# PROJECT ENGINEER at Weatherford > Open job at Weatherford in Kakinada, India. Workplace: On-site. Source: RigJobsDirect, https://rigjobsdirect.com/jobs/weatherford-project-engineer-er09kkj Posted 12 November 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 14 November 2026. ## Facts - Company: [Weatherford](https://rigjobsdirect.com/companies/weatherford) - Location: Kakinada, India - Workplace: On-site - Employment type: Full-time - Local language: Not required - Skills: AutoCAD - Not mentioned in the job post: pay, rotation, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from ## Job description **1. MPD Engineering and Well Planning** - Review drilling programs, well trajectories, casing designs, pore pressure and fracture gradient data, mud programs, rig specifications, offset-well information, and other relevant technical inputs. - Perform MPD feasibility studies and determine suitable MPD applications and operating strategies. - Develop MPD drilling philosophies and operating plans for Constant Bottomhole Pressure, Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling, influx management, dynamic FIT/LOT, tripping, loss management, and other applicable MPD operations. - Establish MPD operating windows based on pore pressure, fracture gradient, mud weight, ECD, annular friction pressure, surface backpressure, and equipment limitations. - Determine required mud weight, circulation rates, surface backpressure, pressure margins, and operational limits. - Perform sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of changes in mud weight, rheology, temperature, flow rate, well geometry, and operating conditions. - Update engineering models based on actual field conditions and operational data. **2. Hydraulic Modelling and Engineering Software** - Perform steady state and transient hydraulic modelling using approved engineering software such as Victus, Drillbench, and WellFlo. - Build and validate hydraulic models using actual well geometry, BHA configuration, fluid properties, rheology, temperature, flow rates, and equipment configuration. - Compare modelling results between software platforms where required and investigate material differences in assumptions or results. - Translate simulation outputs into practical operating limits, procedures, and field recommendations. **3. Project Planning and Coordination** - Act as the technical and project focal point for assigned MPD projects. - Coordinate project activities between the client, operations team, field personnel, workshop, logistics, supply chain, and other service providers. - Develop and maintain project engineering schedules, deliverables, readiness requirements, and key milestones. - Track project actions and ensure technical and operational deliverables are completed within the required timeframe. - Coordinate technical inputs required for equipment preparation, mobilization, commissioning, and operational readiness. - Participate in project kick-off meetings, planning meetings, internal reviews, and client meetings. - Identify technical, operational, equipment, schedule, and logistics risks early and coordinate appropriate mitigation actions. **4. Equipment, Inventory and Logistics Coordination** - Define MPD equipment requirements for assigned projects based on the approved scope of work, well program, rig interface, and operational strategy. - Prepare and maintain project equipment lists, system configurations, critical spares requirements, and consumable inventories. - Coordinate with Operations, Base/Workshop, Supply Chain, and Logistics teams to ensure all required MPD equipment, tools, spare parts, and consumables are available and delivered to the required location on time. - Track equipment readiness, inspection, maintenance, certification, testing, and mobilization status against the project schedule. - Verify that equipment selected for the project meets required technical specifications, pressure ratings, certification requirements, and approved system configuration. - Identify long-lead items, equipment shortages, certification gaps, and inventory risks early and ensure mitigation plans are implemented. - Coordinate load-out, shipment, customs requirements, transport, and delivery of equipment to the operational location. - Monitor critical spares and consumables during project execution and coordinate timely replenishment where required. - Support efficient allocation and utilization of shared MPD equipment across multiple projects. - Coordinate backload, equipment return, inspection, maintenance, and inventory reconciliation following completion of operations. - Ensure any changes to the approved equipment configuration are technically reviewed, communicated, and documented. **5. Engineering Drawings and AutoCAD** - Use AutoCAD to prepare, review, and update MPD equipment layouts, rig-up drawings, P&IDs, flow schematics, interface drawings, and other project-specific technical drawings. - Review rig drawings, deck layouts, equipment footprints, piping