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The role spans front-end design through execution and close-out, working in a multidisciplinary environment to optimize value, mitigate risk, and uphold the highest standards of well integrity and operational excellence.</p>\n<p><strong>Key accountabilities</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop drilling programs, basis of design, and well barrier schematics; select casing, mud, and BOP configurations aligned with standards and local laws.</li>\n<li>Lead well start-up activities including rig/vessel intake, assurance verifications, and operational risk assessments; ensure procedures, permits, and contingencies are in place.</li>\n<li>Provide real-time engineering oversight during drilling, completions, and interventions; solve operational issues and implement performance improvements.</li>\n<li>Track KPIs (NPT, ILT, OPEX/CAPEX), benchmark performance, and drive continuous improvement, learning capture, and application to subsequent wells.</li>\n<li>Maintain robust well barrier envelopes; steward well control procedures, drills, and reporting; 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