compliance
- Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum, Mechanical Chemical or related Engineering discipline
- Minimum 10-15 years' relevant upstream drilling engineering experience, including offshore operations.
- WCF/IADC well-control certification and relevant engineering membership are strongly professional preferred.
Method of Application
Qualified candidates should send their CV to careers@waepco.com
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