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Job Title: Lead Geoscientist

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Closing Date: 08 January 2026

If interested, please email recruitment@wellsafesolutions.com with your cover letter and CV.

Location:

Well-Safe Solutions, Aberdeen, though there may be a requirement to visit and work at other company locations or supplier’s premises as required.

The postholder must be able to attend our global headquarters in Aberdeen.

Job Type:

Permanent

Reporting Line:

The Lead Geoscientist will report directly to the Subsurface Manager.

Role:

The Lead Geoscientist will support subsurface work scopes to facilitate project delivery, from early planning through to execution. To represent Well-Safe as a subsurface technical authority for well life-cycle activities both in the UKCS and overseas.

Key responsibilities:

The Lead Geoscientist will be required to:

Technical Support

• Provide technical, assurance and project management support to a variety of subsurface services, including production reinstatement, late life optimisation, abandonment and re-use (e.g. CCS) projects.
• Provide support to the Subsurface Basis of Design (SSBoD) for Abandonment workflow including conducting or managing the following tasks:

1.  Data mining activities;
2.  Identification and quantification of permeable zones;
3.  Pressure evaluation to support the derivation of fit-for-purpose pore pressure/fracture strength predictions (geomechanics and reservoir engineering scopes, where required);
4.  Determination of zonal isolation requirements, calculation of minimum safe abandonment depth(s) (+ sensitivities), produce plumbing diagrams;
5.  Undertaking risk assessment, specifically subsurface risks and opportunities.

• Work collaboratively with Well Engineering disciplines to determine an executable and cost-efficient well abandonment strategy.

• Provide oversight of third-party contracts for specific subsurface studies.

Business Development Support

• Support opportunities to expand subsurface/engineering services.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to develop tailored solutions.
• Contribute to proposals, tenders, and strategic growth initiatives.

Key outcomes:

• Support the Subsurface and Well Engineering teams
• Support the development of Well-Safe’s business strategy from a subsurface perspective
• Support Well-Safe to build a reputation as a subsurface technical authority for Well Decommissioning

Limits of authority:

Full responsibility for all operational activities within the philosophies and constraints laid out in the job description.

The company reserves the right to amend or change the activities listed, taking into account the job holder’s qualifications and experience to enable the business needs to be met.

Knowledge & Competency:

Essential:

• Degree qualified in a Geoscience or Engineering discipline.
• A minimum of ten years’ experience in oil and gas as a subsurface professional, with an excellent overview of the spectrum of subsurface disciplines.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in Well Decommissioning projects as a subsurface professional.
• Self-starter who can take initiative and work under their own supervision.
• Excellent organisational, time-management and communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience influencing multi-stakeholder projects.

Desired:

• Strong project management skills and able to deliver across multiple work fronts.
• Experience of working in a high performing team to deliver a range of technical outcomes.
• Experience of working with different Oil & Gas regulatory regimes (UKCS and overseas) with regards to Well Decommissioning.