Senior Completions Engineer

bp; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching program

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

BPX Energy in the United States is seeking a Senior Completion Engineer to optimize completion designs and oversee a broad range of activities from fracture stimulation to artificial lift. You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and support teams to deliver efficient, safe, and compliant well programs.

The role requires substantial onshore unconventional experience, strong analytical skills, and a drive to advance low-carbon completion technologies across field operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in completion or well intervention engineering.
• Operational planning and execution experience with coil tubing, workover, and wireline for unconventional onshore wellbores.
• Ability to analyze unconventional well performance using reservoir transient analysis and production optimization.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and improve current completion designs, methods, learnings, and technology.
• Deliver timely and compliant completions procedures.
• Deliver activity set and performance plan with continuous improvement in completions.
• Assist in wellbore designs and frac modeling.
• Support environmental aims, including low carbon completion technology and produced water recycling.
• Share lessons learned from field reviews and engage with multiple teams to implement improvements.
• Manage cost cycle through SoR, AFE, execution, supplements, and invoicing.

Skills

Fracture stimulation design

Completions engineering

Well intervention

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or mechanical engineering

Job description

Job Family Group

Subsurface Group

Job Description

bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions.

As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, innovation, and empowerment. At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment where collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion are valued.

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.

Role Synopsis

The candidate will work with engineering and support teams as well as the field organization to deliver a broad range of activities including fracture stimulation, completions design, and artificial lift. The position is responsible for optimizing our completion activities. This challenging workload will require an experienced individual to keep up with pace of activity.

Key Accountabilities

• Work with asset and support teams to optimize and improve current completion designs, methods, learnings, and technology
• Deliver timely and accurate assigned completions procedures that are in conformation to applicable policies, standards and processes and in compliance with regulations
• Deliver activity set and performance plan while demonstrating continuous improvement in assigned Completions
• Help aid in wellbore designs and frac modeling
• Help aid the asset teams in BP’s environmental aims, particularly low carbon completion technology and produced water recycling
• Facilitate learning’s from Post Well Reviews, AAR, End of Well Reviews with input from Wells Operations, Production Engineering, and/or BU Area Managers
• Support Wells Operations, and PSCM in supplier performance management
• Manage the cost cycle through SoR, AFE, execution, supplements, and invoice resolution
• Foster relationships across multi-functional teams including Drilling & Completions Engineering sub-disciplines, Wells Operations, Base Management, Reservoir Management, and PSCM to deliver Value by being both Safe and Competitive
• Cooperatively work within a team of completion engineers to share lessons learned and to implement across all areas.
• Foster personal development by making regular field visits for execution of assigned well programs
• Support supervisor in the decision-making process, planning, and forecasting
• Evaluate competitor and partner performance and present analysis to cross-functional teams
• Operate within the framework of OMS and BPX Practices
• Provide operational and engineering technical support to onsite WSLs and participation in operations calls

Essential Experience And Education

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in completion or well intervention engineering
• Extensive operational planning and execution experience with coil tubing, workover, and wireline for unconventional onshore wellbores
• Skilled in analyzing unconventional well performance utilizing reservoir transient analysis and production optimization through casing and well design
• Broad understanding of artificial lift designs and limitations
• Ability to work with multiple external teams and accomplish shared goals through the building consensus.
• Enthusiastic, high-energy individual, self-motivated, people-oriented and self-directed
• Must be able to maintain focus on achieving results, whilst being patient and pragmatic.

Desirable Criteria & Qualifications

• Supervision, management or leadership position experience desirable.
• Fosters an environment of safety-first operations
• Demonstrates ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in fast paced environment
• Possesses the grit necessary to tackle any challenge and a growth mindset to improve operations, designs, and process under a high workload
• Proactively seeks opportunities to serve in leadership roles
• Acknowledges and appreciates each team member's contributions.
• Works effectively with distributed team members.

Compensation & Benefits

How much do we pay (Base)?

$165,000-$194,000

Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Long-term incentive program
• 401(k) matching program

Legal Authorization Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work full-time in the United States for any employer other than your current employer

Must not require sponsorship now or in the future for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.)

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other employment benefits and privileges. Please contact us to request accommodations.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills

Data acquisition strategy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Integrated Resource Progression, Measuring and Verification for Carbon Storage, Monitoring, Operations Geology, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir quality, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Subsurface verification and assurance, Well and Area Performance Management

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.