Well (Completions) Engineer - St. John's, NL

Location

St John's, NL | Canada

Job description

Equinor is an international energy company committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future. Our purpose is to turn natural resources into energy for people and progress for society. Equinor’s portfolio of projects encompasses oil and gas, renewables and low-carbon solutions, with an ambition of becoming a net-zero energy company by 2050. Headquartered in Stavanger (Norway), Equinor is the leading operator on the Norwegian continental shelf. We are present in around 30 countries worldwide.

Join our dynamic team in Drilling & Well and take on an exciting role focused on the maturation of the Bay du Nord field development project. As a Well Engineer, your contribution will be focused mainly on early phase engineering of well design. This includes working across disciplines within the project and within the D&W line organization, including drilling, completions, interventions, subsea, subsurface and facilities. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to help shape the D&W solutions and technical well concept, follow-up early-phase studies, and establish a solid foundation as the project looks towards detailed well planning and engineering.

We are looking for a Well Engineer that has field development and engineering design experience. Local experience, planning within the East Coast Canada operating jurisdiction will be consider an asset. The D&W team is a part of D&W PC2 INT DW portfolio which organize all international deepwater projects and business opportunities in D&W.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work in multidisciplinary teams to deliver field design solutions and well planning.
• Participate and lead value improvement projects that focus on simplification and opportunities for cost savings.
• Follow-up external studies to support D&W deliverables towards the field development project.
• Participate and deliver risk assessments in well planning to support concept selection.
• Prepare decision support package documentation.
• Engineering design using internal and external software. i.e. Landmark software suite
• Develop and review of Well Barrier Schematics.
• Evaluate offset data and implement lessons learned.
• Evaluate and specify well equipment.
• Prepare benchmarking and estimates for well execution.
• Participate in subsurface meetings and discussions during field development and well planning.
• Develop and update well and completion drawings.
• Perform detailed studies into new technologies, well design and optimization projects.
• Plan performance improvement workshops.
• Support management of change, input to dispensations, and communications with the relevant authorities.
• Operational mindset to bring forward safety in design elements for future well operations.
• Identify opportunities to contribute to the commercial success of the project and are responsible for identifying opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Delivery of complex engineering projects with minimal support and guidance.
• Develop the competency of the team in own area(s) of expertise.
• Support towards regulator compliance and communications.

Qualifications

• Experience 10+ years of relevant industry experience, including experience with an Oil and Gas Operator.
• Educated to degree level, professional experience can compensate for lack of formal qualifications.
• Knowledge and experience with local regulatory requirements.
• Solid knowledge in Wells (Completion) engineering.
• Solid operational Wells (Completion) engineering experience.
• Broad knowledge and experience of drilling engineering planning and operations is desirable.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently/unsupervised and in collaboration with others, as required to achieve agreed objectives.
• Understanding of field development activities and QA/QC processes.
• Good English writing and oral skills.

Personal qualities

• Ability to live by “I am safety” expectations.
• Adhere to Equinor Safety Standard.
• You act in line with Equinor’s safety and sustainability values and principles.
• Deliver your work using Lean methodology and mindset.
• Embrace new technologies eagerly.
• You are flexible to change and able to adapt to the team’s direction.
• You manage conflicting perspectives and agendas amongst internal stakeholders and influence and advise internal and external stakeholders.
• You participate actively in teams and collaborate for improved performance.
• You actively communicate the need for change.
• Deliver high quality work within tight deadlines.
• Able to work within multidisciplinary teams and across organizational boundaries and locations.
• You understand and communicate the benefits of diversity and behave inclusively towards colleagues.

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