Execution Planning Advisor II; Front-End

Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End)

$127.03/hr

No allowances

Spring, TX – Houston Campus

Approximately 10% travel to Midland Basin field locations

Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ASAP

One year from start date

Robert Bardo – Exxon Mobil

The Execution Planning Advisor II serves as a Project Development Engineer and front-end integrator supporting the Midland Basin development plan. This role integrates upstream unconventional development requirements across Development Planning, Surface Land, Regulatory, Wells, Operations, Facilities Engineering, Project Execution, Project Controls, and Supply Chain.

The position is responsible for translating business objectives, subsurface development plans, operational requirements, and technical inputs into clear, aligned, execution-ready project scopes. The work primarily involves managing and integrating a portfolio of upstream facility and infrastructure projects generally valued at approximately $10 million to $20 million each.

The successful candidate should bring previous upstream facilities experience with an oil and gas operator. Direct unconventional, onshore, or land-development experience is strongly preferred.

• Lead early project development and scope definition for Midland Basin well pads, tank batteries, central production facilities, flowlines, gathering systems, water infrastructure, roads, power, compression, and related surface facilities.
• Progress greenfield and brownfield projects from initial concept through design-basis and execution readiness.
• Integrate subsurface development plans, well sequencing, drilling and completions schedules, facility requirements, land constraints, permitting requirements, and infrastructure availability.
• Translate business and operational requirements into clear project scopes, technical bases, schedules, cost estimates, and execution plans.
• Support front-end engineering and design activities, feasibility evaluations, concept selection, option screening, and development of project alternatives.
• Develop and steward pre-Gate 3 deliverables, technical bases, project layouts, site requirements, planning assumptions, and alignment with standard designs.
• Support Decision Quality Assurance Reviews, development roadmaps, Drill Unit Reviews, and other project-development milestones.
• Ensure projects transition effectively from front-end development into detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and operations.

• Serve as the primary project-development integrator within the Midland Basin development team.
• Coordinate across Development Planning, Subsurface, Wells, Global Operations, Surface Land, Regulatory, Facilities Engineering, Project Execution, Project Controls, Procurement, and Supply Chain.
• Establish early stakeholder alignment regarding scope, schedule, cost, risk, land requirements, permitting, constructability, and execution sequencing.
• Clarify roles, responsibilities, technical interfaces, decision points, and project handoffs.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary reviews and communicate technical information, assumptions, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Resolve competing priorities when scope, schedule, cost, risk, operational requirements, and stakeholder expectations are in tension.

• Develop project scopes involving well-pad facilities, tank batteries, separation equipment, flowlines, gathering systems, compression, produced-water systems, saltwater-disposal infrastructure, power, roads, and associated surface…