Completions Engineer - Tullow Oil

Tullow Oil is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of over 80 licences across 16 countries. Our focus is on finding and monetising oil in Africa and the Atlantic Margins.

Since 2006, Tullow has had interests in Ghana and was appointed as the Jubilee Field Operator.  First oil was achieved in November 2010 and has become Tullow’s key asset generating significant high-margin oil production. Tullow’s second major discovery and subsequent development in Ghana is the TEN field where first oil was successfully achieved on time and on budget in August 2016.

Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) is seeking to hire a Completions Engineer based in our Accra Office. The position will cover the complete well life cycle of completions from basis of design generation through to end of well report for assigned wells including;

• Generating the well specific completion operations programmes ensuring all requirements meet the basis of design objectives.
• Conducting a hazard assessment on each assigned well and maintaining its risk register throughout the well completion/intervention lifecycle.
• Ensuring EHS requirements are integral to all aspects of the completion basis of design and programme including well testing and well intervention activities
• Building effective relationships and interact professionally with internal/external stakeholders and service companies.
• Managing assigned service contract and contractor performance process.

You will be an experienced Completions Engineer with knowledge and experience in design, running of SMART completions, well testing, and subsea tree or landing string systems. You will additionally demonstrate expertise

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• University degree in an engineering discipline

• Fluent in English both written and spoken.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish good working relationships with team.
• High proficiency with IT and understanding of
  • Torque & Drag Analysis
  • Tubing movement modelling
  • Drill string design

In Tullow, all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, and everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources to enable them to contribute to Tullow’s overall success.

To achieve this, we offer our employees:

• A performance-driven culture that generates results
• A commitment to your personal and professional development
• A chance to make a difference to our business, working in or leading teams of talented, committed people
• A culture that appreciates diversity & inclusion and provides equal opportunities
• Recognition and reward for your performance.

Our philosophy is to bring people into Tullow with whom we can build a strong, mutually beneficial and long-lasting relationship.  Working for Tullow will increase your knowledge, broaden your horizons and extend your professional network.  We offer a competitive reward package of base salary, incentives and benefits which is designed to attract, retain and motivate the best talent in our industry.