Senior Completion Engineer

We’re currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Completions Engineer to join an independent Oil & Gas Operator in Aberdeen on a 5–6 month contract.

The role sits within the Well Engineering / Drilling team, supporting the 2026 Wells P&A campaign.

Contract type: Agency Worker / PAYE

ROLE

Responsible for well abandonment design and ensuring the safe and efficient execution of decommissioning operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Planning completion and intervention aspects for well abandonment projects.
• Ensures projects are planned in full compliance with corporate policies, standards, procedures and guidelines and relevant regulatory requirements and are executed safely and efficiently.
• Preparation of abandonment programmes.
• Participates in the operational support duty rota and provides operational cover as required.
• Applies appropriate techniques and processes to drive performance through benchmarking and data analysis.
• Demonstrates a challenging and innovative approach, to ensure cost-effective, safe and environmentally acceptable engineering solutions..
• Ensures appropriate peer reviews, risk assessments and assurance reviews are held for each well project with actions closed out accordingly.
• Interfaces effectively with other teams e.g. subsurface, projects, supply chain, finance to safely and successfully deliver the project.
• Contributes to the required time and cost estimates and performance tracking for each project phase.
• Supports the contractor management process by developing highly positive relationships with contractors and suppliers.  Ensures contractor delivery against KPIs/scorecards.
• Responsible for the capture and close-out of lessons learnt and analysis of NPT events, and for the preparation and submission of end of well reports.

REQUIREMENTS

• Thorough understanding of completion installation operations and tooling.
• Delivery-focused
• Strong HSE attitude and behaviours
• Sound commercial awareness: project financing and cost control principles
• Relationship-builder: internally and externally
• Well-developed communication skills
• Capable of working independently and as part of a team
• Considerable experience in a completion operations role.
• Experience of risk management techniques and processes.
• Fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority e.g. Level 4 IWCF, WELLCAP.