Here are sample job postings for Petroleum Engineer roles:

Senior Petroleum Engineer

Killam

Responsibilities could include:

• Prepare AFE's and assist in economic justification for well work
• Track and meet goals related to LOE and production
• Analyze and interpret well, field, and economic data and provide control measures
• Review well data and provide the engineering prospective with charts, maps, schematics, etc.
• Design, initiate, and coordinate well procedures for completion, workover, and well maintenance
• Provide engineering perspective with drilling & completions, formation evaluation, wireline, cementing, reservoir stimulation, artificial lift, facilities & pipelining
• Evaluate, recommend, and justify artificial lift
• Provide at-site supervision and well control, and ensure safety is implemented
• Interpret formation geology, well and field potential, and economics
• Act as documenting liaison with State of Texas RRC Oil & Gas division
• Research inactive wells to locate new potential
• Design Plug and abandon procedures
• Manage service companies and evaluate performance, pricing and contracts, and efficiency
• Design enhanced oil and gas recovery and fluid disposal projects
• Maintain leases in accordance with surface and mineral owners

Desired Skills and Experience

• BS in Petroleum engineering
• Experience with field operations either through similar position or with oil field service company
• 10+ years of experience within production engineering
• Ability for advancement and over time taking on a leadership role
• Must be able to be a team player and work with field hands, engineering managers, service companies, and executive team
• Strong work ethic and drive
• Problem solver and ability to solicit solutions from engineering and non-engineering (but experienced in running workovers rigs) staff in the field
• Organziation skills, timely handling of paper work, and communication to all relevant parties in the organization is critical

Petroleum Engineer

PO&G Resources

PO&G Resources is a rapidly growing, twenty-three-year-old private oil and gas company. With our growing operations in Oklahoma and the launch of a second investor fund, the company is hiring an Operations Engineer for its gas and oil operations in Oklahoma.

Basic Function:

This position will be located in Oklahoma City (El Reno) and will be responsible for engineering, monitoring, and optimizing well operations to ensure efficient production while maintaining safety, regulatory, and environmental compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring lease production.
• Identifying, diagnosing, and remedying issues affecting production levels.
• Preparing well and lease level economic evaluations.
• Analyzing pumping unit rod string designs utilizing the S Rod design program.
• Develop projects to increase production and enhance field operations.
• Weekly trips to field locations to optimize operations and regularly meet with field personnel.
• Managing field personnel to maximize the cash flow and value of our oil and gas assets while ensuring our operations are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
• Mutually develop with Senior Operations Engineer/Oklahoma Asset Manager, production targets and actively monitor actual production to aggressively undertake corrective actions as warranted to ensure consistent production twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Business Development, and Land departments as required.

Working with a team of field personnel to:

• Provide strategic, technical, and operational perspective to the team.
• Establish individual property level cash flow budgets. Communicate with field staff to achieve property level production, expense, cash flow, and other goals and objectives.
• Mutually develop with Senior Operations Engineer/Oklahoma Asset Manager cost targets and actively monitor actual costs to aggressively undertake corrective actions as warranted.
• Identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute opportunities to maximize value through well reactivations, artificial lift enhancements, waterflood optimizations, battery and SWD consolidations, etc.
• Identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute capital investment projects such as injection well conversions, recompletions, new drilling, etc.
• Develop procedures to maximize value of existing and acquired properties by identifying and executing three-pronged strategy of operating costs reductions, production enhancements, and capex program.

Reports to: Senior Operations Engineer/Oklahoma Asset Manager

Qualifications:

· B.S. in Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering

· Minimum 5 years experience

· Oil and gas experience required

Skills and Competencies:

Represent company in a positive, professional manner at all times and in all interactions

Possess strong problem-solving skills

Accountable for actions and results

Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external customers

Demonstrate strong leadership skills and good management practices

Ability to act with a high degree of independence

Analytical, quick-thinking, ability to review complex problems and propose effective solutions

Strong ability to prepare and review complex engineering calculations and analyses

Self-motivated with a high level of individual initiative

Additional Details:

Must have the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship

Periodic off-hours on-call status will apply

Successful candidate must be willing to submit to a background check and drug screen

Salary commensurate with experience and education

Company Description:

PO&G acquires conventional and unconventional oil and gas properties and increases their value by improving operations such as artificial lift, water flood optimization, and vertical infill drilling. The company's current oil and gas properties are located in: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah and Mississippi. West Texas, Indiana, and Oklahoma are the company's largest operating regions. Current gross / net production is 5,000 / 3,500 BOE/D. The company plans to continue its historical growth rate by doubling production every three years.

The company thrives as a result of its opportunistic, entrepreneurial culture, and has attracted select, high-impact personnel from a variety of oil companies and Wall Street firms. Company employees have the opportunity to involve themselves in a broad range of new activities as properties are acquired, providing constant challenge and growth opportunities. Direct exposure to top management ensures a rewarding, non-bureaucratic work environment.

