Senior Well Intervention Engineer at a Leading Independent Upstream Oil & Gas Company

We are a leading independent upstream oil & gas company in Nigeria with active operator-ship of prolific blocks.

Based on our current expansion and development programs, we are seeking to engage experienced, intelligent and resourceful candidates in the capacity listed below: 

Job Title: Senior Well Intervention Engineer

Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• The Senior Well Intervention Engineer (SWE) is responsible for well planning, design, programming, and providing engineering support during the execution of drilling campaigns.
• The SWE will support a wide range of well engineering activities, including the planning and execution of various well designs—exploration, appraisal, development, land, surface, subsea, deviated, horizontal, and multi-lateral wells.
• This includes conducting well reviews, monitoring field operations performance, and holding broad responsibilities covering drilling engineering, completion engineering, and drilling supervision/operations management.
• The SWE also mentors and supervises all well engineers and interns.

Key Accountabilities

• Liaise with Well Engineers, Production Technologists, Production Operations Engineers, Reservoir Engineers, and service providers.
• Design wells, including casing design, hydraulics programs, bit programming, and drill string design.
• Prepare AFE/Budgeting and monitor expenditures during operations.
• Identify and implement ideas to improve performance by repeating best composite well times, reducing NPT, estimating red money, using new techniques/technologies, and modifying procedures.
• Monitor performance against operational goals and develop reporting and auditing processes to analyze operational effectiveness.
• Develop ITT and support contracting, vendor management, and procurement. Assist with tender document preparation and evaluations for service and equipment contracts for Drilling & Wells teams.
• Coordinate risk identification and mitigation.
• Implement change control procedures to ensure that changes to procedures—planned or unplanned—receive the necessary technical authority approvals.
• Ensure compliance with the company’s health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, regulations, and objectives within their area of responsibility.
• Coordinate DWOP and AAR processes.
• Prepare drilling programs and end-of-well reports.
• Develop detailed well designs and prepare Well AFEs.
• Skilled in using TSD and hydraulic simulations to validate BHAs and design trajectories.
• Supervise jobs carried out by Well Engineers and LIE.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering well campaigns.

Qualifications & Experience

• First degree in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of cognate work experience as a drilling engineer in an ESP company.
• Valid IWCF certificate (Supervisor – Surface/Subsea Stock).
• Excellent command of the Landmark Drilling and Completions Engineers suite.
• Demonstrated history of successfully delivering well campaigns.

Benefit
We offer competitve and attractive remuneration above industry standard.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2026.