Drilling Engineer at Nestoil Plc

Posted on Mon 25th May, 2026 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

Nestoil Plc was incorporated in Nigeria in 1991 for the provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services to the energy and oil & gas industry. Since then, Nestoil has grown to become the leading indigenous EPC provider for major IOCs (International Oil Companies) in Sub-Saharan Africa like National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Total, etc.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Drilling Engineer

Location: Warri, Delta
Reports to: Drilling Supervisor 

Purpose

  • Maintain safe, continuous drilling operations, holding the line on program, barriers, and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Design, plan, and supervise oil and gas well operations.
  • Well construction, optimizing drilling efficiency, controlling costs, and ensuring strict adherence to HSE standards from initial concept to final well completion.
  • Monitor day-to-day drilling progress, liaise with rig crews, and provide technical surveillance on-site.
  • Monitor well parameters and alarms; initiate shut-in per program; execute well control first actions.
  • Verify tallys, cement volumes, mud properties, hydraulics; sign-off on night DOR.
  • Analyze drilling parameters and post-drill data to identify efficiencies and best practices.

KPIs

  • No barrier impairments; accurate reporting; zero unauthorized changes.

Qualification

  • 7+ years rig-site D&C; IWCF L3 / 4; BOSIET / HUET; H2S.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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