Senior / Drilling Engineer

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

Develop specific well plans in conjunction with the Reservoir Management Team (RMT) or Exploration Team.

Attend rig calls and provides technical support on daily drilling operations and is the primary contact for field engineering issues.

Provide full time engineering support to assigned drilling rig(s). Monitor daily morning report, and facilitate data error corrections and coding. Primary responsibility for Open Wells files, well file population and management for assigned wells.

Know and follow the Worldwide Drilling and Completion SPGs

Prepare internal and external benchmarking and end of well reports. Coordinate and communicate end of well reviews. Leads the joint review with the RMT or Exploration Team.

Evaluate activities against pre-established goals. Make recommendations based on evaluations.

Manage contracts and contractors to continuous improvement via the Contract and Contractor Management Standard.

Serve as a proponent for assigned contracts, including tender preparation, analysis, award and contract administration as per SCM RACI chart.

Review and approves invoices for accuracy.

On-call 24/7 to provide engineering support to the drilling rigs as required.

Conduct regular field visits, which include participation in pre-spud meetings at the rig site, and participation in field audits & visits of contractor workshops and bases.