Wellsite Drilling Engineer
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 28 April 2026
LOCATION
Offshore
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Associate
CATEGORY
Oil & Gas
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Well engineering
Well operations
HSE
Risk management
COMPASS
WELLPLAN
StressCheck
Well Control
FULL DESCRIPTION
Wellsite Drilling Engineer
Company: [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]
Location: Offshore
Work Type: On-site
Job Type: Full-time
Experience Level: Associate
Contract Duration: Approx. 5-6 months
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our client, an oil and gas operator is currently recruiting for a Wellsite Drilling Engineer. To start early / mid April and contract duration will be approx. 5-6 months. Working offshore equal rotation on board a jack-up in UKCS. Occasional onshore work may be required
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Providing drilling engineering input to well abandonment projects.
- Ensuring the project is planned in full compliance with corporate policies, standards, procedures and guidelines and relevant regulatory requirements and are executed safely and efficiently.
- Applying appropriate techniques and processes to drive performance through benchmarking and data analysis.
- Ensuring detailed risk assessments are prepared for planned well decommissioning and risks are managed and mitigated as appropriate.
- Contributing to the required time and cost estimates and performance tracking for each project phase.
- The capture and close-out of lessons learnt and analysis of NPT events, and for the preparation and submission of end of well reports.
- Supports the contractor management process by developing positive relationships with contractors and suppliers. Ensures contractor delivery against KPIs/scorecards.
REQUIREMENTS
- A strong background in a well engineering/operations role
- A strong attitude to HSE and associated behaviours.
- Well-developed communication skills and be capable of working independently and as part of a team
- Experience of risk management techniques and processes
- Competent in using COMPASS, WELLPLAN and StressCheck software
- Candidates must be fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority e.g. Level 4 IWCF, WELLCAP.
- Offshore medical, survival and MIST certification
CONTACT DIRECT
Nicola Allan
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