Principal RTO Professional - Sperry Drilling

Halliburton is one of the pioneers within real time operations and have participated in the development of the Norwegian continental shelf since the first test well in 1966.

Norway SDL is seeking an RTO (real time operations) professional or suitably experienced field engineer for an office-based position within a highly competent, dynamic, and growing Sperry drilling team. Being embedded within and collaborating closely with multiple different departments (mudlogging, MWD and DD). RTO professional has a heavy focus on supporting field engineers and ensuring real time data delivery is maintained to the highest standards.

Job description
You will be part of a team both locally in Norway and globally. The main tasks are:

• Supporting field staff with real time data delivery and software troubleshooting

• High focus on maintaining efficient and top quality real time data delivery for a client

• Reporting back and maintaining a strong overview of real time data delivery metrics to senior management

• Ability to constructively and respectfully defend challenges made against real time data delivery performance metrics.

• Strong client interaction and communications skills

• New software installation, testing and performance monitoring

• Systematic tracking and archiving of software testing

• Collaboration and feedback in frequent RealTime data delivery review meetings

• A strong understanding of communication protocols: WITS 0, WITSML, Modbus, Profibus, OPC UA

• Sound understanding off offshore operations, such as: drilling events, lag, surface sensors, downhole sensors, fluid systems etc.

• A strong understanding of databases

• Good understanding of OT/IT principles

• Good understanding of unit sets and data types e.g. barrels, ft, cubes, metres, integers, floating points etc.

• Registering of tickets and responding to ticket systems

• Occasional trips offshore may be required to help support new installation rig ups and for technical development/progression

• Technical training/instruction given towards Field Engineers in software packages

• Will require 24/7 duty support periodically

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (BSc) or Master (MSc) in IT, Computer Science, Petroleum Engineering, Geoscience or other relevant fields.

• Good computer hardware and software skills

• Fluency in English
  

Personal qualifications
Team oriented candidate that exhibits good communication skills. The role relies on clear, concise and open communications with several different teams. You need to work structured and organized, with a methodical approach. The work environment of real time data delivery support can at times be stressful when well monitoring, and so a calm composed personality is advantageous. Ability to work both self-starting and under supervision needed.

The position requires that you strongly reinforce the company's well monitoring principles (Critical Focus Areas).

We offer

Great career and development opportunities

Highly skilled colleagues in a diverse environment

Company health insurance

Competitive pension - and insurance scheme

Social club with several arrangements throughout the year

Free parking and company bus arrangements