Essential Education
Master’s or PhD in Engineering, Science, Geoscience, Geomechanics or Mathematics
Essential Criteria

• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant oilfield (drilling PPFG/geomechanics) with operator or service company. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complicated technical work to a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work with cross-disciplinary teams and competing priorities to deliver challenging wells.
• The candidate must be familiar with PPFG, geomechanics, drilling and subsurface aspects of Well Planning and Execution.

Desirable Criteria and Qualifications

• Previous PPFG experience with an operator; previous geomechanics experience such as wellbore stability and formation pressure integrity tests, strong geology and geophysics background and experience with well planning.
• Experience generating pre-drill PPFG forecasts for deepwater wells in both development and exploration settings.
• Awareness of Geology, Petrophysics, Basin Modelling, Processing Geophysics, Reservoir Geomechanics, Drilling Engineering, Rig Systems, and Well Control.
• Software proficiency and coding capability (e.g., VBA, Python, Techlog and Petrel).

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.