Director of Borehole Drilling & Field Ops

Deep Fission, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Deep Fission, Inc. is seeking a Director of Drilling to own the well construction program for a deep borehole reactor emplacement, building the drilling function from theory to field.

The role will lead large-diameter, hard-rock drilling efforts and coordinate with licensing and regulatory teams for first-of-a-kind submissions. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of onshore drilling leadership, experience scaling multi-well programs, and a strong track record in safety, cost control, and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, or a related Engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible onshore drilling experience, including direct leadership of multi-well or multi-rig programs.
• Demonstrated record of building drilling organizations, engineering teams, and management and safety systems from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own well delivery — safety, well integrity, control of work, cost, and schedule — from the first wells through repeatable, at-scale drilling operations.
• Direct large-diameter borehole construction and field-prove novel drilling techniques.
• Lead the drilling input to first-of-a-kind well permitting process and regulatory submissions.
• Build and scale the drilling organization, recruiting and leading the engineering and field teams.
• Stand up drilling and safety management systems, standards, and procedures for a high-consequence, regulated environment.
• Produce drilling programs, basis of design, procedures, and well control philosophy for large-diameter geometry.
• Own the drilling budget within the approved envelope and enforce cost, scope, and schedule discipline.

Skills

Well delivery ownership

Leadership of multi-well programs

Regulatory & HSE controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Deep Fission, Inc. is seeking a Director of Drilling to own the well construction program for a deep borehole reactor emplacement, building the drilling function from theory to field.

The role will lead large-diameter, hard-rock drilling efforts and coordinate with licensing and regulatory teams for first-of-a-kind submissions. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of onshore drilling leadership, experience scaling multi-well programs, and a strong track record in safety, cost control, and project