Senior Completions Engineer at an Undisclosed Oil Exploration and Production Company – Niger Delta

An oil exploration and production company in the Niger Delta is recruiting a Senior Completions Engineer to design and deliver safe, reliable well completions and support intervention and production-improvement programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead completion designs and programmes for new wells, including upper and lower completions, sand control and artificial lift.
• Prepare work procedures, equipment requirements, well schematics and technical approvals.
• Coordinate completion strategies with geoscience, reservoir, drilling, production and facilities teams.
• Provide engineering direction during installations, well testing, perforating, stimulation, flowback and clean-up.
• Plan well interventions, workovers and remediation campaigns to improve production and well performance.
• Apply barrier management and well integrity procedures in line with safety and regulatory requirements.
• Assess service companies, technical proposals, contracts and emerging completion technologies.
• Lead post-job evaluations, update technical standards and mentor developing completions engineers.
• Participate in hazard reviews, emergency planning and HSE activities.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical or Civil Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• A master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering and membership of SPE or a recognised professional engineering body are advantageous.
• Twelve to fifteen years of well-operations experience, including at least eight years in a senior or lead completions role.
• Demonstrated delivery of completion programmes in onshore, offshore or swamp operations, ideally including deepwater.
• Detailed knowledge of tubing and packer systems, gravel packs, frac-packs, standalone screens, intelligent completions and artificial lift.
• Experience in well testing, perforating, stimulation, coiled tubing, wireline and workovers.
• Familiarity with well barrier and integrity requirements, API/ISO standards and IWCF or IADC WellSharp practices.
• Competence with WellCat, Prosper, StimCADE or comparable completion-modelling tools.
• Evidence of cost, schedule and performance delivery, supplier management and effective technical communication.

Remuneration

Remuneration is described as attractive and above industry average.