Subsurface Senior Engineer

About Woodside Energy

About the Role:

The Sangomar Subsurface team is responsible for delivery of all well and reservoir production and development activities for the Sangomar asset, including reservoir development, production surveillance and optimization, well integrity management, operations support, resources/reserves estimation, and evaluation and optimization of potential future development phases. This Senior Engineer is accountable for providing technical support and expertise in support of these team objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day subsurface engineering support to Sangomar production operations grounded on established multi-disciplinary reservoir management strategy.
• Reservoir, completion, well, production and injection network performance surveillance, analysis, and optimization.; leveraging common industry software including, GAP, Prosper, IFM, P2, and TNav.
• Provide technical guidance on Production allocations.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Provide subsurface inputs and oversite to support field production forecasts, business plans, and budget.
• Ensure evaluation and optimization of production and water injection performance in support of optimal performance of the reservoir and facility.
• Ensure support to field Operations related to well and fluid flow to mitigate health, safety and environmental risks and impacts.
• Ensure maintenance and execution of the reservoir management plan to optimize field recovery.
• Coordinate well integrity management and risk management processes associated with the field’s subsea wells.
• Coordinate subsurface technical collaboration engagements between Woodside Energy and JV Partner, PETROSEN.
• Evaluation of relevant technologies to improve continue to improve well and reservoir performance.

• Demonstrate strong values.
• Demonstrate excellent people development skills and foster an inclusive environment.
• Demonstrate collaboration skills and strong integration of information and analysis across multiple disciplines and functions such as operations, projects, subsurface, drilling, completions, finance and planning.
• Strong interpersonal and engagement skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Proven problem-solving skills, ability to manage change and uncertainty
• Effective risk management.
• Achieve results and manage to timelines.
• Ability to clearly communicate and document Woodside Energy’s technical position for presentations and interpretations for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical).
• Minimum of 12+ years relevant industry experience, with a focus on field operations and project management.
• Experience working in multi-discipline technical teams including Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, and Production Engineering.
• Experience in deepwater, subsea developments, with a good grasp of the interplay between operations, surface, flow assurance and subsurface principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Effective leadership skills with a proven track record for coordination of team delivery; continued strengthening of leadership skills possible within the role to compete for formal subsurface management role in coming years.
• Fluency in English.

If you think you can do this job but don’t meet all the criteria, that’s OK! Please apply. At Woodside, we value people with diverse experiences and backgrounds, as they provide unique perspectives that help us innovate.

Recognition & Reward:

A career with Woodside is rewarding both personally and professionally.  We offer: 

Une carrière chez Woodside est gratifiante tant sur le plan personnel que sur le plan professionnel. Nous proposons notamment:

• Opportunities to undertake interesting work for a global company

• Des possibilités de réalisations de projets passionnants pour une entreprise internationale

• Career development opportunists by working alongside industry leaders

• Des possibilités de développement de carrière en travaillant aux côtés de leaders du secteur

• A values driven environment where working together is key

• Un environnement animé par des valeurs fortes et dans lequel la collaboration est essentielle

• Financial rewards that are linked to performance through a annual bonus

• Des récompenses financières liées à la performance grâce au bonus annuel.

An important part of this role is the ability to communicate in strong written & verbal English, as such we encourage applications & CV/Resume’s in the English language. To be eligible for this position you must be a Senegalese national with full working rights in Senegal.

Une partie importante de ce poste implique de savoir communiquer en anglais à l’écrit et à l’oral, c’est pourquoi nous vous encourageons à nous envoyer votre candidature et votre CV en anglais. Pour être admissible à ce poste, vous devez disposer d’un permis de travail au Sénégal.

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Applications close 15 September 2025.

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Please note Woodside Energy will only accept direct candidate applications. We do not accept applications from Recruitment Agencies.