Senior Drilling Engineer

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:
•    Preparing time and cost estimates for AFE purposes.
•    Controlling cost by monitoring actual vs. AFE cost and highlighting discrepancies.
•    Prepare conceptual well designs and basis of designs, drilling programs, end of well reports and technical documentation/studies.
•    Preparing drilling programs and end of well reports that are technically sound and meet DISOUCO and shareholder requirements.
•    Participating in daily operations meeting.
•    Reviewing technical programs submitted by 3rd party contractors.
•    Carrying out offset well data analysis.
•    Proactively identifying drilling problems and recommending solutions.
•    Provide engineering support to the drilling superintendent on program implementation.
•    Proposes optimum, technical solutions.
•    Maintains contact and lead technical discussions with drilling contractors and third party suppliers.
•    Having a clear understanding of contracts with drilling contractors and subcontractors.
•    Providing relevant information in time for preparation of purchase requisitions in the SAP system.
•    Formulate dispensation requests and management of change.
•    Promoting the continuous improvement process.
•    Monitoring well results vs. objectives and documenting deviations.
•    Initiating and following relevant technical studies.
•    Initiating and leading peer reviews.
•    Compiling and quality controlling all reports received from the operations.
•    Participate in pre-spud meeting in the office & Rig-site.
•    Monitoring and analyzing NPT via the Drilling database system and recommending corrective actions.
•    Reviewing lessons learnt and feed them into the Lessons learned Database system.
•    Supervise and monitor daily drilling operations from rig intake process until well closing reports and ensure safe well delivery.
•    Ensuring process safety, well integrity QHSE.

Critical Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
•    Degree in Petroleum Engineering.
•    10-year experience in drilling engineering.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•    Experience in the use of MS office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
•    Landmark Well Engineering Package.
•    Control of Cost/Quality.
•    Teamwork and Leadership.
•    Self-starter/Self Development.
•    Enthusiastic, open and driven individual with strong HSEQ skills.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com