Sr. Drilling Engineer - Deepwater

DRILLING RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage and provide supervision to the Project Engineers and Completion & Well Test Engineer. Support in-country operational team during the execution of deepwater operations in West Africa as members of a multifunctional project team. Provides engineering guidance and mentoring to other less experienced team members. Supports and ensures consistent use and application of drilling tools, programs, processes and standards as well as engineering designs and cost estimates across the engineering team assigned to various projects. Work with the In-Country Operations Manager, Project Engineer, Completion & Well Test Engineer, and service partners to develop plans of actions (POA) and lead in POA discussions if required. Perform general calculations to support operations: update kill sheet, prepare casing and tubing tallies as required, maintain up to date maximum allowable overpull sheet, perform cement job volume & displacement calculations, perform FIT or LOT calculations, be present at cement unit for critical pumping activities, ensure adequate fishing inventory is available at the rig site, monitor and ensure minimum drilling fluid volumes, prepare detailed relief notes at the end of every hitch. Interact with other Project Engineers and Completion Well Test Engineer to complete Risk Assessments. Communicate Risk Assessment to the operations team, Service Partners, Drilling Contractor and others to develop contingency plans for ongoing operations. Work with In-country Operations Managers, Project Engineers , Completion & Well Test Engineer and service partners to prepare the End of Well Report.