Senior Drilling & Completions Engineer

Rubellite Energy Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubellite Energy Inc. is seeking a Senior Drilling & Completions Engineer in Calgary to lead the planning, design, and execution of drilling, completions, and well intervention programs across heavy oil and Clearwater assets.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize well designs, enhance asset value, and deliver cost-effective wells. A strong background in multi-lateral and thermal well design, plus excellence in safety and analysis, is required.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of progressive drilling and completions engineering experience.
• P.Eng. (or equivalent) and Alberta driver’s license.
• Experience with heavy oil development, Clearwater assets, multi-lateral and thermal well design is a strong asset.
• Strong understanding of Alberta regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and execute drilling, completion, and well intervention programs.
• Conduct post-well reviews and apply lessons learned to future projects.
• Prepare AFEs, cost estimates, and contribute to capital planning.
• Promote safety and ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Utilize data analytics and AI tools to optimize performance and costs.

Skills

Horizontal drilling

Multi-lateral wells

Completions engineering

Well construction

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

P.Eng. designation

C.E.T./P.Tech.(Eng.) designation

Tools

Quorum Execute

PetroSight

Qbyte

Enverus OpenInvoice

Pason

geoSCOUT

AbaData

Microsoft 365

Excel

SharePoint

Power BI

Job description

Senior Drilling & Completions Engineer

Role Overview

Reporting to the VP Corporate and Engineering Services, this role is part of the team which is accountable for the planning, design, execution, and optimization of Rubellite's drilling, completions, and well intervention programs.

Working across Rubellite's heavy oil and Clearwater assets, the successful candidate will work with the Manager, Drilling & Completions to take wells from concept through execution and postwell evaluation, partnering with multidisciplinary teams to safely deliver cost-effective, highperforming wells. The role combines technical expertise, operational execution, capital stewardship, with data analytics and a mindset for continuous improvement to maximize asset value.

Success Profile

This role requires an experienced drilling and completions engineer who thrives in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment and enjoys taking ownership of projects from data-driven design and planning through execution, and then maximizing learnings and future performance through rigorous lookback analysis.

Specific initiatives include

• Deliver drilling and completion programs safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Set the bar for safety as priority one in everything we do, through both proactive measures and processes to drive continuous improvement.
• Implement rigorous cost optimization through risk-managed design improvements and supplier negotiation.
• Optimize well designs to improve cost per meter, production performance and capital efficiency.
• Continuously improve drilling and completion performance through risk-managed technical innovation, post-well learning and data analytics.
• Evaluate emerging drilling and completion technologies and recommend practical improvements to enhance operational performance.
• Support capital planning and long-term asset development.
• Build strong relationships across Engineering, Operations, Geology, Reservoir, Production, Land, Regulatory, and Supply Chain.
• Proactively collaborate across the organization to ensure preparedness to execute a spectrum of potential programs, responding with nimbleness to evolving business priorities contingency planning for future drilling programs.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Drilling & Completions

• Collaborate with asset teams to understand broad spectrum of risks and activate risk mitigation planning.
• Plan, design, and execute drilling, completion, and well intervention programs, stick diagrams and well schematics.
• Develop technically sound and economically optimized well designs.
• Monitor operational performance and provide engineering support throughout execution.
• Conduct post-well reviews and incorporate lessons learned into future development programs.
• Utilize data analytics and AI tools to prepare real time drill curves compared to budget, identify cost reduction opportunities, drilling optimization ,process improvements and key drivers of execution performance and variance
• Conduct offset well reviews to support design optimization and risk reduction.
• Coordinate vendor input across drilling, fluids, cementing and directional services.

Capital Planning & Commercial Stewardship

• Prepare AFEs, cost estimates, and technical input supporting capital planning.
• Monitor project costs, schedules, and performance against approved budgets.
• Identify opportunities to improve capital efficiency and reduce well costs.

Operational Excellence

• Promote safe, efficient, and reliable execution across all drilling and completion activities.
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Support continuous improvement through engineering analysis, data analytics, operational learning, and technical innovation.
• Maintain and improve internal tools, datasets and engineering processes

Asset Development & Collaboration

• Partner with Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Production Engineering, Operations, and other stakeholders to optimize well performance and maximize asset value.
• Support reserves development, annual development planning, and technical evaluations.
• Build strong relationships with drilling contractors, consultants, and service providers.

Leadership & Competencies

• Strong technical expertise in horizontal multi-lateral drilling, completions, and well construction along with experience in drilling thermal wells.
• Performs with a high level of accountability for identifying value-adding opportunities and completing all tasks, projects, execution on time and on budget.
• High level of creativity for solving problems and investigating new areas for value-adding opportunities

Excellent planning, organization, and project management skills.

• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-million-dollar programs and budgets.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Innovative, strategic thinker who champions the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Commercially minded with sound financial acumen.
• High attention to detail with strong execution discipline.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and present effectively to executive and board-level audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Willingness to mentor junior and intermediate engineers, supporting their technical development.

Safety

• Identify and operationalize safety initiatives within the drilling and completions group.
• Strong communication on risk-assessment and safety, demonstrating leadership particularly with concurrent operations between all field teams on site and off script tasks.
• Liaison with industry group on new safety initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation, Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) orProfessional Technologist (P.Tech.(Eng.)) designation
• 7–12 years of progressive drilling and completions engineering experience within the upstream oil and gas industry.
• Field experience on drilling/service rigs.
• Experience with heavy oil development, Clearwater assets, and multi-lateral well-designed and execution along with thermal well design is considered a strong asset.
• Experience preparing AFEs, supporting capital planning, and managing drilling and completion projects from concept through execution.
• Strong understanding of Alberta regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Current well control certification Second Line Supervisor Well Control is required.
• IADC WellSharp or IWCF would be an asset.
• Valid Alberta driver’s license and willingness to travel to field and rig sites as required.
• Proficiency with the following software is an asset: Quorum Execute, PetroSight, Qbyte,Enverus OpenInvoice, Pason, geoSCOUT, AbaData, Microsoft 365, including advancedExcel, SharePoint well files, Teams and Power BI, and ComplyWorks.

Working at Rubellite

Rubellite Energy is a high-performance, entrepreneurial exploration and production company finding, developing, producing and marketing oil and gas to deliver energy to society. With safety first, we value collaboration, bold ideas and ingenuity, accountability and a commitment to excellence and offer a dynamic environment where team members contribute meaningfully to strategy, execution and value creation for all stakeholders.