Graduate Engineer — Energy Exploration Rotations

ConocoPhillips; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

ConocoPhillips is offering an Engineering Rotational Program in the Exploration and Production America’s Business Unit. You will participate in four 3-month rotations across Drilling, Completions, Production/Facilities Operations, and Reservoir Engineering, leading to an engineering role within the business units.

Based on your qualifications, you may work on daily operations, field optimization strategies, design basis generation, well workovers, artificial lift, and automation developments,

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer and/or education institution.
• Senior or Graduate Student with expected graduation Fall 2026 or Spring/Summer 2027.
• GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (cumulative and major).
• Previous internships or co-ops in an energy related field.

Responsibilities

• Supporting daily operations in field facilities.
• Developing and implementing field optimization strategies.
• Ensuring designs align with industry standards and codes.
• Generating design basis, procedures, cost estimates and schedules for well workovers, recompletions and new wells.
• Designing and optimizing artificial lift systems.
• Troubleshooting and optimizing facilities.
• Coordinating risk assessments, HAZOP reviews and MOCs.
• Developing the automation, instrumentation and electrical portions of project engineering design packages.
• Developing and maintaining PLC/software configuration standards.
• Planning well locations, quantifying anticipated reserves, analyzing well logs and booking corporate reserves.
• Performing reservoir studies; conducting analysis of secondary recovery projects, completing reserve determinations and well test analysis.
• Developing integrated models and using data analytics for optimization.
• Developing reservoir models, forecasting production.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering or foreign equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

ConocoPhillips is offering an Engineering Rotational Program in the Exploration and Production America’s Business Unit. You will participate in four 3-month rotations across Drilling, Completions, Production/Facilities Operations, and Reservoir Engineering, leading to an engineering role within the business units.

Based on your qualifications, you may work on daily operations, field optimization strategies, design basis generation, well workovers, artificial lift, and automation developments,