Senior CWI Engineer

Title:

Senior CWI Engineer

Position Details

• Position Title: CWI Senior Engineer
• Department: Wells
• Location: Majnoon Oil Field – Basra, Iraq
• Reports to: CWI Engineering Team Lead
• Direct Reports: None

1. Role Purpose

Provide engineering expertise in the planning, design, and execution support of completions, workover, well intervention and well integrity operations. Ensure high-quality engineering input, technical assurance, well integrity compliance, and continuous performance improvement across CWI operations.

2. Key ResponsibilitiesHSSE & Well Integrity

• Champion a proactive safety culture with Zero Harm.
• Conduct site safety visits, audits, and toolbox talk reviews.
• Ensure compliance with well integrity standards such as NORSOK D‑010
• Ensure engineering designs comply with HSSE policies, Life-Saving Rules, and well integrity guidelines.
• Participate in risk assessments, HAZID, HAZOP, and technical assurance reviews.
• Support incident investigations by providing technical analysis and recommendations.

Program Development & Technical Assurance

• Prepare and review Completion Programs, Workover Programs, and Intervention Procedures.
• Develop well schematics, tool string designs, barrier philosophies, and risk assessments.
• Ensure engineering designs comply with well integrity standards and operational requirements.
• Perform technical evaluations for new technologies, equipment, and intervention methods.

Operational Support & Problem Solving

• Provide real-time engineering support to wellsite supervisors during operations.
• Analyze operational challenges and propose technical solutions.
• Perform pre-job and post-job reviews to ensure procedural compliance.
• Support SIMOPS planning and coordination with Production, Subsurface, and Drilling teams.

Cost & Schedule Control

• Support development of budgets, forecasts, and AFE inputs.
• Monitor job efficiency, performance, and operational KPIs.
• Identify cost‑saving opportunities without compromising safety or quality.

Contractor & Performance Management

• Lead technical interface with service companies and contractors.
• Evaluate technical proposals, equipment specifications, and new technologies.
• Support tendering, technical evaluations, scopes of work, and contract management.
• Monitor service quality and ensure alignment with engineering requirements.

Reporting & Governance

• Review technical proposals from service companies and ensure alignment with operational requirements.
• Participate in contractor performance reviews and technical evaluations.
• Ensure QA/QC compliance for equipment and tools used in rigless operations.

3. Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 8-12+ years of experience in completions, well intervention, workover, and well integrity engineering disciplines.
• Valid IWCF Level 4 Well Intervention Pressure Control certification.
• Strong experience leading CWI engineering teams in high‑activity onshore fields.
• Comprehensive understanding of well integrity standards (e.g., NORSOK D‑010), well control, and barrier management.
• Strong knowledge of international standards (API, ISO, IOGP) and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Expertise in completion, CT, slickline, e-line, ESP, stimulation, and workover engineering.
• Experience in Iraq/Majnoon preferred.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage.

4. Core Competencies

• CWI Technical Mastery
• Well Integrity & Risk Management
• Engineering & HSSE Leadership
• Performance Management & Continuous Improvement
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Contractor & Stakeholder Management
• Communication & Technical Reporting

Approved By: Steven Hendry

Position: Wells Manager

Date: 03 Mar 2026