Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

Primary responsibility is to handle completion design, completion operations surveillance and completion effectiveness/evaluation assignments of a broad scope and moderate difficulty. The engineer will coordinate with asset team members and the completion execution team to support the completion of wells to ensure they are aligned with business objectives. May mentor less experienced engineers on fundamentals and supervise technical work. This role includes leadership positions on teams and projects.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify critical needs and issues to develop specific well completion designs and alternatives for consideration. Analysis of historical company and industry completion designs are crucial in providing recommendations.
• Utilize frac modeling software (GOHFER / ResFrac) to sensitize frac design options and communicate results effectively.
• Collaboration with reservoir characterization team to understand the impacts of completion design decisions on drainage, frac effectiveness and well spacing.
• Work with reservoir engineers, completion execution engineers, geologists, geophysicists, etc. in the development of completion designs and diagnostics.
• Test and implement new technologies to reduce costs and/or improve well performance.
• Develop correlations between geological and completion variables and well performance.
• Communicate completion design plans and results/updates to Asset/Management team.
• Integrate learnings with the goal to increase asset value for each drilling cycle.
• Provide AFE cost estimates for completion design plans and diagnostics.
• Develop good relationships with offset operator representatives and third party suppliers.
• Support business development and reservoir engineering in the preparation of scoping cost estimates for acquisitions and the budget and planning processes.
• On call support, including nights and weekends, may be required.
• Conduct business with the highest ethical standards; demonstrate decision-making skills that ensure the safety of all persons associated with SM facilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

General Knowledge and Skills

Is competent in own discipline, possessing a thorough working knowledge of the discipline. Is familiar with the basics of other specialties and/or disciplines. Takes initiative to maintain and increase technical knowledge through practical application and knowledge transfer. Understands important geological, petrophysical and geochemical properties for unconventional plays. Working knowledge of different completion types, designs and fluid systems. Proficient and strong ability to learn and apply new skills and technologies. Proficient and strong use and application of standard engineering principles and techniques including industry and company standards in assigned discipline.

Computer/Software Applications

Proficient and strong level of skill in Microsoft Office, including Excel. Effectively utilize Spotfire to increase analytical speed and efficiency. Experience with WellView and/or Aries is a plus. Technical skills that allow easy adaptation to company specific software and other necessary related applications (GOHFER, ResFrac, Enverus PRISM, Spotfire and Alteryx). Programming skills are a plus.

Numeric and Analysis

Proficient and strong numeric and analytical skills. Ability to mine large data sets and establish bi-variable correlations. Transform bi-variable correlations to include multiple variables. Relate geology, completion design and reservoir characteristics to improve well performance. Demonstrate ability to normalize data sets to parameters with established correlations. Demonstrate utilization of correlations for predictive purposes.

Problem Solving Scope / Complexity

Identifies key problem solving elements and applies knowledge and experience to solve moderate to complex problems. Brings forward new ideas and recommendations that are respected by colleagues. Is a contributor to the financial success of projects within own region or contributes in a support role to larger projects. Asks relevant, probing questions as a way to reveal potential problems in recommended solutions, and as a way to ensure the best solution.

Asks questions in order to clarify discussion points. Effectively identifies, diagnoses and recommends solutions to most complex business and technical issues. Seeks to mitigate the problem in the future through proactive measures, teamwork and leadership. Incorporates and encourages creative, group problem solving through open communications.

Project / Task / Self-Management

Coordinates discipline-specific project work and resources in support of team goals while satisfying quality, time and budget objectives. Solid project management skills and completes projects. Requires little to no technical supervision, making most decisions and referring major exceptions to management. Seeks increasingly diverse and complex assignments. Demonstrates drive, energy and enthusiasm. Proficient organizational and time management skills. Ability to advance multiple projects simultaneously; takes a multi-disciplinary approach to projects.

Business Acumen

Proficient understanding of established policies, standards and practices. Works to develop tactical and strategic plans across business area boundaries. Proficient understanding of company business direction. Fully considers risk and uncertainty when evaluating proposals and consistently utilizes economic analyses to prioritize work and aid decision making. Understands approval and governance processes within the company. Proficient understanding of economic principles, metrics, risks and how these apply to projects. Has strong knowledge of the industry.

Teamwork / Collaboration

Proficient teamwork and collaboration skills. Functions effectively as part of a team and works well with members of other disciplines and departments. Identifies and recommends value-adding actions and proactively influences others within the work group and region. Collaborates with, and is effective in, a multi-disciplinary team environment to produce integrated products and results. Coaches less experienced employees and effectively explains ideas, concepts and techniques.

Communication / Presentation

Proficient written and verbal communication and formal presentation skills. Skilled at communicating results and interpretations to management. Proactive in keeping own team and direct management well informed by preparing and delivering well-constructed, appropriately targeted written and verbal communications and presentations. May prepare and present discipline papers. Skilled at facilitation. Confident communicator both inside and outside the company.

Developing Self & Others

Takes initiative to maintain and increase technical knowledge. Has strong, active interest in latest technology and shares technical knowledge with others. Consistently coaches and provides assistance to lesser experienced employees; explains ideas and concepts. Seeks out mentor(s), as well as other senior professionals in the region, for technical and career guidance. Basic influencing and leadership skills.

Ethics/Safety

Role model for professional and ethical behavior. Takes responsibility for and suggests, as necessary, improvements to company safety standards and policies. Continues applicable training. Proficient and strong knowledge of environmental, health and safety regulations.

Role-Specific Technical Knowledge & Skills

Proficient understanding of unconventional resource plays in regards to completion design and execution for horizontal wells. Ability to run frac models and interpret outcomes. Proficient understanding of fundamental reservoir engineering disciplines including decline curve analysis (DCA), rate transient analysis (RTA), volumetrics, recoveries, fluid behavior, simple analytical history matching and flow regime identification. Proficient understanding of Pressure-Temperatures (PT) phase diagrams for practical purposes. Proficient understanding of probabilistic and deterministic methods. Can easily identify limitations in data set and range in certainty of results. Strong understanding of principles of flow in porous media including capillary pressure, Darcy's law and relative permeability. Familiar with core analysis and petro-physical evaluations. Proficient and strong knowledge/experience relating to geochemistry, operations, geological interpretation, well data integration, petrophysics and seismic attributes.

Education

B.S. degree in Engineering is required; Petroleum degree is preferred

Typical Experience

Minimum of 6 years of applicable experience

SM Energy offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which include, but are not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at Careers :: SM Energy Company (SM) (sm-energy.com).

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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