United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeen/Dyce

Drilling Engineer
Role synopsis
The Level I Drilling Engineer (DE) is responsible for delivery of well designs, planning and
programmes that meet business objectives, are in compliance with local regulations and in
conformance with all BP practices and procedures. The DE (I) applies basic subject
knowledge as a practitioner in the well construction process (NWcP), capable of performing a
contributor role in multi-discipline team planning and execution support of single well
projects.

Req ID Segment
81312BR Upstream

Job category Sub-category

Wells Drilling

Countries (State/Region)
United Kingdom - Scotland

Key accountabilities

Responsible for supporting delivery of DE work tasks on individual wells with scope
requiring more than one DE.
Responsible for DE input to multi-function / stakeholder activities required to deliver the
less complex well projects within a regional portfolio from PID to execution.
Responsible for delivery of drilling engineering design and planning activities for the
less complex well projects within a regional portfolio.
Provide DE input to delivering required NWcP Stage Gate support material.
Perform Right-Scoping to identify the optimal well construction choices.
Develop well (AFE) and project (FM) cost estimates.
Conduct offset and benchmarking.
Input to the drilling section of well SOR.
Develop well basis of design documents.
Write drilling execution programmes.
Responsible for delivery of drilling engineering operational support required for the less
complex well projects within a regional portfolio
QA/QC daily report
Support operational execution through development of site work instructions.
Conduct post-job (after action) reviews with operational team
Develop drilling engineering solutions to problems encountered during well execution

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 Responsible for delivery of post-well reports, learning for the less complex well projects
within a regional portfolio
Capture well learning for input into Learning Alerts and Bulletins
Capture all pertinent performance data for reporting.
Produces End of Well Reports.
Develops risk mitigation plans and any required Management of Change
documentation.

Essential Education
Educated to Bachelor of Science in an engineering or scientific discipline or higher.

Essential experience and job requirements

Experience in delivering Well Engineering as per the SOR and performance expectations as
a Level J (Challenge) Drilling Engineer on well engineering projects; working knowledge of
well design and construction methods; basic working knowledge of BPs engineering tools
and principles; prior engineer field experience on drilling rigs; developing knowledge in fluids,
cementing, casing design and well design implications; developing working knowledge of
completions and workovers design and operations; developing practitioner in the well
construction workflow process (e.g. NWcP) and contributor to multi-discipline team planning
to delivery single well project milestones.

Desirable criteria and qualifications

n/a

Other Requirements (eg Travel, Location)

Travel: 10%

About BP
Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This
is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. BP operates with business activities and
customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of
customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and
ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP's Upstream segment focuses on finding reserves of oil and gas, developing the means to
extract and process it and then consistently producing and transporting it to market. This
involves using cutting edge technology to find the energy reserves, the ability to drill
thousands of meters under the ground, designing, building and operating some of the world's
largest most complex production onshore / offshore facilities and finally being able to
transport these fluids, in order to provide energy to the world.

Through Technology we have designed industry leading solutions to drive business delivery

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 and are continuously extending the limits of what we can do. We attract, inspire and retain a
diverse talent pool with world class development, deployment and connectivity. Common
processes and practices define the way we work, where we strive to make every well better
than the previous one.

Relocation available Travel required

Yes - Domestic (In country) only Yes - up to 10%

Is this a part time position? Application close date

No 26-May-2017

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