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Well Planner

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND

Experience

5 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Engineering / Technical

As a Well Planner, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring compliance with the Manage the Job Cycle (MtJC) process across planning and execution stages.
• Collaborating with Service Delivery Coordinators and Sales to understand client well objectives and operational constraints.
• Designing well profiles and developing engineering plans, including risk‑mitigation and contingency strategies aligned with customer goals.
• Supporting field incident management, including assisting with investigations to ensure robust end‑to‑end analysis.
• Providing sales support through technical recommendations and product application insights.
• Handling special projects and contributing to operational or engineering improvements as required.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 5 years of experience in well planning or applications engineering within Drilling Services.
• Have advanced proficiency in spoken and written English and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have the ability to travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, or training as operational needs require.
• Have the flexibility to support on‑call responsibilities outside normal business hours.
• Have strong interpersonal, influencing, and planning competencies, with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
• Have proven capability in designing well programs, interpreting operational risks, and supporting high‑quality execution.

• Ensuring compliance with the Manage the Job Cycle (MtJC) process across planning and execution stages.
• Collaborating with Service Delivery Coordinators and Sales to understand client well objectives and operational constraints.
• Designing well profiles and developing engineering plans, including risk‑mitigation and contingency strategies aligned with customer goals.
• Supporting field incident management, including assisting with investigations to ensure robust end‑to‑end analysis.
• Providing sales support through technical recommendations and product application insights.
• Handling special projects and contributing to operational or engineering improvements as required.

• Advanced proficiency in spoken and written English
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, or training
• Flexibility to support on‑call responsibilities
• Strong interpersonal competencies
• Influencing competencies
• Planning competencies
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
• Proven capability in designing well programs
• Interpreting operational risks
• Supporting high‑quality execution

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in well planning or applications engineering within Drilling Services.