Job Title: Lead Applications Engineer – Drilling and Completion Fluids (DCF)
Job ID: R166929
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Partner with the best
- As a Lead Applications Engineer, you will deliver flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis.
- This position works seamlessly together with the Service Delivery Coordinators and other resources across organizational boundaries.
- To ensure all aspects and constraints of the applications are understood and have been considered.
As a Lead Applications Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Ensuring compliance with Baker Hughes internal Job Cycle processes.
- Working with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to understand the client's well construction or production objectives as well as the commercial terms for Baker Hughes (i.e., outcome-based contract, line-item contract etc.).
- Performing offset job analysis and product/service specific engineering modelling calculations to understand application hazards and incident potential.
- Working together with all disciplines and stakeholders to ensure all aspects and constraints o the application and suggested products/services has been considered.
- Designing a job program, including risk mitigation plans and contingency plans, that can meet the client's objective and maximize revenue potential and ensure future job assignments for Baker Hughes.
- Working with the Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to ensure any risk of not meeting the client's objective is communicated to the client using the appropriate channels/processes for the respective client.
- Accurately documenting any calculations/simulations/plan revision and/or changes during the project cycles for visibility to dependent teams and audit purposes.
- Providing on-demand support in accordance with product portfolio or on-call schedule for job execution.
- Comparing job as-planned versus job as-executed, document any lessons learned and develop recommendations for further improvements to procedures to ensure continuous improvement takes place.
- Working on Field Incidents related to products/services.
- Participating in Incident Investigations when required, ensuring the end-to-end process is considered, (including job planning, preparation, and execution), when determining incident root cause(s) alongside appropriate corrective actions.
- Ensuring timely incident management to enable fast customer issue resolution and cash collection.
- Advising on product improvement opportunities for repetitive component/product failures.
- Being responsible for providing sales support and product application recommendations.
- Handling product line specific responsibilities as applicable.
- Handling special projects as required.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering. Other fields might be considered, if the relevant 12+ years of Drilling and Completions and Mud plant experiences are existent.
- Have 12+ years of experience in Drilling and Completion Fluids operations with additional experience as Operations coordinator or Service Delivery Coordinator and Mud Plant Operations.
- Have relevant experience in the field application of High-Performance Water Based Fluids as well as oil-based and specialty systems.
- Have relevant experience in the field application of Low ECD, flat rheology systems.
- Have experience and comfort with client continuous daily interactions.
- Have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, training, etc.).
- Have the ability to be on call outside of normal business hours.
- Have excellent leadership, interpersonal, influencing and planning skills.
- Have good overall understanding of drilling and completion operations, as well as hydraulics and well control.
- Have completed Drilling Fluids Academy aka “mud school” (at least 6-8 week duration, depending on the program).
- Must have completed NYSC.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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