Completions Engineer Sr - Permian
Specific Responsibilities
- Design and implement new completions on all wells across the Permian Basin
- Write procedures, ensure proper execution, and pursue continuous improvements
- Apply expertise in fracturing technology and practice, wireline and coiled tubing procedures
- Interact closely with field foremen and wellsite completions consultants
- Spend field time to verify proper procedure execution and identify issues influencing implementation
- Design horizontal wells, including knowledge of drill string, casing and cementing designs
- Prepare operational plans for proposed wells
- Ensure fracturing activities are carried out efficiently and safely
- Write and review job procedures and recommendations
- Participate in field reviews, optimization studies, and gather local operational knowledge/experience
- Prepare cost estimates and AFE documentation
- Interface with regulatory agencies as needed
- Provide field supervision with regular field time
- Communicate with field personnel and vendors
- Apply knowledge of frac modeling and pressure transient analysis
Qualifications & Experience
- BS/MS/Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering or related field
- 6+ years of experience in completion engineering
- Recent completions role with Permian operator experience (preferred)
- Field operations experience
- Service company experience (preferred)
Competencies
- Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication settings
- Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success
- Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust
- Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache
Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world. The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being. We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.