- Industry : Geosciences
- Location : , Windhoek , Namibia
- Department : SFR
- Updated On : 19/06/2026
- Start Date : ASAP
- Country : Namibia
- Published on : 19/06/2026
Description
Start date:
Duration: 12 month
Location: mainly on rig offshore in Namibia, but not limited, with potential stays in Windhoek, Luderitz or Walvis Bay.
Regime: rotational 4 x 4 weeks, with option to extend / adjust if requested by COMPANY. To work all consecutive days (week days, weekends, public holidays).
Educational Qualifications / certified for:
GEOSCIENCE diploma: BTS (BAC+2) geology orientation or higher (with relevant experience in Operations Geology)
Subsurface Geology for Operations Geologist and Well Site Geologist certificate from I.F.P (INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROL)
BOSIET, including EBS (emergency breathing system)
Offshore medical certificate
Language: English: Advanced-Proficient, mandatory.
Experience:
Minimum 10 YEARS in the position of senior well site geologist
IN WELL TYPES as: EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL, DEEP OFFSHORE, VERTICAL AND DEVIATED, SIDETRACKS, HIGH TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE WELLS.
IN OPERATIONS as: logging while drilling, coring, extensive wire line acquisition (Open hole: conventional logs, imagery, magnetic resonance, rotary side wall cores, pressure points-sampling-IPTT, vertical seismic profile. Cased hole: cement evaluation), DST, side track, plug & abandon.
Required skills & competencies:
Specific industry software:
o GRAVITAS, Gemstone, SQMT
Technical skills:
o Strong geology fundamentals: Sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology
o Formation evaluation & petrophysics understanding
o Real-time data quality control, interpretation and integration (cuttings, gas, logs, pressures, gains-losses, depth control, lag time, efficiency of equipment’s)
o Deep knowledge of:
Drilling operations
Mud logging
Logging technologies (LWD/WL)
Coring
Not deep but very involved: Fluid systems (mud, cement, brine)
Operational and offshore specific skillso Ability to work under pressure in 24/7 drilling environments
o Strong understanding of:
Well delivery process
Offshore logistics & constraintso High adaptability to remote, harsh offshore conditions
Analytical, decision-making and soft skills
o Rapid interpretation and decision-making in real time
o Strong risk assessment capability
o Ability to integrate multiple data sets quickly
o Soft skills: attention to detail, problem solving mindset, strong organization and reporting discipline
o Fully comply to the Code of conduct and HSE policies, rules and procedures of the company.
Communication and leadership
o Clear communication with offshore and onshore related people. Specially with offshore drilling & fluids company members and service companies under his/her perimeter, and specifically with his/her n+1 Operation Geologist in town.
Core duties and responsibilities:
Real time geological surveillance and interpretation, integrated to drilling:
Anticipation and supervision (equipment, personnel, activity, NPT) of services companies and operations under geoscience perimeter.
Communication and reporting
- 1st position: end September 2026
Duration: 12 month
Location: mainly on rig offshore in Namibia, but not limited, with potential stays in Windhoek, Luderitz or Walvis Bay.
Regime: rotational 4 x 4 weeks, with option to extend / adjust if requested by COMPANY. To work all consecutive days (week days, weekends, public holidays).
Educational Qualifications / certified for:
GEOSCIENCE diploma: BTS (BAC+2) geology orientation or higher (with relevant experience in Operations Geology)
Subsurface Geology for Operations Geologist and Well Site Geologist certificate from I.F.P (INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROL)
BOSIET, including EBS (emergency breathing system)
Offshore medical certificate
Language: English: Advanced-Proficient, mandatory.
Experience:
Minimum 10 YEARS in the position of senior well site geologist
IN WELL TYPES as: EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL, DEEP OFFSHORE, VERTICAL AND DEVIATED, SIDETRACKS, HIGH TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE WELLS.
IN OPERATIONS as: logging while drilling, coring, extensive wire line acquisition (Open hole: conventional logs, imagery, magnetic resonance, rotary side wall cores, pressure points-sampling-IPTT, vertical seismic profile. Cased hole: cement evaluation), DST, side track, plug & abandon.
Required skills & competencies:
Specific industry software:
o GRAVITAS, Gemstone, SQMT
Technical skills:
o Strong geology fundamentals: Sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology
o Formation evaluation & petrophysics understanding
o Real-time data quality control, interpretation and integration (cuttings, gas, logs, pressures, gains-losses, depth control, lag time, efficiency of equipment’s)
o Deep knowledge of:
Drilling operations
Mud logging
Logging technologies (LWD/WL)
Coring
Not deep but very involved: Fluid systems (mud, cement, brine)
Operational and offshore specific skillso Ability to work under pressure in 24/7 drilling environments
o Strong understanding of:
Well delivery process
Offshore logistics & constraintso High adaptability to remote, harsh offshore conditions
Analytical, decision-making and soft skills
o Rapid interpretation and decision-making in real time
o Strong risk assessment capability
o Ability to integrate multiple data sets quickly
o Soft skills: attention to detail, problem solving mindset, strong organization and reporting discipline
o Fully comply to the Code of conduct and HSE policies, rules and procedures of the company.
Communication and leadership
o Clear communication with offshore and onshore related people. Specially with offshore drilling & fluids company members and service companies under his/her perimeter, and specifically with his/her n+1 Operation Geologist in town.
Core duties and responsibilities:
Real time geological surveillance and interpretation, integrated to drilling:
- Monitor and interpret cuttings, mud gas, LWD/MWD, and wireline data in real time
- Correlate actual geology with pre-drill models and seismic prognosis
- Guide trajectory adjustments to stay within target reservoir zones
- Call coring point.
Anticipation and supervision (equipment, personnel, activity, NPT) of services companies and operations under geoscience perimeter.
- Mud logging
- Coring
- Execute the corresponding acquisitions programs related to each.
- Samples handling and shipping (gas, cutting, mud, cores, rotary side wall cores, fluids samples from Wire line and DST, etc).
- Participate in risk assessments, safety meetings, stop card program and incident reporting.
Communication and reporting
- Act as primary geological authority on the rig.
- Give instructions and supervise the service companies under his/her perimeter.
- Lead and mentor junior wellsite geologist and trainees.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the best practices and Standard Operation Procedures.
- Follow the instruction given by his/her supervisor (Operation Geologist, SUB Operation Manager) and comply with the programs (Drilling, Well location report, Coring program, Loggin program, SOP, etc)