Engineer, Cement

Role Overview

Engineer, Cement at ADNOC. The role is based on-site and involves quality assurance and quality control of cement, cement additives, acid, and acid additives to ensure performance meets oilfield standards.

Role Purpose

Assess quality assurance and quality control of cement, cement additives, acid, and acid additives to ensure the performance as per oilfield standards.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Operations

• Identify, analyse and resolve operational and technical cementing issues.
• Provide on-site technical support for critical cementing jobs and ensure engineering plans, procedures, specifications, and QA/QC guidelines are applied.
• Check cementing equipment and materials.
• Work closely with on-site service company personnel to ensure optimum job performance and well integrity requirements are achieved.
• Implement best practices, including the lab testing procedure and conditions.
• Update the cementing manual with best practices.
• Study and propose the introduction of new technology.

Procurement & Supply Chain

• Prepare the annual cementing budget, including cement services, additives, and contracts services.
• Assist in evaluating technically the service companies' bids and offers.
• Coordinate testing of sample products to ensure conformity with the Company's approved standards and specifications.
• Participate in preparing cement and stimulation services tenders.
• Forecast annual cementing material requirements and ensure adequate supplies are always available to meet operational needs.
• Prepare cementing materials requirements and coordinate material transfers.
• Assist in the preparation and evaluation of tenders for cementing and downhole packer services.

Contractor & Performance Management

• Monitor contractors comply with contractual requirements including HSE and Quality compliance.
• Analyse the performance of cementing and down hole packer service companies.
• Identify areas where improvements can be made in performance.
• Record Corrective actions and Lessons Learned.

Supervision & Team Development

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.

Budget & Financial Management

• Provide input for preparation of the Department/Section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Policies, Systems & Compliance

• Implement approved Department/Section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Department/Section's work programs in line with Company and International standards.
• Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.
• Work in line with HSE policy, awareness and compliance of HSE rules and regulations.
• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures and controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Department/Section in line with the Company Performance framework.
• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.

Reporting

• Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Company Management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering Discipline or Chemistry or equivalent.
• 6 years of experience.

Skills & Competencies

Professional Certifications as applicable.

Additional Information

Work Environment

• Physical Effort: Minimal.
• Work Environment: Air-conditioned environment, could be exposed to the prevailing weather conditions like heat, humidity and dust during occasional site visits.
• Job Family/Sub Family: Operations/Drilling Operations.

Internal and External Relations

• Contact with line manager, peers and other employees within the company/Group as required.
• Contact with external parties including consultants, third party service providers, and government agencies as required.