Airswift
2 months ago
Sr. Drilling Design Engineer
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Company information
- Company
- Airswift
- Location
- México Mexico
- Posted
- 2 months ago
Job description
Airswift is searching for a Sr. Drilling Design Engineer
Location: Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Schedule: 48 hours per week, Monday to Saturday
Airswift is seeking an experienced Sr. Drilling Design Engineer to join a leading operator in the oil & gas industry. This role will be responsible for developing detailed well drilling programs, optimizing well designs, managing technical risks, and supporting the successful execution of complex drilling projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate detailed drilling programs based on engineering requirements and operational needs.
- Lead well design and construction activities for conventional, unconventional, HPHT, and technically complex wells.
- Evaluate casing designs, hydraulics, torque & drag, and drilling performance parameters.
- Analyze well trajectories, collision risks, drilling objectives, and operational constraints.
- Provide well design re-engineering solutions during drilling operations when required.
- Assess completion strategies based on reservoir characteristics, geological data, nodal analysis, and production requirements.
- Review productivity designs, including productivity indices, fluid properties, formation damage factors, and production system performance.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, operations, and service providers to deliver technically sound and cost-effective solutions.
Requirements
✅ Petroleum Engineering degree (completed and licensed)
✅ Advanced English proficiency
✅ 15+ years of drilling engineering experience within IOC or NOC environments
✅ Strong expertise in well design, well control, and drilling regulations
✅ Extensive knowledge of drilling equipment, tools, fluids, and well design methodologies
✅ Experience in Offshore, Onshore, HPHT, and challenging operational environments
✅ Proven leadership experience managing teams, projects, and stakeholders
✅ Proficiency with specialized well design software
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Required skills
- leadership
- project management
- operations
- stakeholder management
- oil & gas
- hydraulics
- multidisciplinary teams
- offshore
- drilling equipment
- advanced english
- service providers
- noc
- technical risks
- well construction
- well control
- onshore
- drilling tools
- production requirements
- ioc
- petroleum engineering
- operational constraints
- well design
- torque & drag
- licensed engineer
- geological data
- drilling design engineer
- well drilling programs
- well designs
- drilling projects
- conventional wells
- unconventional wells
- hpht wells
- casing designs
- drilling performance
- well trajectories
- collision risks
- drilling objectives
- well re-engineering
- completion strategies
- reservoir characteristics
- nodal analysis
- productivity designs
- productivity indices
- fluid properties
- formation damage factors
- production system performance
- drilling engineering
- drilling regulations
- drilling fluids
- well design methodologies
- challenging operational environments
- well design software
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