Drilling Fluids Engineer Jobs in Spring, TX (NOW HIRING)

Our client is seeking a full time Principal Engineer (Completions) for their Houston, TX office.

US Citizens only

Salary and full benefits. Salary is DOE and $210K-$250K.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

A SME position, meaning they have the experience and education to lead our geomodelling efforts, setting an optimum standard for analytical quality and workflow. A Completions Engineer is someone who designs, plans and executes the final phase of a well’s construction after the well has been drilled.

• Develop completion designs, perform completion operations surveillance and completion effectiveness/evaluations.
• Implement innovative and practical completion solutions to maximize productivity and add value while minimizing cost.
• Track completions performance / reservoir performance recommend remediation/enhancement as needed. 
• Perform frac modeling and post treatment analysis.
• Prepare completion procedures for both vertical and horizontal wells.
• Design, plan, and execute cost effective completions for new wells. 
• Identify completion and well servicing equipment needs, participate in equipment and vendor selection and monitoring of selected vendor performance.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to provide completions specifications and design, to optimize asset development plans. 
• Will work non-traditional hours as needed. 
• Collaborate with a variety of people with tact, courtesy, and professionalism.  
• Maintain regular, dependable attendance and a high level of performance. 
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, the safety of company assets and employees, and the general public. 
• Other daily, weekly, monthly, or special projects may be assigned. 

Education requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Engineering is required.
• Petroleum Engineering degree is preferred. 
• Master’s / PHD is preferred.

Experience/Specific Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge and experience of completion engineering fundamentals and offshore well servicing techniques such as slickline, electric line, coiled tubing/nitrogen, HWO operations.
• Familiarity with hydraulic fracturing, well intervention, tubing design, materials selection, surface and subsurface completion equipment selection, completion fluids, and perforating systems.
• Knowledge in horizontal and multi-lateral well bore design and well test equipment selection. 
• Proven record of implementing innovative and practical completion solutions to maximize productivity and add value while minimizing cost.
• Experience with Carbon Sequestration or CO2 EOR.
• SLB Petrel familiarity; Kappa familiarity.
• Experience with Pressure Transient Testing, Nodal Analysis, CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery, Carbon Sequestration.
• Drilling and/or Production experience is a plus.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office applications that may include but are not limited to Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations

Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers (for travel). 
Competencies, Skills & Abilities

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Completions Engineering is required.  
• Must possess a working knowledge of CCS operations, project management and regulatory compliance. 
• Proficient in basic engineering skills. 
• Must be self-motivated and ambitious, ability to organize and prioritize daily work with the ability to successfully perform multiple tasks with strict deadlines. 
• Individual is capable of problem solving autonomously, but is not afraid to ask questions when he/she arrives at a possible solution that deviates from the stated directions