Rigless Intervention Engineer/Supervisor at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)

Shell companies have been finding and producing oil and gas around the world for over a century. Today, we have interests in exploration and production ventures in more than 80 countries and employ approximately 90,000 people.

This is a technically challenging work environment characterised by a continuing need for research, the pursuit of new technology, and the adoption of new ways of working. It demands people who will thrive in a culture that encourages and rewards innovation, collaboration and the ability to learn from success as well as failure.

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. It is capable of producing an average of over one million barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company's operations are concentrated in the Niger Delta and adjoining shallow offshore areas where it operates in an oil mining lease area of around 30,000 square kilometres.

Job Title: Rigless Intervention Engineer/Supervisor

Job ID: F35993
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Responsibilities:
Rigless Intervention Engineer provides support to plan and execute the rigless intervention campaign.
The Rigless Intervention Engineer will provide support to deliver the program to achieve the yearly target oil from well restoration using rigless intervention techniques.

Accountabilities:

• Provide support in planning the rigless intervention programs in cooperation with the Asset while maintaining the HSE safe practices, championing Goal Zero and the Life Saving Rules. The rigless intervention varies from acidization, use of Slickline Intervention Package but also developing the possibility for Open Water Completion using a vessel of opportunity.
• Ensure are process safety considerations are fully embedded in the planning and design.
• Define the rigless intervention cost and schedule estimate appropriate to the project phase.
• Provide Support to rigless input to various project deliverables and the WRFM team including but not limited to rigless well intervention strategies, value improvement plans, Risk and Opportunity register, Interface management.
• Provide support to the rigless intervention contracting strategy.
• Provide support to the Wells aspiration for Opoen Water Completion using a vessel of opportunity.
• Provide support to various technical tenders, develop the technical specification and progress the following specialized tenders from tender initiation to contract award: Slick Line Intervention systems, Open Water Completion Systems, Intervention Vessels.
• Coach and mentor younger CWI staff in the Well Delivery Process in accordance with the Wells Framework.

Dimensions: The Bonga projects are amongst the largest Wells projects in the Group’s portfolio.
The rigless well intervention has been in the past a very successful contributor to the over Business Target for oil production.
The Open Water Completion opportunity for Bonga South West and Bonga North is a major step change in the delivery of high production and injection wells.

Special Challenges: The nature and style of P&T-Wells deepwater operations in general means that the work performed is often intense and always high cost and high profile. The incumbent will be expected to possess and harness skills to work effectively in such an environment, sometimes with challenging timelines while maximizing the team's opportunity to achieve Best in Class performance.

Requirements:

• Experience and Qualifications required Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 8-10 years CWI experience with at least 3 years in completions
• Drilling/CWI - Demonstrated success in a technical Deep Water Drilling/CWI position is required
• Experience in completion design and programming and the application of DCAF.
• Experience in operations logistics and materials
• Knowledge of the application of QA/QC processes and procedures.
• Experience in floating, deepwater completions and intervention operations.
• High level of HSE commitment and awareness.
• Good communication skills in order to fit into a multinational work force.
• Good command of the English language, written as well as verbal.
• Good report writing, communication skills and PC skills
• Good commercial awareness and appreciation of life cycle costing.
• An ability to work independently with the minimum of supervision.
• Flexible, self-motivated and dynamic personality, capable of performing in a work environment which only provides limited resources.
• Knowledge of completions and work-over programming, design and execution, specifically within the sub-sea operations environment.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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