Technical roles

Becoming a drilling engineer with Shell offered me the chance to use my engineering degree in a practical and challenging way on large-scale engineering projects. The opportunity to work offshore also appealed to me, with the North Sea being one of the most challenging work environments in the world. Jack, Well Site Drilling Engineer

Shell has a very clear framework on the well-delivery process, which provides direction and allows you to see where the opportunities are in the future. Also, the well delivery process is global, which means there are greater opportunities worldwide on different projects in different regions. Beatrix, Business Unit Well Engineer

We optimise well performance by taking responsibility for the design, safe construction and maintenance of wells over the full life-cycle of an oil or gas field’s development.

Working closely with Petroleum and Production Engineers, Geoscientists and contractors, we ensure the best technical, commercial and environmental ways are found to connect the subsurface hydrocarbons with the surface and export facilities.

You can expect to be involved in the direct management of:
 

• Field development planning and well design
• Well economics
• Optimising well construction, maintenance and abandonment operations
• Subsurface data gathering
• Safety and environmental management.