Senior Drilling Engineer

Senior Drilling Engineer

West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is an indigenous energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria.

WAEP is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions through the application of industry best practice...

Senior Drilling Engineer

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND
• Experience 10 - 15 years
• Location Lagos
• Job Field Engineering / Technical

Role Purpose

• Lead drilling engineering design, planning and execution support for safe, efficient and cost-effective delivery of exploration, appraisal and development wells

Core Competencies

• Drilling engineering and well design
• Well control and drilling risk management Drilling performance optimization
• Cost and schedule control
• Contractor management
• Technical assurance
• HSE leadership
• Stakeholder management

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Safe and timely delivery of assigned activities
• Compliance with planned maintenance/well execution schedules
• Quality and accuracy of technical documentation and reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Develop drilling programmes, basis of design, well trajectories, casing and cementing designs and drilling execution plans.

• Prepare cost and time estimates, AFES and drilling schedules; monitor performance against plan.

• Provide technical support during drilling operations and resolve drilling dysfunctions and operational challenges.

• Lead well risk assessments, DWOPS, technical reviews and lessons-learned processes.

• Optimize drilling performance, reduce NPT and identify cost- saving opportunities without compromising well integrity or HSE

• Coordinate drilling contractors, service companies and multidisciplinary interfaces

• Ensure compliance with well control, company standards, regulatory requirements and approved management-of- change processes.

• Support contract technical evaluations, equipment selection and driling performance reporting.

• Mentor junior engineers and promote technical assurance and knowledge transfer.

• Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable

• HSE and regulatory compliance

• Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination

• Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum, Mechanical Chemical or related Engineering discipline

• Minimum 10-15 years' relevant upstream drilling engineering experience, including offshore operations.

• WCF/IADC well-control certification and r