Production Engineer
5.1 Reports To: Geosciences Manager
5.2 Job Purpose: To provide support in managing & overseeing subsurface engineering
aspects related to field development and production.

5.3 Essential Duties
• Coordinate all phases of drilling, completion and production operations throughout
the life cycle of a wellbore.
• Designing surface facilities including well completion systems like artificial lift and
sand control systems and coordinate their installation.
Analyze, interpret, and optimize individual performance. Employ various production
• surveillance techniques to monitor well productivity on a daily basis. Identify wells
for production enhancements and recommend wells for recompletion and or
abandonment.
• Maximize the daily production and ultimate recoveries of producing properties
through optimal operational procedures.
• Work with other project team members to determine the most efficient means to
develop wells/fields and ensure that production goals and cost controls are met.
Coordinate well testing and production operations in accordance with the Company
policies and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Monitor and analyze surface equipment performance and recommend appropriate
engineering interventions.
• Support the selection of prudent service providers to optimize costs of wells and
surface facilities.
• Prepare reports of unplanned shutdowns and slowdowns of facilities including root
cause analysis.
• Evaluate and manage problems of fluid behaviour and production chemistry and
recommending flow rate enhancement.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

5.4 Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Engineering or Petroleum Geoscience from a reputable
Institution.
• Master’s degree in Engineering with specialization in Production Engineering or
• Petroleum Engineering will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant working experience in a similar role in the oil
and gas industry or another sector.
• Experience in dynamic modelling of petroleum reservoirs, history matching and
• production data analysis using PETREL, AVOCET, OFM (or similar software).
• Have knowledge of development and production operations, Health & Safety
• standards and operational procedures.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to work independently, but also work
• effectively within a multi-disciplinary team environment in a similar role.
• Should have effective communication skills.
• Should be a person of high integrity.
• Should have good analytical and critical thinking skills.