Drilling Engineer Job at Ellasot Consulting

Ellasot Consulting is an organizational development and Human Resource Management advisory firm that provides expert advice and support to organizations to improve workforce performance and align strategies with objectives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Drilling Engineer

Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time
Business: Oil & Gas

Job Purpose

• To plan, design, and supervise drilling operations safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively, ensuring all wells are drilled to technical specifications, regulatory requirements, and company standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed well designs, drilling programs, and cost estimates.
• Perform offset well analysis, pore pressure/fracture gradient prediction, and casing design.
• Select drilling fluid systems, bits, and bottom-hole assembly (BHA) configurations.
• Monitor daily drilling performance and ensure adherence to drilling program.
• Optimize ROP, mud parameters, hydraulics, and BHA performance.
• Ensure drilling programs comply with HSE regulations, industry standards, and well control guidelines (IWCF/IADC).
• Participate in well reviews, HAZID/HAZOP sessions, and safety meetings.
• Prepare post-well reports and lessons-learned documentation.
• Coordinate with service companies for tools, drilling fluids, logging, cementing, and completions services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in drilling, completions, or well engineering.
• Valid IWCF/IADC Well Control Certification (supervisor level preferred).
• Strong knowledge of well control, drilling fluids, directional drilling, casing design, and rig operations.
• Proficiency with drilling software (Landmark, WellPlan, Compass, StressCheck, etc.).
• Experience with both onshore and offshore wells is an advantage.

Method of Application 
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: frontdeskellasot@gmail.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.