Senior Drilling Engineer: Field Performance Analytics

Precision Drilling; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Drilling is seeking a Senior Drilling Engineer in Houston to work closely with customers and internal teams to understand objectives and deliver high-value drilling solutions.

You will guide drilling programs, analyze performance, and support deployment of new technologies across U.S. operations. The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven decision making, and field immersion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum preferred) with 10–15 years of Houston-based E&P experience.
• Experience with data analytics and reporting is an asset.
• Strong knowledge of drilling practices, down-hole tools, and hydraulics.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer drilling challenges and identify technologies to provide value.
• Collaborate with customers to define objectives and performance goals of drilling programs.
• Engage in well planning and drilling performance discussions to identify opportunities and barriers.
• Support performance improvement through engineering analysis and analytics.
• Assist in deploying new technologies with rig automation teams.
• Contribute to new applications by integrating customer feedback with drilling practices.
• Recognize trends in real-time data to improve performance or mitigate hazards.
• Travel to field locations to support customer performance improvements.
• Monitor active drilling projects to seek value delivery opportunities.

Skills

Drilling practices

Down-hole tools

Directional drilling

Torque/drag analysis

Hydraulics

Data analytics

Well construction knowledge

Communication skills

Project management

Autonomous leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum preferred)

Job description

Precision Drilling is seeking a Senior Drilling Engineer in Houston to work closely with customers and internal teams to understand objectives and deliver high-value drilling solutions.

You will guide drilling programs, analyze performance, and support deployment of new technologies across U.S. operations. The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven decision making, and field immersion.