Job Title: Senior Production Engineer

Location: Aberdeen

Contract Type: Contract (37.5 hours per week)

Day Rate: £365/day (Inside IR35)

Key Responsibilities

• Perform well and network hydraulics.
• Carry out detailed production optimisation (allocation and production prognosis).
• Conduct safe injection evaluations with a solid understanding of well barriers.
• Undertake well productivity and inflow control analysis.
• Plan wells, completion design and interventions, including operational follow-up.
• Monitor and manage sand production.
• Deliver production-specialist services, including:
  • Well test analysis
  • Well chemistry
  • Cased hole logging
  • Rock mechanics evaluation
  • Provide production technical input to field development and modification projects.
  • Analyse and integrate production data across the value chain, communicating risk and uncertainties effectively.
  • Contribute to multidisciplinary teams for reservoir characterization, mapping, target identification and well planning.
  • Collaborate with reservoir engineers on history matching, allocation uncertainty and drainage issues.
  • Demonstrate commercial awareness and apply business understanding in technical decision-making.
  • Support digitalisation, technology development and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Adapt to changing business needs and maintain strong risk awareness.

Critical Skills & Experience

• Minimum 7 years’ technical experience with proven delivery in production/petroleum engineering.
• Proficiency with commercial production engineering tools (IPM suite – Prosper/GAP/Reveal, NETool, Kappa).
• Experience in production and injection management.
• Exposure to both project development and operational environments.
• Advantageous experience in:

• 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, scripting or programming

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Oil and Gas