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Completion Engineer At West African Exploration And Production (waep)

West African Exploration and Production (WAEP)·Lagos, nigeria·Full Time·Contract
EngineeringFull TimeContract
-Closes Oct 7, 2026

Role Purpose

Plan, design and support execution of safe, reliable and cost-effective well completion activities that deliver required production or injection performance throughout the well lifecycle.

Core Competencies

  • Completion design
  • Sand control and completion equipment
  • Well integrity
  • Well control
  • Completion operations support
  • Vendor management
  • Risk assessment
  • Technical reporting

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Safe and timely delivery of assigned activities
  • Compliance with planned maintenance/well execution schedules
  • Quality and accuracy of technical documentation and reporting
  • Reduction of operational downtime, failures or non- productive time as applicable
  • HSE and regulatory compliance
  • Effective contractor/stakeholder coordination

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop completion basis of design, programmes and detailed equipment specifications.
  • Design completion strings, tubing, packers, safety valves, sand-control and related completion systems. Perform completion engineering calculations and equipment selection in line with well objectives and operating envelopes.
  • Support completion installation, commissioning and handover activities. testing,
  • Participate in well integrity, completion risk and technical assurance reviews.
  • Coordinate vendors and service companies and monitor technical/service performance.
  • Support workover, recompletion and intervention opportunity evaluation.
  • Prepare cost estimates, schedules and technical inputs to procurement and contracting.
  • Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in completion performance.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum, Mechanical or relat Engineering discipline.
  • Minimum 8-12 years' relevant upstrec completion/well engineering experience, preferab including offshore operations.
  • IWCF/IADC well-control certification and relevo professional certification are desirable.

Key skills

BA/BSc/HND

At a glance

Company

West African Exploration and Production (WAEP)

Location

Lagos, nigeria

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

October 7, 2026

Created

September 28, 2026

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