Wellsite Drilling Engineer
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HAVE YOU GOT SPIRIT?
Spirit Energy is actively progressing a wide‑ranging decommissioning programme across its UK and North Sea assets, reflecting the company’s commitment to responsible end‑of‑life management. Collaboration is key when it comes to safely and effectively executing major offshore operations and in the decommissioning arena it’s especially important.
If playing a key role in delivering Spirit Energy’s decommissioning strategy appeals to you — safely retiring ageing offshore infrastructure while helping unlock future opportunities — we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch today
THE OPPORTUNITY – WELLSITE DRILLING ENGINEER, P&A CAMPAIGN
Responsible for drilling engineering and technical integrity aspects of the wells abandonment scope, ensuring safe and efficient execution.
Duration: c 6 months
Location: Primarily offshore based but with onshore requirement.
PAYE Contract Rate: TBC
Closing Date for Submissions: cob Wednesday 11th March
AND NOW FOR THE TECHNICAL BIT…
In role, you will be accountable for:
- Providing drilling engineering input to well abandonment projects.
- Ensuring the project is planned in full compliance with corporate policies, standards, procedures and guidelines and relevant regulatory requirements and are executed safely and efficiently.
- Applying appropriate techniques and processes to drive performance through benchmarking and data analysis.
- Ensuring detailed risk assessments are prepared for planned well decommissioning and risks are managed and mitigated as appropriate.
- Interfacing effectively with other teams e.g. subsurface, projects, supply chain, finance to safely and successfully deliver the project.
- Contributing to the required time and cost estimates and performance tracking for each project phase.
- The capture and close-out of lessons learnt and analysis of NPT events, and for the preparation and submission of end of well reports.
- Supports the contractor management process by developing positive relationships with contractors and suppliers. Ensures contractor delivery against KPIs/scorecards.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role you will have:
- A strong background in a well engineering/operations role
- A focus on delivery
- A strong attitude to HSE and associated behaviours.
- Sound commercial awareness: project financing and cost control principles. Demonstrating an innovative approach, to ensure cost-effective, safe and environmentally acceptable engineering solutions.
- Well-developed communication skills and be capable of working independently and as part of a team
- Experience of risk management techniques and processes
- Competent in using COMPASS, WELLPLAN and StressCheck software
Certification:
Candidates must be fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority e.g. Level 4 IWCF, WELLCAP.
Offshore medical, survival and MIST certification
But we’re not just about energy, we’re about Spirit
At Spirit Energy we believe that embracing inclusion, diversity, and equality allows for better collaboration and innovation. Therefore, we seek talent from every avenue, and offer flexible and part time working to support our colleagues personal development and promotion. Offering our teams competitive benefits and opportunities of development and skill building, we believe that our colleagues can shape the future of the UK Energy Sector. If you’re excited to shape the future of energy then apply today!