AGR are working closely with our Aberdeen-based client to recruit a Senior Completions Engineer to join its team on a PAYE basis, for a contract length of around 5 months working on their 2026 Wells P&A campaign.
About the role:
This role will be responsible for well abandonment design and ensuring the safe and efficient execution of decommissioning operations.
Key duties and 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.
At AGR we are committed to finding the best fit for our team, building a unique and exciting environment. Even if you don’t meet every requirement below but you feel you have something to bring to the table please still apply or get in touch with a member of our recruitment team.
Work Experience:
* Considerable experience in a senior drilling operations role and of jack-up and semi-submersible operations
* Considerable experience in a completion operations role.
* Experience of risk management techniques and processes.
Qualifications/ Competencies:
* Fully certified by a recognised Well Control Authority e.g. Level 4 IWCF, WELLCAP.
* 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
All candidates must have RTW in the UK to be considered for this role.