Shell Petroleum Development Company Recruits Front End Project Completions/Snr Completions Engineer (3 Positions)

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Front End Project Completions/Snr Completions Engineer

Job ID: F36117
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Responsibilities:

• Provide support in planning the completion design to achieve Best in Class performance and production rate in Bonga Southwest and Bonga North projects while championing strong HSE culture. The Bonga South Wells and Bonga North completion design vary from single zone Cased Hole Frac Pack wells to triple zone Smart Completion.
• Ensure process safety considerations are fully embedded in the planning and design.
• Define the completion cost and schedule estimate appropriate to the project phase using SNEPCo internal, regional and global data for top quartile benchmarks.
• Provide Support to completions input to various project deliverables and control documents- including but not limited to Field Development Plan, Basis for Design, Value Improvement plan, Management of Change, Well Proposals, Environmental Impact Assessment, Risk and Opportunity register, Interface management.
• Provide support to the SNEPCo Completion Design Standard to ensure standardization of well concept and interchangeability of equipment across the project.
• Establish and maintain data and information management systems as necessary
• Provide support to various technical tenders, develop the technical specification and progress the following specialized tenders from tender initiation to contract award: Intelligent Wells products and services, Expandable Completion products, OCTG Production and Injection Tubing and Sand Exclusion Screens.
• Coach and mentor younger CWI staff in the Well Delivery Process in accordance with the Wells Framework.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 8-10 years CWI experience with at least 3 years in completions
• Drilling/CWI Round I and Round II
• 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 working knowledge and experience with the standard suite of well engineering software including:
-WellCat
-Prosper

• 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.

Application Closing Date
30th August, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online