Job Title: Drilling Engineer / Specialist I
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Schedule: Standard 5 days on/2 days off
Job Summary
- Provide the engineering planning, design, surveillance, and follow-up required for the safe and efficient drilling and completing of drilling programs.
- Ensure well objectives are met while assuring the highest standards of engineering integrity, safety, and environmental protection are applied.
Job Details
- Responsible for the engineering planning, design, surveillance, and follow-up required for the safe and efficient drilling and completing of drilling programs; responsibilities include:
- Research and understand drill well hazards by reviewing historical offset well information.
- Utilize wellbore geologic and reservoir objectives to develop a well plan.
- Prepare cost estimates for well design options.
- Identify and organize equipment required to execute the drill well plan inclusive of material selection.
- Design wells to meet regulatory requirements.
- Prepare and analyze technical bids for goods and services
- Survey daily operations.
- Provide rig site drilling and completion surveillance and engineering assessments of critical activities.
- Provide surveillance and technical assistance for projects, equipment testing and new procedures.
- Interface with and solicit input from operations personnel to ensure well plans are feasible.
- Work closely with other functions, such as geology, reservoir and projects, to ensure that the program is based on all available information and meets well objectives.
- Depending on the program, deep water experience may be required (knowledge of subsea systems, riser analysis, subsea well control systems, etc.).
Requirements
- B.Sc. Degree in Engineering or related technical field.
- Experience in deep water drilling operations if filling a deep water drilling engineering position.
- Able to effectively organize and communicate thoughts.
- Experience with well design software as well as Microsoft applications.
- Read, write and speak fluent English.
- Industry experience with well planning and execution.
- Regional well management and intervention experience required.
Application Closing Date
22nd August, 2026.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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