Horizons Program: Entry-Level Wells Engineer

Chevron Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement plan

Training and development

Job summary

Chevron Corporation invites applications for Entry-Level Wells Engineers as part of the Horizons Program. Positions are in Houston, TX and other U.S. locations, focusing on drilling operations, well interventions, and completions engineering.

The program combines field experience with professional development and relocation support. Ideal candidates are final-year students or graduates in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering with strong academic records and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong academic performance in core programs.
• Excellent communication, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Field-based drilling operations: exploratory, development wells, on-site frac spreads and well intervention operations.
• Office roles: drilling engineer, completions engineer, and well intervention engineer.
• Drilling engineering tasks: cost estimation, bit and drill string design, casing and cement design, mud program design.
• Completions engineering tasks: cost estimation, completion design (fracture or sand control), completion fluid recommendations, production tubing string design, nodal analysis for production optimization.
• Well intervention responsibilities: planning, supervising procedures; use of coiled tubing and snubbing units for remediation.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Chevron Corporation invites applications for Entry-Level Wells Engineers as part of the Horizons Program. Positions are in Houston, TX and other U.S. locations, focusing on drilling operations, well interventions, and completions engineering.

The program combines field experience with professional development and relocation support. Ideal candidates are final-year students or graduates in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering with strong academic records and communication skills.