Well Integrity Engineer

Position Overview

The Well Integrity Engineer is responsible for ensuring that wells maintain their structural and pressure integrity throughout their lifecycle — from design through operation to abandonment. This role develops and enforces barrier philosophies, conducts integrity assessments, manages well integrity monitoring programmes, and provides assurance that wells are safe to operate. As the global well stock ages and regulatory requirements tighten, well integrity engineering has become a critical and high-demand discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain well integrity management systems (WIMS), barrier philosophies, and integrity standards.
• Conduct well integrity assessments and risk ranking for operating wells across the portfolio.
• Define and verify well barrier elements (WBE) in accordance with NORSOK D-010, API 96, and company standards.
• Manage well integrity monitoring programmes, including annulus pressure monitoring, corrosion monitoring, and SCSSSV testing.
• Investigate and disposition sustained casing pressure (SCP), micro-annuli, and barrier failures.
• Specify and oversee well integrity inspection activities (caliper logging, corrosion logging, cement evaluation).
• Develop workover and intervention scopes to restore well integrity for compromised wells.
• Prepare well integrity status reports and regulatory submissions for well operating permits.
• Conduct well integrity reviews for life extension and production licence renewal applications.
• Support well abandonment design and execution ensuring permanent barrier integrity.

Qualifications

Required

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, or Well Engineering.
• Certifications: IWCF Level 4 (Supervisor); BOSIET/FOET with CA-EBS; Offshore Medical; Well Integrity Management training (e.g., RSK, Lloyds Register).
• Experience: 8–15 years in well engineering with at least 5 years dedicated to well integrity management.
• Technical Skills: Deep understanding of barrier philosophy (NORSOK D-010, API 96); proficiency in well integrity monitoring and assessment; knowledge of barrier testing and verification methods; understanding of corrosion mechanisms and metallurgy.

Preferred

• Experience with subsea well integrity management.
• Familiarity with quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for well integrity.
• Well abandonment and decommissioning integrity experience.
• Published work or industry body involvement on well integrity topics.