Job Purpose

The Senior Drilling Engineer is responsible for planning, designing, and executing drilling and completion operations for clean energy-related well programs. The role focuses on delivering wells safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively while driving continuous improvement in drilling performance, engineering standards, and operational capability.

Key Responsibilities

- Plan and engineer drilling and completion programs, including well design, casing design, mud programs, well trajectories, and execution strategies.
- Support end-to-end well delivery activities from planning and engineering through drilling, completion, and project closeout.
- Ensure compliance with HSE standards, regulatory requirements, company policies, and well integrity guidelines throughout all phases of operations.
- Monitor drilling performance, Non-Productive Time (NPT), operational costs, and drilling risks, and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency and performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives through post-well reviews, lessons learned, performance benchmarking, and standardization of engineering practices.
- Coordinate with drilling contractors, service providers, consultants, and internal stakeholders to ensure operational readiness and successful execution of well programs.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and on-the-job support to junior engineers and field personnel.
- Support contractor performance evaluations, technical bid reviews, tender assessments, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Prepare technical reports, drilling performance summaries, engineering analyses, and management dashboards.




- Participate in risk assessments, contingency planning, and operational reviews to ensure protected and reliable execution of drilling activities.
- Support the implementation of new technologies, digital solutions, and best practices to enhance drilling performance and well delivery outcomes.

Qualifications & Skills

- Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from a recognized university.
- 510 years of experience in drilling engineering and well delivery, preferably including exposure to complex, directional, horizontal, or unconventional well environments.
- Strong technical expertise in well planning, drilling operations, completion activities, and service execution.
- Demonstrated experience in performance optimization, continuous improvement initiatives, and application of lessons learned across drilling campaigns.
- Ability to guide, mentor, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams without direct line management responsibility.
- Sound understanding of HSE systems, well integrity management, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Experience working with drilling contractors, service companies, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in drilling engineering software, reporting tools, and data analysis applications.
- Willingness to travel to project and operating sites as required by business needs, with flexibility for relocation when necessary.

📌 Sr. Engineer Drilling (Maharashtra)
🏢 Reliance Industries (RIL)
📍 Maharashtra