Senior Well Abandonment Engineer

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Well Abandonment Engineer, based in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities:

Well and Abandonment Planning

• Designs P&A activities and creates well programmes in compliance with the company Management System by analyzing offset data, generating and evaluating design options, assessing risk, preparing detailed design and programme documents.
• Prepares Examination and Notification/Consent applications, preparing time and cost estimates, procuring services, equipment and materials and co-ordinating suppliers and service providers to meet the Well objectives for drilling, completing or working over or abandoning the well.
• Prepares well P&A philosophies to ensure they comply with company standards and legislation and are aligned with OEUK guidelines.
• Keeps up to date with technology development and ensures technology developments are incorporated in well design and operations where appropriate.

Operations Support

• Supports Superintendent and rig teams with technical and planning work by co-ordinating onshore internal and external team members to plan contingencies, resolve problems and execute rig operations safely, efficiently and cost effectively.
• Assists Superintendent with the creation and efficient review of detailed work instructions, peer reviews, risk assessments, programme reviews, MoCs, operational deviations, AWOPs etc.
• Makes regular offshore rig visits to oversee vendor work activities and to enhance Company/vendor communications and relationships.

Commercial Support

• Provides technical support for procurement and tender evaluation processes, with subsequent technical support for the commercial contract drafting.
• During well operations, proactively manages vendor contracts ensuring technical & commercial compliance.

End of Well Reporting

• Creates reports for the company and legislative bodies by compiling operations information and performance analysis to provide an as-installed record of events and well components.
• Leads wash-up meetings and close out non-conformance reports.

Lessons Learned

• Ensures an effective interface and communication process is established between the team, other company teams and external/3rd party representatives to ensure clear understanding of project objectives/work programmes, encourage open transfer of knowledge and information and to identify, record, track and close out actions in an effective and timely manner.
• Records lessons learned by analyzing performance and comparing the observed results against the plan to provide learning for the organization for future operations.

Cost control and invoice approval

• Monitors cost expenditure and approve invoices, assists cost tracking and checks estimated actual cost expenditure on a daily basis.

QHSE

• Complies with, and assists team members, to comply with, the Management System.
• Makes recommendations for improvements to the Management System and ensures that effective controls are maintained for drilling engineering and operations.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Degree in a technical/engineering discipline
• Offshore Survival Training Certificate, UK Medical and MIST
• Fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority for subsea activities e.g. IWCF to Supervisor level.
• Extensive experience as a Senior Well/Abandonment Engineer supporting platform drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment operations.
• Experience analyzing offset data, generating and evaluating design options, assessing risk, preparing P&A basis of design and programme documents.
• Experience preparing examination and notification/consent applications, preparing time and cost estimates, procuring services, equipment and materials and co-ordinating suppliers and service providers.
• Prepares well P&A philosophies to ensure they comply with company standards and legislation and are aligned with OEUK guidelines.
• Experience of peer reviews, risk assessments, programme reviews, MoCs, operational deviations, AWOPs etc.
• Experience of analysing performance and comparing the observed result against the plan to provide learning for the organization for future operations.
• High level of technical expertise in relation to drilling/completions engineering and operations, well services and well abandonment with proven ability to deal with complex scenarios, challenging environments and develop creative solutions.
• High level of commercial and contractual awareness.
• Up to date knowledge of technological developments, industry initiatives, etc.
• Sound knowledge of well abandonment operations and of the HSE regime governing well abandonment operations.
• Good experience of offshore well site engineering
• Experience of working in an Operator environment and in mature assets

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080441.

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