Senior Completions Engineer (Onshore Planning) – Nairobi, Kenya
Senior Drilling Engineer (Onshore Planning) – Nairobi, Kenya
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Mechanical Technician - Internship
Profession (Energy, utilities, environment)
Industry (Mechanical engineering)
Seniority (Mechanical engineering, Energy, utilities, environment)
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Description
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in upstream oil & gas operations, with significant experience in onshore completions engineering and well intervention planning.
• Proven experience delivering onshore completion campaigns from planning through execution within upstream oil & gas environments.
• Strong knowledge of completion system design, packers, tubing design, perforating, sand control, artificial lift systems, well integrity management, and production optimization.
• Experience preparing completion programs, scopes of work, tender documentation, cost estimates, and operational schedules.
• Experience managing completion contractors, service companies, and technical service providers in remote onshore operating environments.
• Proficiency in completion engineering software, well data management systems, and project planning tools.
• Strong understanding of pressure control equipment, testing procedures, commissioning activities, and completion risk management.
• Professional engineering registration and IWCF Well Control Certification or equivalent certifications will be an added advantage.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Responsibilities
• Develop completion basis of design and detailed completion programs, including tubing, packers, perforating systems, cementing and isolation programs, sand control systems, artificial lift interfaces, downhole tools, and completion schematics.
• Prepare completion work packs, scopes of work, tender documentation, activity schedules, critical path analyses, and resource plans to support project execution.
• Conduct technical risk assessments, including HAZID, HAZOP, completion hazards, and well integrity reviews, ensuring mitigation measures are incorporated into execution plans.
• Generate completion cost estimates, schedule baselines, material requirements, and procurement plans to support budgeting and contractor selection processes.
• Coordinate with subsurface, drilling, production, HSSEQ, logistics, procurement, and regulatory teams to ensure alignment of completion objectives and operational requirements.
• Specify, review, and verify completion equipment, wellheads, downhole tools, completion fluids, and surface completion hardware to ensure fitness for purpose and operational efficiency.
• Prepare completion procedures, testing and commissioning plans, operational readiness reviews, pre-job briefings, and mobilization documentation.
• Ensure compliance with HSSEQ standards, well integrity requirements, well control procedures, and applicable regulatory obligations.
• Provide technical support during execution, troubleshooting completion-related challenges and supporting operational decision-making.
• Maintain accurate completion records, as-built documentation, well files, test reports, and completion diagrams.
• Participate in post-job reviews, lessons learned sessions, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance completion performance and reliability.
• Perform any other duties as assigned in support of drilling and completion operations.
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