The Wireline Field Engineer at the company is responsible for executing wireline services across various onshore and offshore locations in the UAE. This role ensures the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of open hole and cased hole wireline operations, while mentoring junior staff and maintaining operational excellence in accordance with the company's standards.
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Key Accountabilities
- Execute wireline services for the company's clients across assigned rigs and fields.
- Lead wellsite operations as the crew lead engineer, ensuring compliance with the company's procedures.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers and operators in wireline service delivery and tool operations.
- Prepare, plan, and troubleshoot wireline jobs at the base, including pre-job and post-job reporting.
- Coordinate with customer representatives and rig crews to align wireline operations with drilling schedules.
- Advise clients on wireline operations, perform quality control of logs, and support wellsite decision-making.
- Manage radioactive sources and explosives handling in accordance with the company's HSE and regulatory protocols.
- Maintain accurate job records and communicate operational updates to the service delivery coordinator.
- Resolve moderately complex wellsite issues using engineering, mechanical, and geological principles.
- Utilize software tools such as ECLIPS, Warrior, and Cerberus Tension Modelling for job planning and execution.
- Demonstrate hands-on experience with Baker Hughes wireline equipment and tools, including deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Demonstrate proven experience in commonly performed wireline operations in Abu Dhabi, including open hole logging, cased hole services, perforation, plug setting, and production logging.
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering.
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in oilfield wireline operations and services (open-hole and cased-hole), with strong exposure to Baker Hughes wireline technologies.
- Thorough understanding and competency in wireline operations and services (advanced open/cased-hole services) including planning, execution and troubleshooting at wellsite.
- Ability to interpret and quality-control wireline data/logs at the wellsite and communicate recommendations to customers.
- Strong understanding of HS&E requirements including risk assessment, PTW, SIMOPS, pressure control, lifting operations and (where applicable) radioactive sources and explosives.
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
- Computer literate and capable of producing accurate operational documentation and reports.
