Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Mechanical or Petroleum preferred
5 years' industry experience in completions and high-pressure workovers
Permian experience preferred
Proficient in MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
High level of integrity and accountability required
Self-motivated, with ability to integrate into multi-disciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to adapt communication styles between teams
Responsibilities
Contribute to a safety-first operating culture
Ensure regulatory compliance for operations
Design and implement well work activities for workover and completions
Liaise with procurement and 3rd party providers for materials
Develop operational cost estimates and track expenses
Monitor daily operational progress and support field supervisors
Conduct root cause analyses for operational misses
Facilitate pre-planning and post-operation reviews
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, & Prescription Drug Coverage
Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, & Child(ren)
Company-paid Employee Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
Company-paid Short Term & Long Term Disability
401(k) or Roth 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
Flexible Paid Time Off
Additional unspecified benefits
Full Job Description
Position Summary:
The Completion & Workover Engineer will conduct well workover and completion planning and design, writing AFEs, evaluating performance & costs, evaluating vendor performance, investigating and applying new technologies to saltwater disposal wells located in the Permian Basin, Arkoma Basin and South Texas. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to work closely and effectively with Reservoir, Land, Construction and Regulatory groups, provide up to date detailed performance and cost analysis to Division Management and to provide the daily Engineering supervisory support and guidance for rig operations & well site supervisors.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Contribute to an established safety-first operating ethos for all planning and execution - proactively reduce risk exposure, and retroactively evaluate incidents to plan/design root causes out of future operations
Ensure full regulatory compliance for all planned and executed operations
Maintain and enhance company well control policies for workover and completion operations
Design and implement well work activities for workover, completions and P&A operations
Liaise with Procurement Department and 3rd party providers to procure tubulars and casing tools for workover and completions operations
Develop operational cost estimates
Monitor daily operational progress of well work, provide support to field supervisors as necessary
Track planned versus actual costs, and ensure costs are reported accurately and coded properly in operational reporting and invoice approval systems
Thoroughly review contractor invoices, promote a fair business environment based on partnership, and enforce contractor accountability when necessary
Travel to company designated sites when necessary
Develop root cause analyses for major NPT events or operational misses when necessary
Facilitate pre-planning meetings and post well after-action reviews when applicable with input from field and office Operations Team
Maintain and enhance final well work reports including wellbore construction records, cost reconciliations, regulatory reporting
Assist in the development of an in-house reporting system to track regulatory information, operational activities, costs and wellbore construction records
Qualifications & Requirements:
Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Mechanical or Petroleum preferred
5 years' industry experience is preferred with focus on completions and high-pressure workovers
Permian experience is preferred
Must be proficient in MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
High level of personal and professional integrity and accountability is required
Must be self-motivated and capable of integrating within multi-disciplined teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
The ability to work in a fast-paced environment is required
Must have the ability to adapt communication styles between onsite team and technical office-based team, and ensure nothing is lost in translation between the two groups
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills are required
Must be willing and able to travel to the various field operation locales when necessary
Spotfire, PowerBI, Tableau or other analytics exposure preferred
The ability to interpret open hole and cased hole formation evaluation logs in addition to cement and casing evaluation logs is preferred
Experience in remedial cementing design and execution is preferred
Experience in primary completion and remedial acid stimulation design and execution is preferred
Experience in fracture stimulation design and execution for vertical or horizontal wells is preferred
Experience performing and analyzing formation pressure evaluations including step rate testing (SRT) and leak off tests (LOT) is preferred
Proficiency in workover and completion fluids system design and execution including stimulation and diversion additive selection for fracture and acid stimulation is preferred
Working Conditions/Environment:
Operates in a professional and/or business casual office environment.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position.
Monday - Friday (with flexibility on Fridays)
Position Location:
Midland, TX
Benefits:
At WaterBridge, our employee benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:
Medical, Dental, Vision, & Prescription Drug Coverage
Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, & Child(ren)
Employee Basic Life and AD&D Insurance - Company Paid
Short Term & Long Term Disability - Company Paid
401(k) or Roth 401(k) Retirement Plan, plus a company match
