Engineer, Drilling Fluid

Job purpose

Assess quality assurance and quality control of drilling fluids chemicals and additives to ensure the performance as per oilfield standards.

Job specific accountabilities (part 1)

• Monitor and control quality assurance of all drilling and completion chemicals and brines. Maintain proper QA-QC records.
• Carry out spot checks of chemicals in stores, supplier stores, service company stores and rigs and brines at the brine plant. Verify proper storage, handling and housekeeping procedures, HSE procedures and document control are followed.
• Liaise with commercial division and stores to ensure sufficient safety stock of chemicals is maintained at stores. Monitor chemical consumption patterns and investigate any abnormalities. Establish quarterly chemical requirements based on planned types of wells.
• Maintain checks on performance of service company formulations through lab pilot tests.
• Investigate chemical quality discrepancies and implement corrective actions. Follow up with suppliers to ensure compliance.
• Involve in troubleshooting drilling problems, suggest solutions and recommendations. Perform pilot tests at the lab as required for troubleshooting drilling problems.
• Maintain close liaison with other OPCOs labs to ensure proper QA-QC of all price agreement chemicals’ pre-life samples. Verify that proper sampling procedures are followed.
• Monitor all HSE procedures are followed with respect to chemicals. Ensure usage of only environment friendly chemicals. Strive continually to reduce chemical waste and improve company’s waste management procedures.
• Perform periodical audits of supplier stores. This includes pre-qualification, tender evaluation, mobilization and regular HSE and quality audits. Issue audit reports.
• Participate in technical evaluations of joint OPCOs’ tenders for chemicals. Liaise with other OPCOs when required.
• Provide fluids input in the well value assurance process of planning the well, wherever required to improve fluid performance.
• Review and update drilling fluid manuals, chemical QA-QC manual, lab test procedures manual, chemical specifications, chemical HSE procedures, joint OPCOs’ chemical procedures manual.
• Perform pilot studies on new fluid formulations, new chemicals, new technology products, service company / manufacturers’ proposals. This includes both technical evaluations and lab tests. Participate in implementing trials and issue trial evaluation report.
• Review fluid reports, well recaps, end of well reports and phase reports. Monitor solids control equipment efficiency, analyse performance and make recommendations for their improvements.
• Provide QA-QC support to cement group as required. This includes liaising with lab, suppliers and service companies to improve quality, investigate failures, troubleshoot problems, etc.
• Keep abreast with latest developments in fluids and chemicals, assess technically service company’s and chemical suppliers’ new offers, implement trials and assess trial results, introduce innovative products and procedures to improve drilling performance.
• Work in line with HSE policy, awareness and compliance of HSE rules and regulations.

Job specific accountabilities (part 2)

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Job specific accountabilities (part 3)

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Generic accountabilities

• Supervision
  Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
  Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
• Budgets
  Provide input for preparation of the department/section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
  Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
• Policies, systems, processes and procedures
  Implement approved department/section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the department/section’s work programs in line with company and international standards.
  Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.
• Performance management
  Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the department/section in line with the company performance framework.
• Innovation and continuous improvement
  Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
  Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
• Health, safety, environment (HSE) and sustainability
  Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures and controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC code of practices.
• Reports
  Provide inputs to prepare section MIS and progress reports for company management.

Internal communications and working relationships

Contact with line manager, peers and other employees within the company/group as required.

External communications and working relationships

Contact with external parties including consultants, third party service providers, and government agencies as required.

Minimum qualification

Bachelor degree in chemical engineering or equivalent.

Minimum experience, knowledge and skills

6 years of experience, including at least relevant professional certifications as applicable.

Work condition, physical effort and work environment

Physical effort: Minimal.
Work environment: Air-conditioned environment, could be exposed to the prevailing weather conditions like heat, humidity and dust during occasional site visits.