Petroleum Engineer

Atlas Operating LLC

The responsibilities will include duties related to operations, completions, non-operating operations, budget planning, and business development necessary for the Operations department to be successful. This position is located near Galleria, Houston, Texas. Level and salary commensurate with experience.

Essential Job Functions

• Prepare procedures and AFEs for performing stimulation on new wells, re-stimulation on producing wells, clean outs, flow back, and workovers. Track projects and perform post audit with emphasis on learning best practices.
• Provide supervision and quality control on completions, coil tubing operations and workovers.
• Daily coordination with field personnel.
• Prepare inventory requirements for long lead items and issue bids for services, purchase orders, material transfers, to optimize spending and budget considerations. Interface with vendors and service providers to ensure equipment and services are provided in a timely manner.
• Develop a strategy to optimize cost by drilling/completing/producing multiple wells from a single location.

Completions:

o Work closely with the field and corporate teams to ensure safe and efficient operations

o Investigate alternate fracture stimulation applications .

o Work with Reservoir and Geology to identify key components for improving stimulation treatments to achieve the right balance of cost and performance.

o Interact with govt. regulatory officials to ensure proper approvals and permits.

o Evaluate stimulation companies and work to develop best in class vendors . .

Non-Operated Operations:
o Review drilling and workover communications from Operators and notify management team when unusual events on operations for partner projects.

Budget Planning:
o Coordinate and track budgets for operated projects. Incorporate the technical aspects of development plans including identification of potential constraints on implementation and the impact on budget. Track actual spending to ensure that projects meet budget objectives.

Business Development:
o Assist in acquisitions by working closely with geology, land, operations, to estimate reserves and future cost impacts for the economic model.

This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. Incumbents will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and duties outside of their normal responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years experience with Completion, Production and Facilities
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer, stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions, strength to lift and carry files weighing up to 10 pounds; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone.

Petroleum Operations Engineer

SoCalGas

Functions as the company's expert in in petroleum engineering. Provides technical support within the Gas Storage Operations and Reservoir Integrity and Engineering organizations for operation, maintenance, integrity verification and capital improvements. Primary focus is workover design and implementation, with adherence to SoCalGas standards and API best practices, cost estimation, field work supervision, and regulatory compliance assurance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Well Work Preparation
• Gas storage wells workover candidate's evaluation.
• Design and generate programs for workovers, abandonments, and completions.
• Prepare and submit notices of intent to execute the proposed work to Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources.
• Monitor daily rig or rigless well operations.
• Travel to the four gas storage fields as required.
• Provide assigned Well Site Manager with engineering assistance and adherence to gas standards for all well operations.
• Deliver onsite support and supervision during critical jobs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance during well work execution and proper daily well work records documentation.
• Ensures compliance with Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) regulations and guidelines. Promote safety awareness and environmental consciousness.
• Prepares Capital/Expense initial cost estimates and reauthorizations for over expenditures.
• Reviews vendor field costs for accuracy and authenticity and approve associated invoices.
• Performs technical well work lessons learned, as well as perform financial post audits.
• Provides technical mentorship to less experienced staff.
• Provide technical expertise within the department and Company. Provide technical advice to junior staff members and review technical results, evaluations and analyses.
• Project Close Out responsibilities associated with the downhole well work operations and the resulting records generated by Storage Integrity Management Program team.
• Stay abreast of the latest changes, trends and technological advancements in the industry through attendance at conferences and seminars, continuing education, literature, etc. Educate SCG managemen on latest trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).
• Hybrid: Work a combination of onsite and remote days each week, typically 2-3 days per week.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering or other technical discipline required.
• Master's Degree in Engineering or other technical discipline and business training preferred.

Experience

• 10 Years of related engineering experience, 5 of which are in oil and gas operations or equivalent. Required.
• Downhole work over operations experience preferred.
• Rig supervision and drilling experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Must have a working knowledge of petroleum software and good computer skills. Process knowledge is desirable
• Judgement required on details of work and in making preliminary selections and adaptations of risk/economic alternatives and principles.
• Must be able to act with a high degree of independence.
• Must possess strong leadership skills and demonstrate good management practices.
• Must possess knowledge of project management theories and concepts, engineering practices and concepts, and cost analysis, and be able to apply this knowledge in daily operations.
• Must have strong engineering background, as well as strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to identify and resolve conflicts in schedules, or the relationship of interdependent functions such as cost, schedule and quality parameters.
• Must be able to determine program or project requirements, assess the abilities within the work group and appropriately delegate to team members. Responsible for providing team goals and evaluation performance.
• Must be able to motivate personnel and deal with performance problems.
• Requires the ability to assess the potential financial impact of a project on the Company, as well as the impact on existing Company facilities and operating, marketing, and regulatory philosophies and procedures.
• Must possess the ability to review complex problems and propose innovative solutions, which involve technical, economic an strategic issues, and may link new concepts and technologies.
• Must be able to prepare and review complex engineering calculations and analyses.