Senior Well Intervention Engineer

About the role

NOC is looking for a Senior Well Intervention Engineer to plan, design and coordinate platform-based well intervention operations that optimise production and injection safely and cost-effectively. The role covers roughly 400 active wells across 15 platforms, with a yearly intervention campaign on each platform. It is mainly based at the NOC Well Intervention offices in Doha, with occasional site visits to the Al Shaheen field or logistics and service provider bases.

Key responsibilities

• Write well intervention programmes that are safe, technically sound and cost-efficient, and manage the contracts linked to the activity
• Ensure all relevant parties (Petroleum Engineering, Production, internal Well Intervention, contractors) are informed before jobs start, and that programmes are distributed on time
• Brief offshore supervisors, keep them informed of programme changes, and communicate results and deviations
• Assess operational risks, evaluate contingencies and ensure offshore reporting such as NPT is accurate
• Coordinate personnel and equipment needs, arrange shipments offshore, and reorder equipment consumed, installed or scrapped
• Support the CWI department on well intervention and occasionally completion, and support the Drilling Department on tenders and procurement
• Take part in meetings such as the Well Intervention morning meeting and asset-related meetings
• Record lessons learned on safety, health and operations, and feed contractor performance feedback to the Head of Section

Required profile

• Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of well intervention equipment, technology and workflows (slick line, CT, pumping, treatments)
• Knowledge of completion and workover equipment, and of equipment requests and mobilisation processes
• 15 years in oilfield, with at least 3 years offshore exposure
• Fluent English is compulsory, with good communication skills