Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End)

RWDY Inc•Spring, TX

1d•$127 - $127•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Development Engineer serves as the front-end integrator for greenfield and brownfield upstream unconventional well locations, facilities, and infrastructure. This position translates business objectives, operational requirements, and technical inputs into clear, aligned, execution-ready project scopes. The role builds trusted partnerships across stakeholder groups and helps shape projects that support safe, efficient, and value-focused execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is required.
Previous experience with project development, execution, and planning activities is required.
Strong communication, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
Ability to evaluate project options and communicate scope, cost, schedule, and risk tradeoffs.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Upstream unconventional project experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead early planning and scope development for well pads, tank batteries, well pad facilities, flowlines, and associated infrastructure from project inception through design-basis readiness.
Translate business objectives, operational needs, and technical inputs into clear and execution-ready scopes.
Support business-unit development planning milestones, including Decision Quality Assurance Reviews/Roadmaps and Drill Unit Reviews.
Ensure projects transition smoothly from front-end development into execution.
Serve as the front-end integrator across the Business Unit, Global Operations, Wells/Drilling and Completions, Project Execution, Central Engineering, Surface Land, Regulatory, Project Controls, and Supply Chain teams.
Establish alignment early to reduce rework, clarify handoffs, and improve decision quality.
Frame options and tradeoffs when scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholder expectations compete.
Develop and evaluate infrastructure options supporting capital-efficient, value-focused development scenarios.
Provide project recommendations that help inform subsurface and development decisions.
Partner with business, reservoir, operations, engineering, and project controls personnel to support informed scoping and investment decisions.
Develop and steward pre-Gate 3 technical bases, project layouts, site requirements, permitting strategies, planning assumptions, and alignment with standard designs.
Coordinate early input regarding regulatory requirements, surface land, permitting, constructability, equipment demand, inventory forecasting, and execution planning.
Provide the coordination and stewardship needed for an effective project handoff into execution.
Contribute to a collaborative team culture centered on clarity, ownership, constructive challenge, and trusted partnerships.
Identify process gaps, interface issues, and sources of rework within the front-end development process.
Support the development of tools, workflows, and standards that improve scope quality, consistency, and execution readiness.