Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End)

Rwdy-Inc; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil is hiring an Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End) in Spring, TX. The role integrates across Development Planning, Surface Land, Regulatory, Wells, Operations, and Facilities Engineering to translate objectives into execution-ready scopes.

Candidates will manage a portfolio of upstream facility projects valued typically at $10–$20 million each, coordinating schedules, land, permitting, and integration with drilling, completions, and project controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related technical field is required.
• Experience in project development, front‑end planning, or execution planning is required.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and multidisciplinary coordination skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead early project development and scope definition for Midland Basin sites and related surface facilities.
• Progress greenfield and brownfield projects from concept to execution readiness.
• Translate requirements into clear project scopes, bases, schedules, and cost estimates.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Technical writing

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

GIS

Job description

Job Title

Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End)

Compensation

$127.03/hr

No allowances

Location

Spring, TX – Houston Campus

Approximately 10% travel to Midland Basin field locations

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Target Start Date

ASAP

Tentative End Date

One year from start date

Hiring Manager

Robert Bardo – ExxonMobil

Scope

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.

Key Responsibilities

Project Development and Front-End Planning

• 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.

Development-Team Integration

• 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.

Upstream Facilities and Infrastructure Development

• 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 infrastructure.
• Evaluate facility and infrastructure options supporting capital-efficient unconventional development.
• Incorporate operability, maintainability, reliability, safety, environmental, and production requirements into the project basis.
• Coordinate facility requirements with drilling and completions timing, well sequencing, production forecasts, and development priorities.
• Support site-layout development, equipment selection, standard-design application, and identification of long-lead equipment.
• Evaluate brownfield tie-ins, infrastructure capacity, constructability, operational constraints, and opportunities to use existing assets.

Surface Land, Regulatory, and Permitting

• Coordinate closely with Surface Land and Regulatory personnel during site selection, layout development, access planning, and project sequencing.
• Identify surface constraints, landowner requirements, rights-of-way, access limitations, environmental considerations, and permitting requirements early in project development.
• Develop and support permitting strategies for well locations, production facilities, flowlines, gathering systems, roads, utilities, and related infrastructure.
• Ensure land, regulatory, and environmental requirements are incorporated into project scopes, schedules, cost estimates, and execution plans.
• Track permitting and land-related commitments that could affect project timing or execution readiness.

Portfolio and Capital Planning

• Support the development and execution planning of multiple concurrent projects generally valued at approximately $10 million to $20 million each.
• Develop or support project cost estimates, AFEs, schedules, forecasts, cash-flow requirements, and capital-planning inputs.
• Evaluate project alternatives using cost, schedule, risk, constructability, operational, regulatory, and capital‑efficiency considerations.
• Monitor project assumptions, scope changes, cost exposure, schedule risks, equipment demand, and execution constraints.
• Coordinate project priorities and interdependencies across the broader Midland Basin development portfolio.
• Provide clear project recommendations that support investment and development decisions.

Risk Management and Execution Readiness

• Identify technical complexity, operational interfaces, land constraints, permitting risks, equipment requirements, and potential execution barriers during front-end development.
• Support risk assessments, constructability reviews, design reviews, readiness reviews, and decision‑quality activities.
• Coordinate early input regarding execution strategy, contracting, procurement, logistics, commissioning, startup, operational readiness, and simultaneous operations.
• Develop or support project workflows, stage‑gate deliverables, QA/QC requirements, and documentation standards.
• Confirm that approved scope, technical requirements, assumptions, risks, costs, schedules, and stakeholder commitments are documented before project handoff.
• Provide continued stewardship and clarification during the transition from project development into execution.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify process gaps, interface issues, recurring execution problems, and causes of downstream rework.
• Capture and apply lessons learned from engineering, construction, commissioning, startup, and operations.
• Support development of tools, workflows, templates, standards, and quality‑control practices that improve scope quality and execution readiness.
• Compare planned project performance against actual results and incorporate findings into future development planning.
• Promote clarity, ownership, constructive challenge, and effective collaboration across the development team.

Key Relationships and Interfaces

• Development Planning and Subsurface: Development concepts, well sequencing, production forecasts, economics, priorities, and infrastructure requirements
• Wells – Drilling and Completions: Well timing, pad development, facility coordination, execution sequencing, and operational interfaces
• Global Operations: Facility requirements, operational constraints, operability, maintainability, reliability, and startup readiness
• Surface Land: Site planning, access, easements, rights‑of‑way, landowner requirements, and surface constraints
• Regulatory and Environmental: Permitting strategies, regulatory requirements, environmental considerations, and project readiness
• Facilities and Central Engineering: Technical basis, facility design, standard‑design verification, engineering assurance, and equipment requirements
• Project Execution: Constructability, execution strategy, handoff readiness, contracting, schedule assumptions, and scope clarity
• Project Controls: Cost estimating, AFE development, scheduling, forecasting, risk analysis, and capital planning
• Procurement and Supply Chain: Equipment demand, long‑lead items, contracting strategies, inventory requirements, and supply planning

Job Prerequisites

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related technical field is required.
• Previous experience in project development, front‑end planning, project engineering, or execution planning is required.
• Previous upstream facilities experience with an oil and gas operator is strongly preferred.
• Direct experience supporting upstream unconventional, onshore, or land‑development projects is strongly preferred.
• Midland Basin, Delaware Basin, Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Bakken, or comparable unconventional development experience is preferred.
• Experience integrating projects across Development Planning, Surface Land, Regulatory, Wells, Operations, Facilities Engineering, and Project Execution.
• Experience developing well pads, tank batteries, production facilities, flowlines, gathering systems, water infrastructure, compression, power, roads, or related upstream infrastructure.
• Experience managing or supporting a portfolio of concurrent capital projects, preferably projects valued at approximately $10 million to $20 million each.
• Working knowledge of project scope development, feasibility studies, concept selection, FEED, design‑basis development, stage‑gate processes, cost estimating, AFEs, scheduling, risk identification, and execution planning.
• Experience supporting greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Experience coordinating permitting, Surface Land, regulatory, constructability, procurement, commissioning, startup, or operational‑readiness requirements.
• Ability to evaluate project alternatives and clearly communicate technical, operational, cost, schedule, and risk tradeoffs.
• Strong stakeholder‑management, communication, technical‑writing, analytical, and multidisciplinary coordination skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with project‑planning, engineering, project‑controls, visualization, GIS, or well‑management systems is beneficial.

What Success Looks Like

• Functions as a trusted project‑development integrator within the Midland Basin development team.
• Produces clear, complete, and aligned scopes that reduce downstream rework.
• Establishes alignment across Development Planning, Surface Land, Regulatory, Wells, Operations, Facilities, and Project Execution before projects move forward.
• Identifies technical, land, regulatory, constructability, cost, schedule, and operational risks early enough to influence decisions.
• Develops capital‑efficient facility and infrastructure solutions supporting unconventional development.
• Manages competing priorities and interdependencies across a portfolio of $10–$20 million projects.
• Provides effective project handoffs with clearly documented scope, technical basis, risks, assumptions, costs, schedules, and stakeholder commitments.
• Moves projects from uncertainty to executable plans.

Interview Process

30-minute Zoom meet‑and‑greet.