Senior Well Engineer

About the Company

OBEK Group is a dynamic, international conglomerate headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and Houston, Texas — specializing in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Construction and Energy Services. Through a portfolio of Pilot Companies, the Group delivers large-scale, complex projects across Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, Subsurface Data Gathering and Wells Solutions, Petrochemical Refining, Civil Infrastructure Construction (including offshore and onshore facilities, dredging and reclamation), Construction Materials (cement, aggregates, rebars), and Industrial & Commercial Real Estate.

About the Role

The Senior Well Engineer is responsible for the engineering, planning, technical assurance and performance optimization of drilling, completion, workover, intervention, suspension and abandonment activities across the well lifecycle.

The role converts subsurface and field-development objectives into safe, technically robust, execution-ready and cost-effective well designs and programmes. The incumbent performs and assures engineering analyses, develops well programmes and operational procedures, defines equipment and service requirements, manages technical interfaces, supports rig-site execution, and provides timely engineering decisions during operations.

The Senior Well Engineer is a key custodian of well integrity, well-control and barrier-management requirements and is expected to challenge unsafe or technically unsound practices. The role also drives performance improvement through offset-well analysis, risk reduction, lessons learned, NPT/ILT elimination, technology application and disciplined post-well review.

Key Responsibilities

1. Well Concept Development & Basis of Design

2. Detailed Well Design & Engineering

3. Drilling Programme & Execution Documentation

4. Well Control, Barrier Management & Well Integrity

5. Operational Engineering & Rig-Site Support

6. Cementing, Fluids & Wellbore Integrity

7. Completions, Workover & Intervention Engineering

8. Risk Assessment, Technical Assurance & Management of Change

9. Cost Estimating, Scheduling & Performance Optimization

10. Contractor, Equipment & Materials Technical Management

11. Regulatory, HSE & Quality Compliance

12. Post-Well Review, Knowledge Management & Continuous Improvement

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical or related Engineering discipline.
• Master’s degree in Petroleum/Well Engineering or a related technical discipline is advantageous.
• Professional engineering registration/membership is desirable.

Professional / Technical Certification

• Current IWCF or IADC Well Control certification at the appropriate engineering/supervisory level is strongly preferred.
• Relevant drilling, completions, well integrity, HSE or project-management certifications are advantageous.
• Working knowledge of applicable API, ISO, IOGP and recognized well engineering/well-control practices is required.

Experience

• Typically, 10-15+ years of progressive well engineering and drilling/well operations experience in the oil & gas industry.
• Demonstrated experience designing and supporting execution of complex onshore and/or offshore wells.
• Strong experience in well design, drilling programmes, well control, barrier management, cost/time estimation and operational troubleshooting.
• Practical exposure to rig operations and service-company interfaces is essential.
• Experience with completions, workover/intervention and well integrity is strongly advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to work across subsurface, drilling, production, HSE, supply chain and contractor organizations.

Digital & Tools Proficiency

• Industry-standard well planning, casing design, hydraulics, torque-and-drag and directional-drilling applications
• Drilling reporting and real-time operations/performance systems
• Cost estimation, scheduling, data analytics and performance dashboards
• EDMS/document-control and structured technical reporting platforms

Compensation & Benefits: Competitive and in line with industry standards.

Interested and qualified candidates should apply.

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