Wells Planning Engineer

Role Purpose

• Develop integrated well plans, schedules, cost estimates and execution readiness requirements to support safe and efficient delivery of drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment activities.

Core Competencies

• Integrated well planning
• Scheduling and critical-path analysis
• Cost and time estimation
• Operational readiness Risk management
• Wells logistics integration Performance reporting
• Multidisciplinary coordination

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
• Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable
• HSE and regulatory compliance
• Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated well activity plans and detailed execution schedules in collaboration with Wells and asset teams.
• Coordinate technical inputs for well design, sequencing. logistics, contracting and operational readiness.
• Develop and maintain well planning assumptions, time estimates, cost forecasts and look-ahead plans.
• Identify critical-path activities, schedule risks and readiness gaps and coordinate mitigation actions.
• Support preparation and assurance of well programmes, decision-gate documentation and execution readiness reviews.
• Integrate rig vessel, materials, personnel and service- company requirements into executable plans..
• Track planning milestones and report deviations, constraints and recovery actions
• Support annual Wells work programmes, budgets and campaign planning.
• Maintain planning records, lessons learned and performance benchmarks for continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 8-12 years' relevant upstream oil and gas experience with substantial wells planning/execution exposure.
• Proficiency in recognized planning/scheduling tools; project management certification is an added advantage.

Method of Application

Qualified candidates should send their CV to careers@waepco.com