DRILLING ENGINER- SENIOR LEVEL The Senior Drilling Engineer is responsible for managing all aspects of the well-delivery process, including well design, planning, permitting, execution, and post-operation review. This role oversees the daily management of 1–3 drilling rigs with a strong focus on safety, operational efficiency, and cost control. The Senior Drilling Engineer is expected to minimize drilling days and reduce capital expenditures while ensuring the safe and effective execution of all drilling field activities.
Responsibilities:
Reviews and approves designs and procedures for drilling new wells, including directional planning, casing selection, drilling mud, drillstring & BHA modeling & selection, and cement design, etc.
Participates in all phases of the drilling operations to ensure accuracy, adherence to state and Federal requirements, and proper documentation.
Monitors day-to-day drilling well performance and drilling costs.
Promote and ensure compliance with HSE policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
Ensures tracking and visibility to organization of performance vs offset /historical wells
Lead/Supervise drilling field staff ensuring adherence to drilling program, proper daily reporting and data entry.
Evaluate vendor performance and support contract optimization efforts.
Assist the Asset Team to support planning/permitting needs
Be accountable for Cost estimating and budgeting (AFE Generation and Review)
Reviews post-analysis of drilling processes for benchmarking, and knowledge to improve the process for future wells.
Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of capital costs (Field & Actual)
Provide real-time operational support and technical troubleshooting for drilling events
Interface with regulatory group to ensure proper drilling & post-drilling reporting
Staff Engineer Responsibilities:
Lead wellbore design, particularly in areas with limited or no offset well data, including casing selection, casing setting depths, and load analysis.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level drilling engineers and field personnel.
Champion initiatives that advance drilling analytics, enhance data collection, automate routine tasks and workflows, and apply technology to improve drilling efficiency and safety.
Develop and maintain drilling engineering/operational standards & best practices documents.
Requirements - BS and/or MS in strongly mathematical, engineering, or physics-oriented program - 7+ years of related industry experience o Staff level: 12 + years related industry experience
Skills:
Experience with drilling engineering software (Landmark Compass/Wellplan, WellEz/Wellview, Corva)
Strong understanding of hydraulics, torque & drag, and directional drilling analysis.
Experience in fast paced unconventional Development Drilling Program
Current and up to date software capability using office and collaborative applications
Excellent written and spoken communication skill required.
Ability to work alone under own initiative, or in close collaboration with geoscientists, production engineers, completions engineers and other reservoir engineers as part of a team.
Ability to perform analysis, interpretation and problem solving at all levels of complexity with varying volumes of data.
Ability to work in and travel to company asset areas (approximately 25%)
Will require significant time in the field in the onboarding process and to Project Manage
Numbers & Facts
Location
Denver, Colorado
Skills
Accredited Financial Examiner (AFE)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Concreteunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Cost Estimatesunmatched
Data Collectionunmatched
Data Entryunmatched
Directional Drillingunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Drillingunmatched
Drilling Equipmentunmatched
Engineering Softwareunmatched
Expense Trackingunmatched
Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Mail Processingunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Mathematicsunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Onboardingunmatched
Operational Auditunmatched
Operational Supportunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Physicsunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Analysisunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Travel Industryunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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