Drilling Engineer

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Repsol is hiring a Drilling Engineer to support the US Wells Business Unit. This is role is based on site from our office in The Woodlands, Texas.

Position Title: Drilling Engineer

Department: Wells Business Unit, US Unconventionals

Reports to: US Unconventionals Drilling Manager

Location: Onsite, The Woodlands, TX

Schedule: Eligible for local hybrid and compressed work schedule (9/80) following initial training period. Schedule changes or accommodations may be requested at any time based on business needs and/or individual performance.

Position Summary

The Senior Drilling Engineer provides engineering and operational support for the planning, design, execution, and continuous improvement of horizontal unconventional wells. The role develops and reviews drilling programs, supports field execution, safeguards well integrity, and identifies opportunities to improve safety, reliability, cycle time, and well cost. The position works closely with Drilling, Completions, Subsurface, HSE, Supply Chain, and service-company partners to provide technical guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and technically review detailed drilling programs for horizontal unconventional wells and multi-well pads.
• Prepare or review casing and wellhead designs, directional plans, anti-collision analysis, BHA and drillstring designs, torque-and-drag models, hydraulics, drilling-fluid requirements, cementing plans, and well-control requirements.
• Prepare cost estimates, AFE inputs, technical scopes of work, material and service specifications, and drilling schedules.
• Support Supply Chain Management (SCM) tendering processes by defining clear scopes of work, establishing technical requirements and evaluation criteria, and completing technical evaluations of supplier bids.
• Incorporate offset-well performance, operational risk, regulatory requirements, company standards, and lessons learned into well designs and execution plans.
• Provide day-to-day technical and analytical support during drilling operations and recommend timely responses to operational deviations and drilling problems.
• Work collaboratively with Drilling Superintendent, field supervisors, contractors, service companies, and multidisciplinary asset teams.
• Support pad drilling, batch operations, rig skidding, offline activities, and simultaneous operations planning and execution.
• Review drilling performance, NPT, invisible lost time, cycle time, and cost performance to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Lead or participate in drilling program reviews, DWOPs, technical assurance reviews, risk assessments, post-well reviews, and process-improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate and apply fit-for-purpose drilling technologies and industry best practices that improve safety, well integrity, operational consistency, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical mentoring to drilling engineers and promote consistent engineering practices across the team.

Required Qualifications

• Full U.S. work authorization without restrictions, conditions, or current/future sponsorship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of drilling-related experience, with 10 or more years preferred, including meaningful field exposure.
• Experience designing and supporting horizontal unconventional wells in multi-well pad, SIMOPS, HPHT, and sour drilling environments, with broad well-design and well-control expertise.
• Experience using Power BI or other data analytics platforms to evaluate drilling performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decisions.
• Ability to independently evaluate drilling performance, troubleshoot operational problems, and make sound, timely engineering recommendations.
• Strong project-management, analytical, problem-solving, and cost-management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with office personnel, field teams, contractors, service companies, and regulatory stakeholders.

Repsol is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Gender/Disability/Ethnicity/Veteran

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