Senior Completion Engineer

Caturus Management Services•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Senior Completion Engineer applies knowledge of modern completion techniques and operational experience to improve efficiencies, well performance, and economic returns while promoting a safety-first culture and complying with regulatory and environmental standards. The role works with operations engineering, subsurface, and field teams to deliver economically optimized, efficient well completions. The position supports completion and drill-out program design and optimization, evaluates operational performance, analyzes field data, troubleshoots operational issues, and develops procedures and best practices. It also contributes to cost forecasting, vendor selection, continuous improvement, safety initiatives, and completion-data monitoring.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
At least 7 years of experience in completion, drilling, or related well operations engineering.
Strong understanding of completion and drill-out operations and associated engineering considerations.
Experience applying engineering analysis and modeling to support operational decisions and optimization.
Strong data analytics and evaluation skills, including the ability to identify operational performance drivers and improvement opportunities.
Knowledge of completion equipment, tools, fluids, and operational practices.
Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage a broad range of tasks.
Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with employees and contractors at all levels.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a high volume of time-sensitive transactions.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within Caturus and with outside contractors and vendors.
Commitment to Caturus' Ownership culture of teamwork and accountability.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with coil tubing, snubbing, or drill-out operations.
Operator experience; service company experience is also considered a plus.
Experience with completion optimization, engineering analysis, and operational modeling.
Eagle Ford or Haynesville experience.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with drilling, production, reservoir engineering, and field operations teams to optimize well performance and integrate completion and drill-out activities.
Support the design and optimization of completion and drill-out programs to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and well performance.
Apply engineering analysis and modeling to evaluate operational performance and support equipment, tool, and procedure selection.
Analyze operational data and field results to identify improvements and optimize completion and drill-out processes.
Develop and maintain internal completion procedures, standard operating procedures, and best management practices.
Develop procedures for completion activities to achieve objectives safely and efficiently.
Analyze and troubleshoot field operational issues with field leaders, implementing solutions to minimize downtime.
Ensure engineering designs and operational practices meet industry standards and applicable state and federal regulations.
Generate AFEs and cost forecasts for completion activities, manage capital expenditures, and track well costs against budgets.
Develop requests for proposals and evaluate pricing and vendor selection for the completions program.
Lead continuous improvement through new technology, optimization trials, and evaluation of operational performance.
Promote and enforce internal safety programs and strengthen safety culture by implementing best practices.
Work with data teams to develop tools for monitoring completion data and KPIs and ensuring consistent data quality.