Drilling jobs in UAE

About Corva

Corva has built a first-of-its-kind energy app store on a bedrock of best-in-class technologies, data pipelines, and a secure and scalable architecture. Our energy solutions solve today's toughest well delivery challenges, from well design through drillout. The ever-evolving platform is not only future-proof for digitizing operations but is your toolkit to accelerate sustainability and energy transition goals. Our platform is built for speed and reliability and delivers unmatched features and capabilities.

Corva is powering worldwide innovation by driving efficiency, productivity, and profitability with our innovative energy solutions.

Mission

Corva’s mission is to accelerate the future of energy.

Values

Boldness - Bias Action - Full Transparency - Extreme Ownership - Radical Candor

Rapid Iteration - Uncompromising Quality - High Agency

About the Role

MENA-based analysts providing 24/7 operational support to keep every Corva well decision-ready across UAE/KSA/Oman/Qatar/Kuwait/Egypt. Core skills: live rig/EDR/WITSML QA/QC, rapid anomaly detection & triage support with RTOC/rig and engineering teams, dashboard upkeep, and pre-release testing.

What You’ll Do

Data operations & QA/QC

• Enter various data types into the web-based system quickly and accurately;
• Run QA/QC checks to detect gaps, unit/timestamp mismatches, proper WITSML channel mapping, sensor dropouts, and outliers; follow procedures to correct issues.
• Review data and trends for accuracy/completeness; flag and resolve anomalies and problematic data.
• Ensure proper system operation through continuous checks; escalate and track incidents to closure.

Customer coordination

• Communicate with customers (RTOC/rig/engineering teams) to clarify discrepancies and resolve issues per agreed communication protocols.
• Prepare daily written reports covering operations status, QA/QC findings, and corrective actions.
• Build customer dashboards and support customers in building/maintaining their own dashboards.

Platform readiness & testing

• Provide testing of staged systems prior to deployment;
• Execute test plans, document defects, and validate fixes.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve efficiencies in operations and data workflows.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, and quick-start guides.

Ways of working

• Ability to work remotely as needed while maintaining SLAs; cover nights/weekends in a rotation to support live operations.
Partner closely with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Support, and Product to keep data healthy and insights flowing.

Must-Have Qualifications

Domain knowledge

• Basic knowledge of drilling systems data, including drillstring and BHA configurations, bits, mud motors, casing, fluid checks, and summary data.
• Bachelor university degree.
• Minimum 5 years in the drilling industry.
• Rig site or RTOC experience and offshore experience.
• Familiarity with WITSML, EDR/rig data systems, and operator systems (OpenWells/WellView/Peloton).

Operating requirements

• Ability to work nights and weekends in a rotation; reliable under time pressure.
• Ability to enter accurate data and prioritize a dynamic workload.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (Arabic knowledge is advantage)
• Ability to work well with teams and customers.
• Thorough knowledge of navigating modern websites/web apps.
• Strong analytical thinking; able to identify anomalies and problem data quickly.
• Ability to train others on procedures and dashboards.
• Four-year college degree (engineering/technical preferred or equivalent oilfield experience).
• SQL/Python/HTML/PowerBi/Spotfire knowledge is an advantage.

Core Competencies

• Data rigor: Validates inputs, units, timestamps, and sensor ranges; proper WITSML channel mapping, documents lineage and corrections.
• Customer empathy: Communicates issues/resolutions clearly; adapts to customer protocols and urgency.
• Ownership: Proactively surfaces risks, follows through on actions, problem solving.
• Prioritization under pressure: Juggles multiple wells/rigs while meeting daily QA/QC and reporting SLAs.
• Enablement mindset: Builds repeatable dashboards, procedures, and tips that raise team/customer capability.
• Continuous improvement: Spots inefficiencies and refines playbooks, test cases, and automation ideas.

Backgrounds That Tend to Succeed

MWD/LWD professionals who collaborate closely with drilling and understand operational context, Senior Mud logging, RTOC Specialists.

Location: Abu Dhabi (regional travel 30–50%)

Reports to: Regional Lead, Operations Manager

Work pattern: 24/7 team