SR PROJECT ENGINEER

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Houston, TX
Senior level
Energy
The Role
The Senior Project Engineer works on mechanical engineering aspects of physics-based modeling solutions for drilling and completion in the energy sector. Responsibilities include developing models, validating them, collaborating with teams, mentoring engineers, and ensuring compliance with safety rules.
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Company Description

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.


We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.


Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, word-class team.


When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.


Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course. We are focused on providing a challenging and enriching career path with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course. We are an innovative, global company with wide-ranging opportunities that include career-enhancing talent rotations. Our structured career paths will ensure that you know what it takes to build your ideal career at Weatherford when you join our Company. We also offer a comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance coverage, income protection plans, a 401(k) savings plan, Company paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation.


Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Description

  • Works on all aspects related to mechanical engineering during the creation and delivery of physics-based modeling solutions for drilling, completion, and other energy industry operations
  • Responsible for selecting and/or developing the optimum model(s) for characterization of drilling and completion mechanical processes, including testing, validating, and benchmarking analytic solutions derived from the models
  • Shares expertise with peers and other domain experts sustaining an open collaborative environment focused on solving complex engineering problems
  • Works closely with other modelling engineers, software developers, product lines and management team to identify opportunities for improving the performance of existing modeling solutions
  • Works closely with other members of technical staff, product management, services, and management to evaluate third-party solutions and determines their applicability to existing modeling products
  • Develops and tunes steady-state, transient, and explicit dynamic models for drilling, completion and other processes in the energy industry
  • Leads the research in analytic and/or computational modeling of mechanical systems applied to drilling and completion operations
  • Participates in technical seminars and writing technical papers
  • Participates in estimation, planning, and identification of risks and issues related to model accuracy and uncertainties
  • Partners and works with data scientists and other modeling engineers to create hybrid analytics solutions (physics plus AI/ML).
  • Mentors other Engineers in mechanical modeling and simulation
  • Perform HR responsibilities including keeping up to date on competency, compliance, and mandatory training initiatives
  • Must understand and comply with all safety rules and company policies of Weatherford
  • Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by supervisor within the physical constraints of the job

Qualifications

Essential: Master’s degree in Engineering (mechanical focus) or related technical subject area with a minimum of 10 years of related experience.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Top Skills

Mechanical
The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
27,515 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1987

What We Do

Weatherford International plc (Nasdaq: WFRD) is a leading global energy services company. Operating in approximately 75 countries, the Company answers the challenges of the energy industry with its global talent network of approximately 17,000 team members and approximately 350 operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities

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