The WEC Drilling Engineer is responsible for assisting the PSD team to deliver safe, efficient, and reliable product and service delivery for our customers. The WEC Drilling Engineer develops and delivers optimized technical job designs for the area of responsibility.
This person identifies opportunities for continuous improvement of service delivery and formally communicates findings, and supports the Product Line in risk management and applies lessons learned to improve job design. The WEC Drilling Engineer provides real-time support to PSD operations as required, and is responsible for the COSD (i.e., resource consumption)
Role and Responsibilities:- Develop technical job designs as required for the Product Line.
- Identify areas where new and cost-effective techniques can be applied.
- Explore opportunities for value-added products and services.
- Provide technical support throughout the service delivery process.
- Understand and communicate the value of technology and interpretations.
- Consult with relevant subject matter experts as required to optimize the technical design.
- Support the OU PSD and/or PSD Manager in the execution phase with design changes as required due to changes in job dimensions, resource availability, service quality incidents, etc.
- Assist in incident response, recovery, and incident investigation.
- Support multiple Product Line operations in a collaborative, optimized job design.
- Assist sales and commercial team in evaluating technical viability and tenders.
- Analyze job execution vs. design and formally capture design improvements and optimization opportunities (lessons learned and best practices).
Qualifications and Experience:- Bachelor's degree (minimum four-year degree) in Engineering, preferably Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered instead of a degree.
- Experience in drilling engineering, well construction, drilling operations, or a related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and optimize technical job designs, provide operational support, and identify opportunities to improve service delivery, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Experience evaluating operational performance, troubleshooting technical issues, and applying lessons learned and best practices to future job designs.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment with operations, technical, sales, and commercial teams.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
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