Principal Well Engineer, Design

Shell Function: Engineering Industry: Energy, Oil & Gas Location: Lagos Salary: Negotiable Job Description Responsibilities • Initiate, create and manage technical and operational skills, resource and capability of highest standards to create significant value in technical inputs into SPDC (onshore and offshore oil and gas development concepts and programmes) through structured coaching, mentoring, placements, shared learning and projects execution • Develop and manage the technical risks in well design through out-of-the-box thinking, new ideas, evaluation of well concepts and models, investigation of opportunities for local and regional integration of work prescription • Candidate shall develop and manage the standards, policies and guidelines for well concepts and types, inventory of historical well data, best practices, new and emerging technologies (cluster drilling, high rate wells, multilaterals, expandable tubular, etc.) which go into field reviews (FRs), volume to value (V2V) opportunity framing, field development plans and economics (FDPs),value assurance reviews (VARs) to ensure overall profitability and reduction in the unit development cost of the SPDC oil and gas portfolio • Candidate shall also be responsible for the management of the overall QA/QC of the Conceptual Well Engineers' works and quality of the interface between the Asset Teams, Exploration, External studies and the Wells organization Introduce and develop specifications and standards for HSE critical elements and technical uncertainties inherent in well types, well concepts and technologies recommended for the oil and gas development under consideration • Foster the use of the services of the wells global networking in the application of relevant new technology and benchmarking to ensure continuous improvement in well delivery performance and overall cost optimization • Develop and execute feedback processes that will ensure well engineering considerations and design criteria selected during the project planning phase are followed-through to execution to mitigate value erosion of the identified cost savings • Participate as a member of the Wells Management team with joint responsibility for the development of the overall long term drilling strategies, policies, technical, commercial and resource acquisition • Provision of leadership support required for implementing performance enhancement initiative (such as RTL) to reduce unit development cost and improve wells productivity. • Develop high level strategies for the effective implementation of the technical limit concept for wells in the work area. • Champion to fruition, performance reviews, learning events, workshops and global networking in this aspects well delivery. • Initiate and implement work ethics within the team to ensure team motivation to deliver high performance and achieve overall company goals and objective. Skills required • B. Sc degree in engineering or physical science. • Minimum of 15 years oil and gas drilling and completion experience (this shall include 10 years of which must be in well technology, planning, design and construction activities) Experience in subsurface engineering is not negotiable. • Leadership skills such as excellent influencing skills; and ability to forge strong relationships at various levels; proven ability to lead and inspire cross-discipline groups; commitment to technical leadership and ability to lead skills pool staff working under different asset teams. • Candidate must also have sound Technical Skills, must be an experienced Well Engineer, globally known, deep understanding of the workflow linking the relevant disciplines to generate the "Right" wells and optimum field development plan. • Commercial skills would also be an added advantage: Strong management skills, proponent of Strategic Cost Leadership, ability to understand commercial implications of emerging ways of working, techniques and technologies in the required discipline • Ability to train, motivate and manage people: highly skilled technical mentor with excellent coaching abilities, and with a proven track record of commitment to people development. Application closes on 15th July, 2013