Principal Drilling Engineers (Planning) at Edwin Drake Nigeria - Oil & Gas

Edwin Drake is a specialist Oil and Gas Recruitment Consultancy operating primarily across the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry, with a strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

At Edwin Drake we understand the challenges of recruiting in countries where the local content is of utmost importance such as Nigeria and Angola. This in-depth market knowledge has enabled us to build a strategic network of professionals across these regions, who are either based locally or in the Diaspora as well as expatriates with proven experience and success in these countries.

Edwin Drake - Our client is an International Oil Company with strong asset base across Africa & Middle East

ED is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Principal Drilling Engineer (Planning)

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Lead a team of drilling / completion and well test engineers in planning and supporting the safe and efficient delivery of development and appraisal wells for a new project in water-depths between 200ft and 700ft, offshore Nigeria.

Operations involve the following special challenges:

• High angle / extended reach drilling from platforms in various water depths with
• the potential for some subsea wells,
• Casing cementations (long cement columns),
• Drilling normally pressured, depleted and potentially overpressured reservoirs,
• Interaction with other departments (G&G, Engineering / Construction)
• Split reporting lines
• Third party staff, service and equipment quality,
• Complex supply chain and logistics.
• Lagos based, 28 / 28 rotation.

Experience

• Minimum of 15 years relevant experience, of which at least 5 in a similar position.
• Extensive experience involving platform / jack-up operations, knowledge of semi’s and onshore operations would be beneficial.
• Previous Nigerian / West African experience is advantageous.

Education

• Technical / engineering qualification required.
• IWCF sub sea well control at supervisory level or equivalent.

Other Requirements:

• Exemplary HSE leadership.
• Strong drive for continuous performance improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of leading effectively in a
• multi-cultural society.
• Team leadership capabilities
• Completion and testing experience
• Able to work under sustained high workload, meet tight deadlines yet still deliver
• quality work
• Competency with drilling engineering software
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, word processors and presentation software.
• Excellent knowledge of drilling engineering and international industry standards,
• ideally acquired while working for a large international operator.
• Good organisation and project management skills, ensuring efficient application of
• the company's well delivery and commercial processes.
• Contracts and contractor management.

Contract Duration:

• 12 months, renewable based on performance.

Project Duration:

• 3 years. Upon completion, reassignment to other projects is a possibility.

Remuneration

• Competitive day rate, paid overseas by first week of following month, net of Nigerian Income Tax. Travel days paid.

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online