Drilling & Petroleum Exploration Engineer – Senior Level – KSA

📍 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

🗂 Job Category:

• Engineering & Technical

• Energy, Oil & Gas

• Operations & Supply Chain

🧾 Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Drilling & Petroleum Exploration Engineer to join our expanding Oil & Gas team. This senior-level role is vital for planning and executing drilling programs, optimizing well performance, and supporting subsurface exploration strategies. Candidates will play a key role in ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations across multiple field projects.

This position offers significant career growth opportunities, including leadership in operational planning, exploration project management, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with geologists, reservoir engineers, and field operations teams. Candidates will gain exposure to advanced drilling techniques, exploration data analysis, and operational best practices.

Professional development is strongly supported through access to training in well planning, risk management, safety compliance, and advanced drilling technologies, enabling long-term skill enhancement and industry certifications.

🛠 Key Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and execute drilling programs in alignment with operational objectives

• Monitor drilling activities to ensure safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness

• Evaluate geological and drilling data to optimize well performance

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, including geologists and reservoir engineers

• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards

• Participate in risk assessments, well planning sessions, and operational reviews

• Troubleshoot drilling challenges and recommend technical solutions

• Support exploration activities, including data interpretation and well placement strategies

• Prepare technical reports, well proposals, and post-operation evaluations

• Promote continuous improvement in drilling performance and operational efficiency

🎓 Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or Drilling Engineering

• Experience: Minimum 10+ years in drilling operations and petroleum exploration, preferably in oil & gas field projects

• Technical Skills: Drilling program design, geological data evaluation, well performance optimization

• Soft Skills: Analytical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, collaboration, communication

• Certifications & Training: Industry-relevant certifications in drilling, safety, and operational excellence are preferred

💼 Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

Average Market Salary (Estimated): SAR 320,000 – 470,000 per year (based on senior drilling engineers in Saudi Arabia with 10+ years of experience)

• Compensation Type: Annual

• Benefits: Health insurance, annual leave, performance bonuses, professional development programs

• Career Progression Opportunities: Senior operational management, drilling project leadership, exploration strategy roles

• Training & Certification Support: Advanced drilling techniques, risk management, safety compliance, and subsurface exploration tools

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Referred by: Rashid Naseem – Recrenza