Our client, a major Oil & Gas company, is looking for a Drilling Engineer Specialist to work on an initial 12-month contract in Spring, TX 

MAIN FUNCTIONS

Provide the engineering planning, design, surveillance, and follow-up required for the safe and efficient drilling and completing of drilling programs. Ensure well objectives are met while assuring the highest standards of engineering integrity, safety, and environmental protection are applied.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for the engineering planning, design, surveillance, and follow-up required for the safe and efficient drilling and completing of drilling programs; responsibilities include: Research and understand drill well hazards by reviewing historical offset well information Utilize wellbore geologic and reservoir objectives to develop a well plan Prepare cost estimates for well design options Identify and organize equipment required to execute the drill well plan inclusive of material selection Design wells to meet regulatory requirements Prepare and analyze technical bids for goods and services Survey daily operation Provide rig site drilling and completion surveillance and engineering assessments of critical activities Provide surveillance and technical assistance for projects, equipment testing and new procedures Interface with and solicit input from operations personnel to ensure well plans are feasible Work closely with other functions, such as geology, reservoir and projects, to ensure that the program is based on all available information and meets a well objective Depending on the program, deep water experience may be required (knowledge of subsea systems, riser analysis, subsea well control systems, etc.) SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS B.S. degree in engineering or related technical field Experience in deep water drilling operations if filling a deep-water drilling engineering position Able to effectively organize and communicate thoughts Experience with well design software as well as Microsoft applications Read, write and speak fluent English Industry experience with well planning and execution Required Skills: at least 5 years of drilling engineering / operations experience (including surveillance), demonstrated strong analytical / technical skills related to drilling engineering, demonstrated capability of strong communication between engineering and operations teams (verbal, presentations, etc.), MS Office toolkit experience Scope of work: As part of our Wells Remote Operations Center, provide real time surveillance support for deepwater / offshore assets leveraging our in-house borehole management surveillance technology