Drilling Rig Control Systems Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs and drilling rig equipment, including participation in customer and vendor facing meetings, and internal design and status reviews.
• Perform regular support activities such as lab and shop floor set-up, integration testing, factory and customer acceptance testing.
• Participate in and perform troubleshooting of drilling rig and associated equipment control systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
• Provide technical support and guidance to internal field technicians and drilling operations and support teams.
• Ensure all control systems comply with industry safety standards and regulations.
• Work closely with Canrig and Nabors engineering teams, and Nabors and 3rd party operations teams to integrate new technologies and improve existing systems.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation for control systems and procedures, such as product documentation, functional requirements documents, software release documents, commissioning documents, etc.
• Train and mentor junior engineers on control system design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Train and support field technicians on the deployment, set-up, and commissioning of drilling rig and drilling equipment control systems.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
• Proficiency in PLC programming (Allen-Bradley preferred, but also Siemens).
• Experience with SCADA systems and HMI development.
• Experience and understanding of Variable Frequency Drives (ABB and GE Converteam preferred).
• Experience with Industrial PCs, Servers, networking and communications protocols.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
• Hands-on approach to solving problems.
• Knowledge of industry safety standards and regulations.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.