Job Details

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Job Specific Accountabilities

The nature of responsibilities requires expert knowledge in drilling engineering and operations, and the ability to perform critical analysis and compile findings and recommendations in professional reports

• Job is primarily in the office but will require frequent visits to rigs.
• Exercises autonomy in conducting major and strategic studies on drilling engineering and drilling operations.
• Major deviations from targets and policies will be referred to higher levels of management for review and action.

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Detailed Description

General Accountabilities

Supervision

• ​Plan,supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
• Performs any other related duties as and when required at the company’s discretion.

  Budgets

• ​Provide input for preparation of the Section / Department budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• ​Implement approved Section / Department policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Section’s / Department work programs in line with Company and International standards.

Performance Management

• ​Contribute tothe achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Section /Department in line with the Company Performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• ​Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function .

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

• ​Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.

Reports

• ​Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Company Management .

Job Requirements

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal

• ​Daily contact with TC peers, discipline manager.
• Frequent contact with assets’ peers and technical/management teams within other divisions in ADCO.
• Occasional exchanges with ADCO senior management through committees, presentations, etc.
• Builds strong relationships with related divisions up to the level of Vice President on work related issues.

External

• Occasional contact with ADNOC upstream, industry Shareholders and OPCOs to share industry lead practices and information.
• Occasional contact with contractors and service providers to maintain business relationships with key external technology providers.
• Occasional contact with ADNOC Technical Institutes/ local Universities for any technical support.

Additional Details

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualifications

• ​M.Sc. in Reservoir/Petroleum/Chemical Engineering or equivalent. Ph.D. is preferable.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• ​15 years inpetro-technical discipline (Drilling Engineering, Petroleum Engineering,Geoscience), of which 5 years in a specialist role,. International experience is preferable.
• Track record in maturing and applying new technologies and participation in R&D projects.

WORK CONDITION:

Physical Effort

Work Environment

• ​Minimal – regular walking, standing, and keyboard use for up to 70% of the work day
• 80% air conditioned office
• 20% field visits