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DOCUMENT NUMBER: D001217226

TITLE: S&E.DRLENG.PROF.I

POSITION TITLE: Global Drilling Solutions Engineer

POSITION CATEGORY: Global Product Lines

REPORTS TO (JOB TITLE): Global Drilling Engineering Director

DUAL REPORT

Job Purpose

Act as the subject matter expert to deliver the design, the planning and the support of integrating Weatherford’s well construction technologies and drilling solutions, and the post-drilling analysis within complex wells on a global basis. Provide global technical support and training to deliver the safest and most efficient plans to drill a well meeting all expectations.

Roles & Responsibilities

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

· Maintain the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By

· Place Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk

· Seek continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations

QUALITY

· Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System

· Know and understand Weatherford’s Operational Excellence & Performance System (OEPS) and the Quality Policy and comply with all requirements of the Quality Systems Manual, Operating and Technical Procedures and Workplace Instructions

· Maintain service quality as an immediate priority when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

OPERATIONS

· Responsible for global Drilling Engineering technical support

· Develop and implement Well Engineering solutions for projects working with the Geozones prospect teams to realize ideas and plans thru the Well Engineering and Project Management process

· Provide real-time decision support to the drilling team to maximize drilling efficiency and minimize risk while achieving the well objective

· Assist the Drilling and Evaluation team in post-well root-cause analysis

· Develop and implement fully embed performance enabling methods such as Drilling the Limit, best practices, peer reviews and technology applications in the design, execution, and evaluation of Weatherford’s well solutions

· Take a lead role in ensuring the global key wells are delivered on time and within budget meeting all success measures

· Keep up to date and review new technology for possible application to projects.

· Perform directional well planning, torque-and-drag analysis, hydraulics calculations, and BHA analysis on all well types including new application and complex wells in order to design effective methods to deploy drilling & completion services to ensure trouble-free installations

· Perform and coach others with offset well analysis, hazard identification, risk control, as well as casing and tubing design

· Participates in tender responses

· Promote technical excellence image of the Company and Segment (publish papers, attend/present at public forums, and otherwise gain recognition for the Segment products and services)

· Post-pre and post-well meetings with clients, as required

· Assist in the presentation of recommendations and evaluations to clients, as required

· Provide detailed analytical reports to management

· Assist Geozones with high-level technical support for clients

· Work assignments carried out to the highest quality level

· Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by the supervisor within the physical constraints of the job

COMMUNICATION

· Coach Geozones Drilling Engineering teams with documenting and communicating learnings, best practices, and technical alerts from projects through Weatherford’s Performance Tracking System (WPTS)

· Maintain effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external

FINANCIAL

· All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses

· Costs incurred should be within the approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

· Lead and coach others in the development and review of well programs, operating procedures, presentations, end-of-well reports and other documentation as required to support effective communication and Continuous Improvement

· Assist on technical training content for Drilling Engineering training courses

· Assist on technical competency content for the Drilling Engineering community

· Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience

· Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential

VISION & LEADERSHIP

· Demonstrate leadership, ethical behavior and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field from an accredited University

· 10+ years of relevant Drilling Engineering experience

· Experience with working across Product Line (PL) boundaries to visualize, engineer and deliver cross-PL drilling hazard-mitigating solutions

· Thorough understanding of 3 or more Weatherford PLs

PREFERRED

· Experience in operations management

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

REQUIRED

· Ability and willingness to learn through a structured development program which includes internal and external courses, external certifications and practical on-the-job training (both office and field)

· Ability to analyze a wide variety of data sets and use them in providing Drilling Engineering solutions

· Practical and results-oriented to deliver a plan encompassing all inputs that can be safely executed. Mechanical aptitude and strong visualization capability required

· Excellent written and verbal communication

· Highly motivated with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills

· Ability to work with different groups and understand how their different inputs can help in providing a comprehensive and composite solution to the client.

· Ability to get away from the traditional approach of applying specialty products (widgets) to wells and apply and encourage a solution-based approach which involves understanding the client’s needs and well problems and then investigating potential solutions that can be changed in well design, change in procedure or potentially the use of one or more common or specialty products.

· Detailed understanding of drilling practices and procedures (planning, risk analysis, pre-spud, roles of various asset team members, equipment, drilling program, cementing, evaluation, completion, reporting, wellsite personnel, drilling parameters, fluids, well control, directional drilling, wellsite services, local regulatory, etc.)

· Must be perceived as a leader/mentor and respected by industry peers.

· Must be willing to travel to remote land and offshore work locations and possibly to other countries.

Travel Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to: 25-50%

JOB DESCRIPTION SCOPE

This job description’s purpose is to offer some details on the scope and depth of the role and its interaction with other roles with the organisation, through a focus on key criteria. It cannot capture the entire scope of the role. The document is generic in nature and offers consistency in role content from the early career level to more senior levels. The Company’s expectation is that the holder of the role understands and accepts that its expectations will be potentially greater from those in more senior roles than those at an early stage of their career. Responsibilities may well be greater and their decisions will have greater impact on the function and organisations performance. The Company reserves the right to amend the content of the job description to better reflect the changing scope of the role with or without notice.

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

CAREER PATH LEVEL

EXECUTIVE I - V Make Selection

Holds management accountability for a business, division, major geography, corporate function or major corporate sub-function. Develops, establishes & approves long terms strategy for the area managed

MANAGEMENT I – V Make Selection

Achieves goals through the work of others. Responsibilities inc; performance management, merit review, training & development. Focus is on managing others and applying operational or strategic management skills

PROFESSIONAL I - VII Level I

Applies a theoretical knowledge-base to work in order to achieve goals through own work. Characterised by specific functional expertise, typically gained through formal education. May provide guidance to others using technical expertise

TECHNICAL I – V Make Selection

Performs technical work, often in support of professional roles. Requires vocational training or the equivalent experience. Performs duties according to established procedures

SUPPORT I – V Make Selection

Performs clerical or administrative work, requires vocational training or the equivalent experience and performs duties according to established procedures

OPERATIONS I – V Make Selection

Performs operational, craft or manual tasks. Typically requires vocational training, apprenticeship or equivalent experience. Performs task according to established procedures.

GEOZONE ADDENDUMS

The job description template is a generic document designed to improve the quality, consistency and accuracy of the information regarding the Company’s expectations for the position. Individual countries may have some regulatory requirements that are required to be included in the job description. Any specific country requirements are captured in their specific Geozone addendum, which should be issued to the employee with the job description document.