Vacancy: Well Engineer / Drilling Engineer

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Prepare well design and drilling programs. Liaises with service providers and vendors;
  • Carries out the technical work, offset well data analysis, having detailed discussions with geologists and geophysics;
  • Executes: casing design, trajectory design, torque & drag and hydraulics analysis, drilling fluids, bit recommendations;
  • Ensure procedures are technically valid and applicable to the specific well conditions;
  • Assists purchasing materials and services for projects;
  • Monitors the daily progress of well operations and liaises with suppliers on technical programs;
  • Prepares project reports and monitors operational expenditures;
  • Acts as (N)DSV if requested by the drilling manager;
  • Observe all company Health, Safety, Security and Environmental instructions, act in safe manner and avoid unnecessary risks to personnel.

Location:

Base location is Hoogeveen, The Netherlands. Engineers can, in consultation, be assigned to a project in or outside The Netherlands.

Profile:

  • Msc/Bsc Petroleum Engineering/Mechanical Engineering or similar;
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in onshore and/or  offshore drilling operations;
  • Knowledge of and experience in  drilling, work over and abandonment operations;
  • Experience as NDSV is a plus;
  • Excellent English oral and written communication skills;
  • Excellent German oral and written communication skills is a plus;
  • Knowledge of law and regulations regarding the drilling, work over and abandonment operations;
  • Knowledge of drilling equipment and well engineering software (Landmark);
  • Willing to live in The Netherlands.

Attitude:

  • Aim at improvement, without losing sight of the nature and capacity of the organisation;
  • Be open to changes and opinions of others, but if necessary tenacious to take decisions and ethical principles;
  • Commercially and communicatively oriented;
  • Must dare to take decisions and defend these;
  • Adapts quickly and effectively to new tasks and projects;
  • Customer oriented.

We offer:

  • Working in an international environment;
  • A challenging and innovative environment;
  • An organisation which offers you a steep learning curve as an engineer;
  • Competitive remuneration package.

Acquisition to this vacancy is not appreciated