Currently recruiting for a Senior Production Engineer on a contract basis for an E&P company based in Aberdeen. It is a contract position that will be offered on a PAYE basis, and it is due to run until the end of September 2026.

The Senior Production Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Performing well and network hydraulics.
• Performing detailed production optimisation, including allocation and production prognosis.
• Performing safe injection evaluations, including basic understanding for well barriers.
• Performing well productivity and inflow control analysis.
• Performing planning of wells, completion design and interventions, including operational follow-up.
• Performing sand management monitoring.
• Performing production specialised services (e.g. well test analysis, well chemistry, cased hole logging, rock mechanics evaluation).
• Performing production technical deliveries to field development and modification projects.
• Analysing and integrating production data across the value chain - evaluate and communicate risk and uncertainties.
• Contributing in multidisciplinary teams to integrate production data with other subsurface data for mapping, target identification, reservoir characterisation and well planning.
• Collaborating with Reservoir Engineer and provide production related input for history matching, allocation uncertainty and reservoir drainage issues.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Applicants should have a degree qualification in Petroleum Engineering, or similar.
• Previous experience in a similar Senior Production / Petroleum Engineer type role, directly within the North Sea oil and gas industry, is essential.
• Previous experience in a similar role, directly with a North Sea-based E&P company / operator, would be preferred.
• Applicants should have experience with production engineering tools, such as Prosper, GAP, Reveal, NETool, Kappa etc.
• Experience with production and injection management is essential.
• Applicants should have experience with project development as well as operations.
• Experience in the following areas would be advantageous:
• Subsea production systems.
• Flow assurance.
• Production log planning and analysis.
• Rock mechanics.
• Well completions and stimulation.
• Reservoir engineering.
• Artificial lift – ESP, gas lift.
• Data analytics and scripting / programming.