Job Title: Senior Production Engineer
Location: Aberdeen
Contract Type: Contract (37.5 hours per week)
Day Rate: £365/day (Inside IR35)
Key Responsibilities
* Perform well and network hydraulics.
* Carry out detailed production optimisation (allocation and production prognosis).
* Conduct safe injection evaluations with a solid understanding of well barriers.
* Undertake well productivity and inflow control analysis.
* Plan wells, completion design and interventions, including operational follow-up.
* Monitor and manage sand production.
* Deliver production-specialist services, including:
o Well test analysis
o Well chemistry
o Cased hole logging
o Rock mechanics evaluation
o Provide production technical input to field development and modification projects.
o Analyse and integrate production data across the value chain, communicating risk and uncertainties effectively.
o Contribute to multidisciplinary teams for reservoir characterization, mapping, target identification and well planning.
o Collaborate with reservoir engineers on history matching, allocation uncertainty and drainage issues.
o Demonstrate commercial awareness and apply business understanding in technical decision-making.
o Support digitalisation, technology development and continuous improvement initiatives.
o Adapt to changing business needs and maintain strong risk awareness.
Critical Skills & Experience
* Minimum 7 years’ technical experience with proven delivery in production/petroleum engineering.
* Proficiency with commercial production engineering tools (IPM suite – Prosper/GAP/Reveal, NETool, Kappa).
* Experience in production and injection management.
* Exposure to both project development and operational environments.
* Advantageous experience in:
* Subsea production systems
* Flow assurance
* Production log planning and analysis
* Rock mechanics
* Well completions and stimulation
* Reservoir engineering
* Artificial Lift (ESP, Gas Lift)
* Data analytics, scripting or programming
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
Industries
* Oil and Gas
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