Senior Well Engineer Norway

We are currently looking for Senior Well Engineers to join the Shell Well Technology team in Shell’s business in Norway. The position will most likely be located in our offices in Oslo, but may alternatively be located in Stavanger.

Shell Technology Norway (STN) was established in Norway in 2001 with the objective of supporting Norske Shell’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by taking advantage of Norwegian technology in the areas of subsea/deepwater, cleaner production, well technology and Arctic.

STN’s aim is to identify technology needs, evaluate and initiate new technology projects and to follow-up to deployment. These projects will merge Shell’s need for new technology with areas where Norwegian technology is leading.

The well technology team is primarily focused on supporting Norske Shell in developing new technologies for their existing and future assets on the Norwegian Continental Shell. We work with technologies from the innovation and discovery stage through development to deployment in the field. We are also supporting Norske Shell in their field development projects.

Responsibilities:

The main tasks are to participate in technology and opportunity framing workshops to identify the assets' technology needs; be responsible for selected R&D projects within well engineering, well completion and intervention (including contracts); provide technical advice through front-end screening and feasibility studies performed by the assets; act as the STN representative on JIP management or technical committees; and collaborate with Norwegian industry, through Joint Industry Project (JIP) forum such as the Petromaks/Demo 2000 programs, OLF and OG21 to stimulate project proposals and assist in evaluations.

The Senior Well Engineer reports to the Well Technology Manager.

Requirements:

· The candidate should have a Masters Degree (preferably in Petroleum Engineering) and a broad understanding of the upstream business.

· Strong technical professional background, and have specialist level competence within one or more of the following areas: well engineering, well completions, well intervention.

· Experience in R&D, technology development and qualification, project engineering and a background and style that enables credibility within a technology oriented environment.

· Excellent inter-personal, communication and influencing skills.

· Ability to cooperate and network both externally and internally.

You should have excellent English communication skills, and preferably you communicate well in Norwegian as well.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Application Deadline: Sunday 26 February 2012

Number of Vacancies: 2

For more information please contact Vidar Øverlie on +47 9529 4094

Senior Well Engineer
Norway