• Application Deadline: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Senior Drilling Engineer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 10 - 15 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  
  

Role Purpose

• Lead drilling engineering design, planning and execution support for safe, efficient and cost-effective delivery of exploration, appraisal and development wells

Core Competencies

• Drilling engineering and well design


• Well control and drilling risk management Drilling performance optimization


• Cost and schedule control


• Contractor management


• Technical assurance


• HSE leadership


• Stakeholder management

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Safe and timely delivery of assigned activities


• Compliance with planned maintenance/well execution schedules


• Quality and accuracy of technical documentation and reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Develop drilling programmes, basis of design, well trajectories, casing and cementing designs and drilling execution plans.


• Prepare cost and time estimates, AFES and drilling schedules; monitor performance against plan.


• Provide technical support during drilling operations and resolve drilling dysfunctions and operational challenges.


• Lead well risk assessments, DWOPS, technical reviews and lessons-learned processes.


• Optimize drilling performance, reduce NPT and identify cost- saving opportunities without compromising well integrity or HSE


• Coordinate drilling contractors, service companies and multidisciplinary interfaces


• Ensure compliance with well control, company standards, regulatory requirements and approved management-of- change processes.


• Support contract technical evaluations, equipment selection and driling performance reporting.


• Mentor junior engineers and promote technical assurance and knowledge transfer.


• Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable


• HSE and regulatory compliance


• Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum, Mechanical Chemical or related Engineering discipline


• Minimum 10-15 years' relevant upstream drilling engineering experience, including offshore operations.


• WCF/IADC well-control certification and relevant engineering membership are strongly professional preferred.