Senior Lead Drilling Engineer

Overview:

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each others successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Responsibilities:

As Senior Lead Drilling Engineer your responsibilities will include:

Support Health Safety and Environment and pro-actively align project objectives with HSE objective.
Contribute to Operational Excellence and Performance System
Ensure that all proposed engineering solutions meet all applicable regulations and standards
Possess an understanding of various groups within the company and help direct interaction between them and Reservoir Solutions Well Engineering
Keep knowledge and skills up to date in constantly evolving industry and follow up on new developments relevant to drilling and well engineering
Provide visibility for Reservoir Solutions Well Engineering in the industry through helping team members participate in SPE conferences, workshops, and forums as well as co-authoring technical papers preferably with operators
Help develop strategy for global commercial success of Well Engineering
Lead drilling engineering technology developments including OneSync
Planning by helping team determine requirements and recommend new features
Provide support for internal developments such as Drilling Advisor and OneSync Monitoring
Lead trainer and expert user on OneSync Planning for Well Engineering team members
Lead validation of OneSync Planning software to allow replacing external programs
Advise teams on drilling engineering aspects of ongoing projects and prospective new projects
Assist team in writing technical papers and preparing / giving technical presentations
Help identify opportunities for RSWE to submit abstracts, attend conferences and other technical meetings outside Weatherford, and present our work to local technical meetings
Develop and implement formal internal peer review for Well Engineering projects
Provide pathways to transfer technology to other Weatherford groups

Qualifications:

Essential:

Bachelors degree in engineering or related field from an accredited University (or diploma/certificate with relevant work experience as described below)
10 years related experience in multiple aspects of Life of Well. Primary areas include Geology, Reservoir, Drilling, Completions, Workovers, Production, Well Abandonment, etc
Ability to resolve highly complex technical issues and conduct advanced research
Ability to organize and plan projects
Practical and results orientated to deliver a plan encompassing all inputs that can be safely executed.
Mechanical aptitude and strong visualization capability required
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work with diverse professionals comprising of clients, stakeholders, vendors, operations team, rig team and engineering peers
Contribute to sustaining a positive, progressive, and supportive team environment.
Saudi national essential due to Saudization

Preferred:

Gas experience would be advantage