Staff Engineer — Subsurface Energy Services

This 35-year-old company provides engineering, project management, geological, regulatory, and procurement services primarily to companies using industrial waste injection and storage wells. Similar services are provided to the petroleum industry, carbon capture/sequestration projects, and users of wells for waste disposal. Projects are mainly in the continental United States, but a European ownership, with worldwide operations, affords potential for international assignments.

Houston, TX (northwest Houston)

The Staff Engineer’s expected work will be split between office engineering and supervising field operations. In the office, the Staff Engineer will be primarily responsible for preparing detailed scopes of work, contacting potential vendors, preparing project budgets, assisting with procurement services, and completing reports for submittal to clients and regulatory agencies. In the field, the Staff Engineer will provide supervision of testing, workover, and drilling projects.

The Staff Engineer is expected to become knowledgeable of all state and federal regulations regarding waste injection wells, CO2 sequestration wells, and natural gas, NGLs underground storage wells. Typical projects include annual mechanical integrity testing, new well drills, sidetracking/recompleting existing wells, stimulation, cleaning of wells to improve performance, and well interventions for various reasons.

This job will require travel up to 70% of the time for extended periods.

• Prepare detailed cost estimates and budget for individual projects;
• Prepare detailed procedures for projects including: well testing, acid treatment, wireline diagnostics, coiled tubing, workover, drilling and sidetracking;
• Perform and/or check technical calculations;
• Collaborate with other team members to meet deliverables on project and obtain further knowledge and experiences;
• Effectively communicate with project manager, engineers, and other members of the project team;
• Solicit bids and pre-qualify potential vendors;
  Analyze bids, select, and contact project vendors;
• Overnight, out-of-town travel and the ability to work outside normal business hours;
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions; and
• Prepare final reports on projects for submittal to client and regulatory agencies.

• Appropriate candidates will possess a Bachelor of Science or master’s degree in petroleum engineering or related field.
• 0-5 years of relevant experience is desired. Good computer and writing skills.
• Considerable amount of time may be spent outside the office at various project sites throughout all areas of the United States.