Job Title: Petroleum Engineer
Organisation: Ministry
of Energy & Mineral Development (MEMD)
of Energy & Mineral Development (MEMD)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Commissioner,
PEPD.
PEPD.
About Us:
The
Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development
(MEMD) requires the services of qualified and experienced persons for the posts
indicated below to work at the Petroleum Exploration & Production
Department (PEPD), Entebbe.
Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development
(MEMD) requires the services of qualified and experienced persons for the posts
indicated below to work at the Petroleum Exploration & Production
Department (PEPD), Entebbe.
Job Summary: The Petroleum
Engineer will work with a team of drilling, reservoir and production engineers,
geologists, engineering technicians, and field operations personnel to better
understand reservoirs and maximize hydrocarbon recovery at minimum cost while
maintaining a strong emphasis on reducing environmental impact.
Engineer will work with a team of drilling, reservoir and production engineers,
geologists, engineering technicians, and field operations personnel to better
understand reservoirs and maximize hydrocarbon recovery at minimum cost while
maintaining a strong emphasis on reducing environmental impact.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate drilling/geological programs and
participate in well drilling and completion operations. - Participate in monitoring of oil companies
activities. - Participate in well testing operations and
interpretation of well testing data. - Advise on field development plans presented by
oil companies and participate in field development planning. - Advise on secondary and tertiary recovery
methods. - Analysis of reservoir engineering data and its
incorporation into 3D reservoir simulation models of petroleum fields. - Work with a team of Geophysicists, Geologists,
and other Reservoir Engineers with the objective of providing 3D models
for use in the reservoir management of fields. - Conduct history matching of reservoir
simulation models using computer softwares. - Define and evaluate development wells:
Location, design, incremental production profile. - Follow-up on wells realization and
interpretation of acquired data. - Participate in reservoir performance analysis,
and log analysis. - Evaluate the reservoir risks and uncertainties
associated with development wells and production facilities aimed at
increasing field recovery (e.g. compression, injection facilities). - Provide input for annual reserves forecasts for
fields. - Perform any other duties assigned by the
supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills
& Experience:
& Experience:
- The candidate should possess a Bachelor of
Science degree (Upper Second) in Mining, Mechanical, Petroleum or Chemical
Engineering. - Additional post graduate training in a related
field will be an added advantage. - Strong written, verbal communication skills and
organizational skills. - Ability to work long hours in Entebbe to meet
the set deadlines. - Good interpersonal and communication skills and
able to work with a multiplicity of stakeholders. - The applicant should also be highly innovative
and creative thinker. - Possess excellent computer, writing, and
presentation skills. - High degree of integrity, self-driven and able
to set own work schedule with rigorous deadlines. - Ability to initiate and complete assignments
and to work under demanding circumstances with minimal supervision.
Age: Between 25-35
years.
years.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified job seekers should download an application form from the
ministry’s website www.petroleum.go.ug
in the Jobs and Tender section. The applicant should fill
suitably qualified job seekers should download an application form from the
ministry’s website www.petroleum.go.ug
in the Jobs and Tender section. The applicant should fill
this
form electronically and print it for submission together with their curriculum
vitae and photocopies of the academic documents to Amber House Second Floor
Room, A 203, Kampala Road, Uganda.
form electronically and print it for submission together with their curriculum
vitae and photocopies of the academic documents to Amber House Second Floor
Room, A 203, Kampala Road, Uganda.
Physical
Address:
Address:
The
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Development, P.O. Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Development, P.O. Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda.
Location:
Amber House, Kampala Road. Tel: 256-414-344414.
Amber House, Kampala Road. Tel: 256-414-344414.
Attn: The Principal Human Resource Officer, Room A
203
203
Deadline: 6th day of January, 2014 by 4PM
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