Company: NES Fircroft
Skills: Engineering Manager
Experience: 8 + Years
Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree
Employment Type: Full Time Contractor
Location: Houston, Texas, United States


Job Summary:
  • The Completions Engineer (CE) is responsible for delivery of completions, workovers, and interventions designs, planning, execution support, and associated procedures that meet business objectives, comply with local regulations, and conform with all Company practices and procedures.
  • The CE applies in-depth subject knowledge as an independent practitioner in the completions, workovers, and interventions process and performs a leading role in multi-discipline team planning and execution support of single well projects.
Key Accountabilities:
  • Deliver safe, compliant, reliable, competitive, and productive wells through cross-functional collaboration in the design and execution of completions, workovers, and interventions.
  • Assures that well control and process safety risks are recognized and managed in design and operations.
  • Provide technical guidance when execution issues or problems occur.
  • Support the sharing and implementation of lessons learned, best practices, success on new technology/technique trials and operational efficiencies gained from assigned asset and transfer learning across GoM assets.
  • Coaches and mentors less experienced engineers.
  • Provides technical input for risk assessments and MoCs related to GoM asset specific completions, workovers, and interventions operations, including deviations from Company Practices.
  • Provide engineering input to completions, workovers, and interventions design and operations per the requirements of Well Delivery Workflow and Well Activity Workflow.
  • Prepares accurate time and cost estimates to support project FMs and well AFEs.
  • Provides input to and updates to relevant sections of the well SoR and provides input to MoCs when necessary.
  • Develops programs that adhere to the Technical File Notes and associated Completions Design Documents.
  • Implements new completions procedures, practices, or technologies and shares learnings across assets and with other Regions through CoP discussions.
  • Develop and integrate project plan including key stakeholders from Wells Engineering, Wells Operations, Area Production, Area Development, Projects, Finance, PSCM, and Regulatory.
  • Assures the functional and technical specifications for tubulars, equipment, and sandface completions practices to deliver the expected reliability and rate/reserves.
  • Reviews benchmarking of completions execution and performance to identify areas for continuous improvement.
  • Recommend and author completions and subsea tree or surface tree procedures.
  • Provides operational support to the Well Superintendent and Completions and Intervention Well Site Leader onsite.
  • Ensures effective well project closure and well handover to Area Production including handover documentation and endorses post-job reviews.
  • Supports Completions Engineering Manager (Discipline Lead)
  • Able to work with an integrated facility consisting of production facilities and rig operations which require SIMOPs planning and execution.
Essential Education and Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) in Engineering (preferably Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum).
Essential Experience and Attributes
  • A minimum of 8 years' experience in industry with focus on completions, workovers, and interventions engineering and operations. At least a portion of experience should be in subsea completions.
  • Other specific fields: Completions, Workovers, and Interventions Design, Engineering, and Operations; Subsea Well Operations; Fracturing and Stimulation; Well Performance; Data Acquisition; Rigs and Equipment; Perforating; Formation Damage; Wireline; Fishing; etc.
  • Valid Well Control Certification.
Other Requirements
  • Houston based role
Desirable Criteria and Qualifications
  • Experience in GoM offshore, deepwater operations, and subsea well engineering.
  • Knowledge of sand control completions.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work across functions (Wells Engineering, Wells Operations, Area Production, Area Development, Projects, Finance, PSCM, and Regulatory) to deliver and optimize well delivery and well activity.
  • Ability to challenge conventional thinking and identify and apply innovative ideas to complex problems.
  • Ability to apply logic and broad business and technical criteria in making operations decisions.
  • Experience with production operations and flow assurance challenges.
  • Experience working with Finance and PSCM and resolving issues performance with suppliers.



With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.