Sr Drilling and Completions EngineerRole OverviewTitle: Sr Drilling and Completions Engineer
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
BenefitsEligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Drilling
Outcomes - Problems you'll solveThe Engineer is responsible for leading the design, plan, and operational execution of drilling campaigns ranging from temperature gradient wells to full-size production and injection geothermal well construction, including completions. The scope of work includes owning the technical, business, and operational aspects of drilling.
- Develop and implement step-by-step well program design(s) to achieve well objectives
and maintain full compliance with regulatory and HSE requirements - Provide technical and management support on daily drilling activities and serve as the
primary point of contact for field engineering issues - Design, Procure, and write procedures for ESP installations
- Work on completions designs for EGS stimulations
- Negotiate contracts from drilling companies on drilling/completions services and materials cost estimates ranging from simple scoping to probabilistic cost estimates
- Support cross-functional field development optimization efforts through well planning, in-field mobilization, and design optimization
- Compile technical and operations data for permitting and all other regulatory filings
- Lead after-action review to identify best practices and lessons learned; provide internal and external benchmarking and end of project reports
- Prepare tenders, analyze vendor responses, and support contract negotiation and administration
- Travel to the field frequently to oversee operations, and foster strong working relationships with contracted drillers, field personnel and 3rd party vendors and suppliers, to effectively coordinate and provide support to business-critical needs
Competencies - What we're looking for- Engineering Experience: Hands-on field experience in drilling
engineering/completions/operations. Competent with standard drilling calculations, drill string design and performing casing design. Experience with EGS stimulation design preferred. Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline and geothermal experience preferred. - Vendor and project management: Experienced with procurement and onboarding new vendors. Can evaluate drilling contractors' performance and manage to improve performance in speed and cost. Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to field locations to manage projects.
- Balances safety and adaptability: Understands and manages the risk trade-offs needed to both create safe, standardized operations and well control while working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and shift priorities/focus depending on the business needs
Location and BenefitsThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
Benefits include:
- Paid holidays
- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k
- Stock options
- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
