AFE -Well Engineer

About the role

The AFE Engineer provides independent technical assurance of the engineering and operational assumptions used in AFEs, Integrated Services tenders, and project budgets. Unlike a project or tender engineer, the AFE Engineer does not own the well design or execution plan. Instead, the role independently reviews, challenges, and validates the assumptions developed by engineering and project teams to ensure they are technically sound, operationally achievable, and appropriately reflected within the project cost estimate.

Responsibilities

• Independently review the engineering basis and operational assumptions supporting AFEs, tenders, and project budgets.
• Assess well construction, drilling, plug & abandonment (P&A), completion, and intervention assumptions associated with proposed projects.
• Review and challenge proposed well designs, operational sequences, equipment requirements, personnel assumptions, and service requirements.
• Evaluate operational durations, rig and vessel requirements, logistics assumptions, productivity expectations, and non-productive time (NPT) assumptions.
• Validate operational time estimates and identify assumptions that may result in material cost overestimation or underestimation.
• Compare proposed operational assumptions against historical project performance, offset wells, operational benchmarks, and actual field data.
• Identify key technical uncertainties and assess their potential impact on schedule, resources, execution risk, and project cost.
• Challenge unsupported productivity and efficiency assumptions to improve estimate realism and execution confidence.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency without compromising technical integrity, HSE performance, or execution reliability.
• Work closely with Commercial and Costing specialists to ensure all material technical requirements are accurately reflected in project cost models.
• Support the development and maintenance of technical benchmark databases, including activity durations, equipment utilization, NPT, and operational performance metrics.
• Participate in independent peer reviews of critical, high-risk, and strategic opportunities.
• Conduct planned-versus-actual reviews following project execution and identify the root causes of significant operational variances.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to the continuous improvement of estimating methodologies, technical benchmarks, and operational assumptions.
• Provide fact-based recommendations to the AFE Cell Leader regarding the technical robustness and operational feasibility of proposed estimates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant well engineering and/or operational experience.
• Experience in well construction/drilling, together with relevant exposure to one or more of P&A, completions, production engineering, or well intervention.
• Previous relevant experience working in Integrated Services projects or for an operator is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k).
• Choice of coverage options tailored to individual needs.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
• Eligibility for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses.

Flexible working arrangements may be available in accordance with business requirements.