The Wellsite Drilling Engineer / Assistant Drilling Supervisor will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Providing well engineering and operations assistance to the Offshore Drilling Supervisors.
• Monitoring the drilling operation and suggesting improvements to optimise the drilling process and performance.
• Carrying out cementing and casing tally calculations. Ensuring sufficient stocks of chemicals, cement and pipe are available to perform the planned operations.
• In coordination with service companies, carrying out deck checks, as well as pre-job checks of casing cementing and wellhead equipment, and understanding functionality of all tools and equipment.
• Requesting mudloggers and drilling fluid providers to carry out surge / swab calculations for all casing running operations.
• Carrying out spot ID checks of casing and pre-measured lengths. Closely monitoring casing running operations, including double checking of tally (including joints run / joints to be run / joints remaining on deck).
• Understanding and monitoring the cementing operation, including mixing and pumping of spacer / barrels of cement mixed / dart dropping operations / barrels of displacement fluid / plug bump pressures.
• Witnessing casing shoe integrity tests and calculate minimum leak-off values.
• Carrying out Well Plan modelling on buckling to run liners, as well as torque and drag modelling.
• Completing casing and cementing reports in a timely manner.
• Holding section review meetings along with Performance Toolpusher and log lessons learned.
• Writing hole section summaries for EOWRs.
• Ensuring service company reports, bit reports, leak-off test reports and BOP chart reports are submitted to the Onshore Team in a timely manner.
• Monitoring the drilling performance (ROP / formation response / flow rate / pump pressure / surface torque / WOB / down hole vibration / hole cleaning / LWD formation response) and advising the Offshore Drilling Supervisors of any concerns and / or potential improvements.

Experience / Qualifications: 

• A degree qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline would be preferred.
• Valid / up-to-date IWCF Well Control Level 2 certification, as a minimum, is essential.
• Applicants will be expected to hold the full suite of offshore certification.
• Previous experience in a similar role, directly with a North Sea oil and gas operator, is essential.

      TMM Recruitment