Senior Drilling Engineer: Lead Well Design & Operations

Woodside Energy Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodside Energy USA Services Inc. in Houston seeks a Senior Drilling Engineer to plan and deliver well designs within a cross-disciplinary team. The role requires collaborating across disciplines, solving complex problems with supervision, and preparing well programs and contingency plans.

Responsibilities include cost estimation, hydraulics modeling, and ensuring well integrity and regulatory compliance. Travel up to 10% domestically and internationally is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, and nine years of related experience.
• Experience developing engineering well designs and programs for onshore or offshore drilling.
• Experience preparing drilling cost estimates and budgets and performing cost variance analysis.
• Experience performing hydraulics modeling, torque/drag, ECD, surge and swab analysis, and pore pressure/fracture gradient evaluation.
• Experience evaluating specifications for drilling services and equipment suppliers.
• Experience conducting drilling risk assessments per HSE standards.
• Experience analyzing offset well data to assess rate of penetration and NPT.
• Experience designing and verifying well integrity and barrier configurations; preparing daily reports and end-of-well reports.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver segments of projects and well designs within a team.
• Collaborate across disciplines to share knowledge and achieve objectives.
• Work independently with supervision to solve complex problems.
• Prepare high-quality written work and concise presentations.
• Oversee cost, time, and resource planning; contingency and MOC processes.
• Review daily activity reports for accuracy and detail; provide operational support.

Skills

Well design

Cost estimates

Hydraulics modeling

Risk assessments

Data analysis

Well integrity

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering

Job description

Woodside Energy USA Services Inc. in Houston seeks a Senior Drilling Engineer to plan and deliver well designs within a cross-disciplinary team. The role requires collaborating across disciplines, solving complex problems with supervision, and preparing well programs and contingency plans.

Responsibilities include cost estimation, hydraulics modeling, and ensuring well integrity and regulatory compliance. Travel up to 10% domestically and internationally is required.