Senior Specialist (Production Engineering SME)

Overview

About AIQ:

AIQ is an Abu Dhabi based joint venture company between Presight and ADNOC, which focuses on developing artificial intelligence technologies. AIQ develops and commercializes AI products and applications for energy world.

About The Role

AIQ is looking for a Senior Specialist (Production Engineering) to lead the development and deployment of data-driven production optimization solutions by integrating advanced analytics, real-time field data, and physics-based models, while supporting well performance, artificial lift, and digital oilfield initiatives to drive efficiency, cost reduction, and operational excellence across oil and gas assets.

Responsibilities

• Applies engineering knowledge to develop data-driven algorithms and scalable industrial software solutions.
• Identifies workflow bottlenecks and proposes tool and process improvements across disciplines.
• Contributes to R\&D for next-generation model building, production optimization, and surface/subsurface techniques.
• Integrates real-time field sensor data, dynamic reservoir data, and physics-based models with advanced analytics for resource evaluation and development optimization.
• Conducts studies related to stimulation, production, well design, testing, reservoir flow properties, and fluid behavior, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives.
• Demonstrates thorough expertise in inflow assurance, completion performance, sand control, well reliability, vertical lift performance, and artificial lift systems.
• Integrates operations systems with full field production delivery and debottlenecking efforts, optimizing well delivery through simulation.
• Provides detailed well programs for interventions and performs operational duties during execution.
• Coordinates and oversees workover activities such as testing, stimulation, coil tubing, and e-line operations in accordance with approved procedures.
• Recommends completion requirements and addresses well integrity, reliability, conformity, and artificial lift needs.
• Identifies opportunities for cost reduction, including “quick wins” and budgeted investment opportunities.
• Recommends ways to improve efficiency by streamlining workflows, automating processes, implementing digital oilfield solutions, and enhancing cross-functional collaboration.
• Identifies software solutions to centralize data, improve asset surveillance, automate alerts and tasks, and enable leaner operations.
• Demonstrates a track record of contributions to Digital Oil Field deployments such as IFM, IVM, and IPM in the Middle East.
• Participates in defining the Scope of Work for tenders and business development activities and translates business objectives into technical requirements.
• Participates in internal and external audits for the department.
  
  

Qualifications

Educational Requirements

• Minimum MSc / BSc in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent.
  
  

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 8+ years of oil and gas production experience with specialization in digital transformation, preferred in the region of the Arabian Peninsula.
• Experience in optimizing complex field development plans for giant oil and gas fields to reduce field development cost.
• Skilled in automation and remote operation.
• Proven track record of optimizing operations and reducing costs.
• Experience in predictive maintenance for of artificial lift equipment or similar.
• Software experience: Petroleum System Experts (GAP, PROSPER), PipeSim, Hysis, Saphir, WellCat, MFrac (or equivalent), NeTool.
• Experience in well performance and surface network sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
• Experience in designing and executing quality assurance/quality control and performing post-jo.b analysis for acid and proppant fracturing treatments would be beneficial
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with ADNOC engineers and service providers.
• Scripting (Macro, Python, …) skills and ability to automate workflow Experience in tight carbonate gas/condensate wells is a plus.
• Experience in conducting flow assurance analysis, monitoring corrosion and resolving paraffinscaling issues would be a plus.