Senior Wells Engineer (Drilling) at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Wells Engineer (Drilling)

Job ID: R204985
Location: Lagos

Job Description
What’s the role:

• As a Wells Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, planning, and execution of deepwater well delivery activities across the SNEPCO portfolio.

What you’ll be doing

• You will lead all aspects of well maturation and delivery within Shell’s Global Well Delivery Process (GWDP), including front-end concept identification and detailed design, execution planning, 3rd party contractor management/coordination, performance management and continuous improvement, regulatory engagement, and HSSE leadership.
  • Front-end well design and maturation
  • Leading execution planning and drilling operations
  • Lifecycle risk management.

What you bring 

• 5+ years’ experience in well engineering and/or operations with emphasis on well design and drilling operations, and a degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Applied Sciences, or similar technical discipline
• Experience utilizing casing design and well planning software, with strong capability in multi-disciplinary project delivery
• Demonstrated effective stakeholder management skills across internal and external stakeholders
• Maturation of competitive well designs aligned with all Shell internal/external standards, requirements, and process controls
• Implementation of robust risk management processes, including risk identification, mitigation, and contingency planning in line with the Shell risk management framework
• Preparation of detailed cost and time estimates for drilling activities, disciplined tracking of performance metrics, and development of detailed drilling programs in collaboration with operations teams
• Coordination of technical inputs for regulatory submissions and permitting processes, and conducting formal post-job after-action reviews with corresponding improvement plans
• Driving performance improvement initiatives and global best practices, while collaborating with Contracts & Procurement to establish competitive contract structures, ensure resource availability, lead post-award contract management and contractor performance reviews, uphold HSSE excellence (including incident investigations and HSE gap closure), and support external technical engagement with co-venture partners across the SNEPCO portfolio
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Application Deadline : UnSpecified.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

 
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