Fluids Advisor III at Nautilus Nigeria Engineering and Construction Limited (NNEC)

Nautilus Nigeria Engineering and Construction Limited (NNEC)'s mission is to provide all clients with high quality, cost-effective, on-schedule engineering, project management, inspection and environmental services. NNEC is committed to design and build more efficient, safer, reliable, and environmentally friendly facilities for the betterment of our clients and their communities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fluids Advisor III

Location: Rivers
Employment Type: Full Time

Main Functions

• Provide technical and operations support for drilling and completion fluids selection, design, and management for drilling and completion operations.
• Provide technical and operations support for solids control and waste management for drilling and completions operations.
• Serves as a technical resource to perform audits of vendor processes and facilities.

Tasks and Responsibilities
In addition to Level 1 and 2 tasks and responsibilities, Level 3:

• Oversee accurate and save additions of material to the fluid system
• Ensure material is properly marked and material data sheets for each product are maintained and readily available
• Ensure all fluid solids control equipment is working properly and set for optimal conditions for the operations in progress
• Forecast future fluid materials needs and equipment spare needs to ensure adequate inventory exists and provide lists of additional quantities if needed
• Ensure inventory management for materials, equipment spares and tank utilization are provided daily to the Company’s location supervisor representative
• Ensure available storage space is effectively used to meet the requirements for the well and to optimize fluid inventory / costs
• Ensure daily that a thorough and accurate fluid report and recommended actions are provided to the Company’s location supervisor representative

Cementing Tasks:

• Work with Drilling Engineers in planning for future drill wells (writing cementing programs) and performing surveillance on active operations
• Steward overall performance of the cementing vendor
• Trouble shoot cementing operation. Track and close out non-conformance reports.
• Steward lab testing of cement slurries.

Skills and Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Engineering or related technical field is preferred
• 20 - 30 years relevant work experience.
• Experience in fluids, solids control and waste management
• Experience in international assignments
• Experience in deep water drilling operations (1000m) if filling a deep water drilling engineering position
• Experience in water based and non-aqueous drilling fluids; experience with various completion fluids
• Experience with solids control equipment and waste management
• Able to effectively organize and communicate thoughts
• Proficient computer skills and experience with Microsoft applications
• Read, write and speak fluent English.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.