Senior Drilling Engineer ​/ Specialist

Senior Drilling Engineer / Specialist

• Pay Rate: $140 - $161/hour (on W2)
• Contract Length: 12 months
• Location: Onsite | Spring, TX 77389

Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.

• Support active US Gulf of America platform decommissioning and P&A programs utilizing lift boats, jackups, and other wellbore intervention techniques
• Flex to provide US Land drilling program support in both the unconventional and conventional spaces as required
• Lead and support active drilling, completion, and decommissioning programs in the US L48 and the US Gulf of America
• Conduct well research to inform drill well and abandonment design and contingency procedures
• Provide detailed drill well and P&A design in accordance with BSEE CFRs, state, and Exxon Mobil standards and requirements
• Deliver well specific APM / RPM procedures, weekly activity reports (WARs), and end of well reporting (EOR)
• Generate AFE’s on a per well basis based on scope of work and basis of design
• Routine performance tracking, cost reporting, and forecasts
• Support operations throughout execution, active focus on continuous improvement
• Analyze NPT events and tool failures
• Manage interfaces between drilling, project, production, and decommissioning project teams (maintenance & monitoring, safe out and platform removals)

• Well Management and Decommissioning / P&A Experience; preferably in the US GoA or relevant offshore shallow water environment
• US Land experience is also a plus in the well management and decommissioning space
• Not looking for Deepwater experience in this role
• Unconventional drilling engineering experience – non Permian experience is a plus
• 5+ years of experience
• B.S. relevant engineering field
• Microsoft Suite, industry-standard well design software (e.g., Landmark), and third-party well databases (e.g., Enverus)

Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

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