Senior Fluids Engineer

Role overview

HSE and well planning

• Reviews contractor HSE systems and compliance, participates in rig-side risk assessments, and ensures operations meet company environmental requirements and applicable regulations.
• Prepares fluids Basis of Design documents, Drilling Fluids Programs, and recommended practices for wells.
• Designs fluid systems for formation challenges, including H₂S management, losses in fractured carbonates, shale and inhibitive systems, underbalanced or managed-pressure applications, scavengers, bridging, and LCM strategies.
• Collaborates with Drilling, Completions, and Well Testing engineers and participates in DWOP and CWOP sessions.
• Develops contingency plans and Management of Change documents in line with the established process.

Contractor and operational oversight

• Compiles tenders, evaluates contractors, and prepares technical specifications for fluids-related equipment and services.
• Directs, coaches, and supports company and contractor rig-site fluids engineers; monitors fluid parameters daily and keeps drilling leadership informed of issues.
• Leads technical audits of contractor personnel, equipment, and base facilities; interviews proposed contractor personnel and reviews competency ratings.
• Moderates quarterly contractor performance reviews and conducts wellsite visits to verify work follows applicable plans and policies.
• Provides input to pit remediation and site restoration projects and communicates well updates to support timely contractor mobilization.
• Monitors daily drilling reports and maintains well-cost and fluids tracking spreadsheets to cross-check contractor invoices.
• Delivers fluids reporting for end-of-section and end-of-well reports, captures lessons learned, and ensures they inform future programs.

Cost, leadership, and improvement

• Improves fluids, solids control, and waste management performance to reduce costs and improve drilling conditions.
• Supports cost estimates, Bills of Quantities, and commercial evaluations for fluids and drilling waste management scopes.
• Identifies opportunities for material optimization, inventory management, and waste reduction.
• Provides technical expertise, maintains effective working relationships, monitors technologies and performance, and recommends improvements to senior management.
• Conducts research and analysis supporting field development, exploration, and drilling plans; supports internal digital tools, templates, models, databases, and dashboards.

Minimum professional experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Geology, or a closely related discipline.
• 12–15 years of progressive fluids-related experience, including at least 5 years at a senior, coordinating, or managerial level, or equivalent.

Preferred experience

• Service-company technical or laboratory department experience is preferred.
• Sour-gas or high-H₂S carbonate experience, particularly in the Middle East or Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is highly advantageous.