8 дней назад
Principal Drilling Technology Specialist (Drilling Technology)
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TL;DR
Principal Drilling Technology Specialist (Drilling Technology): Leading advanced applied research and developing, validating, and deploying drilling technologies for complex production, completions, and upstream challenges with an accent on technology development, predictive modelling, artificial intelligence, and operational problem-solving. Focus on translating research into engineering solutions, overseeing field trials, and guiding multidisciplinary research programmes from concept through implementation.
Location: Westhill, United Kingdom
Company
supports Aramco through energy and chemicals technology advice, research, innovation, and specialist business services across Europe.
What you will do
- Lead advanced applied research into drilling, production, completions, intervention, integrity, and related upstream challenges.
- Develop, test, qualify, and validate drilling technologies, tools, materials, methodologies, and digital solutions through laboratory studies, simulations, field trials, and operational pilots.
- Analyse drilling, operational, well, facility, and subsurface data using predictive modelling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics.
- Translate research findings into practical engineering solutions, technical standards, operating practices, and decision-support tools.
- Lead significant research projects and workstreams, managing priorities, risks, dependencies, funding proposals, and measurable operational value.
- Build partnerships with universities, research institutes, technology providers, operators, service companies, and industry organisations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, applied physics, or a closely related discipline.
- Typically 15+ years of relevant experience in drilling technology, research, engineering, or a related upstream discipline.
- Strong experience designing and delivering applied research programmes and progressing technologies from concept through development, qualification, field validation, and deployment.
- Deep technical expertise in at least one drilling technology discipline and the ability to solve complex challenges using scientific evidence, operational data, and engineering judgement.
- Experience preparing technical reports, scientific publications, presentations, management briefings, invention disclosures, or similar research outputs.
- Collaborative experience working with multidisciplinary teams and external research partners.
Nice to have
- Chartered Engineer, European Engineer, or equivalent professional accreditation.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience with patents, invention disclosures, technology licensing agreements, or commercially deployed technologies.
- Recognised technical innovation and industry leadership.
Culture & Benefits
- Work on high-impact research and technology projects for a major integrated energy and chemicals organisation.
- Collaborate with leading experts across research, operations, industry, universities, and technology providers.
- Contribute to safer, more efficient, and more sustainable drilling operations.
- Support knowledge sharing, mentoring, professional development, conferences, publications, and technical leadership.
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