routes, tie-in points, access requirements, and interface constraints. - Ensure drawings accurately reflect approved equipment configurations and operational requirements. - Coordinate drawing updates following rig surveys, engineering reviews, equipment changes, or field modifications. - Maintain revision control and ensure the latest approved drawings are available to the client, field team, workshop, and operations personnel. **6. MPD Procedures and Technical Documentation** - Prepare and maintain MPD programs, operating procedures, operating matrices, decision trees, and work instructions. - Develop procedures for drilling, connections, dynamic flow checks, dynamic FIT/LOT, tripping, influx management, well control, PMCD, loss management, start-up, shutdown, and contingency operations. - Ensure procedures clearly define operating limits, responsibilities, decision points, and escalation criteria. - Maintain accurate and controlled engineering documentation and project records. - Ensure field procedures are practical, clear, and suitable for execution by offshore and onshore personnel. #### Responsibilities **7. Operational Readiness** - Participate in DWOPs, HAZIDs, HAZOPs, risk assessments, bridging meetings, simulator sessions, and operational-readiness reviews. - Support System Integration Tests, commissioning, pressure testing, and functional testing of MPD equipment. - Verify compatibility between MPD equipment, rig systems, drilling program requirements, and the well-control philosophy. - Confirm planned operations remain within RCD limits, choke-system limitations, flowmeter ranges, rig circulating-system limits, and formation pressure limits. - Ensure engineering assumptions, procedures, equipment readiness, and interfaces are verified before commencement of operations. - Track readiness gaps and ensure close-out prior to mobilization or operational start-up. **8. Operational Support** - Provide engineering and project support to wellsite MPD teams during operations. - Monitor and review pressure, flow, ECD, mud properties, losses, gains, gas trends, and other relevant operational data. - Assist with troubleshooting hydraulic, pressure-control, flow-measurement, equipment, and operational issues. - Perform updated calculations and simulations when actual well conditions deviate from the planned basis. - Provide recommendations for changes to flow rate, mud weight, surface backpressure, tripping parameters, and operating strategy. - Support management of influxes, losses, pump failures, equipment failures, and other abnormal operating conditions. - Coordinate required support from workshop, logistics, supply chain, engineering, and operations when field issues arise. - Provide technical support outside normal working hours when required during critical operations. **9. Well Control and Influx Management** - Develop and review MPD influx-detection and well-control strategies. - Support development of dynamic influx-management procedures and operating limits. - Perform engineering calculations for influx management, pressure application, circulation, shut-in, and transition to conventional well-control methods. - Ensure MPD well-control procedures are aligned with the client's approved well-control philosophy. - Participate in well-control workshops, simulator sessions, drills, and technical reviews. **10. Client Interface** - Serve as a key technical contact for the client during project planning and execution. - Participate in client engineering meetings, technical reviews, workshops, and operational discussions. - Present MPD engineering studies, simulation results, operating strategies, readiness status, and recommendations. - Respond to client technical queries and ensure engineering issues are resolved in a timely manner. - Maintain effective working relationships with client drilling, well engineering, operations, and project teams. **11. Project Execution and Performance** - Support safe and efficient execution of assigned MPD projects. - Monitor overall project progress, engineering readiness, equipment status, logistics, and operational performance. - Identify issues that may affect schedule, safety, technical performance, or project delivery and coordinate timely corrective actions. - Ensure deviations from approved procedures or engineering limits are appropriately reviewed and documented. - Support investigation and close-out of operational issues, non-productive time, equipment failures, and project lessons learned. - Coordinate project close-out activities and ensure required technical and operational documentation is completed. ## How to apply Apply on the job page, https://rigjobsdirect.com/jobs/weatherford-project-engineer-er09kkj: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page. ## More jobs from Weatherford - [Scheduler - Repair & Maintenance](https://rigjobsdirect.com/jobs/weatherford-scheduler-repair-maintenance-bm02m65): Weatherford, Baku, Azerbaijan. 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