Sr Drilling and Completions Engineer

Zanskar • Salt Lake City, UT

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. There is 2,300 times more energy in geothermal heat in the ground than in oil, gas, coal, and methane combined. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cheap and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid.
In order to find and develop a portfolio of new geothermal projects, we need a Drilling and Completions Engineer to join our Drilling team to enable large-scale drill programs, scope completion parameters, monitor drilling programs in-field, and identify ways to drill safely and more rapidly in frontier geothermal systems.

Requirements

• Hands-on field experience in drilling engineering/completions/operations
• Competent with standard drilling calculations, drill string design and performing casing design
• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline
• Experienced with procurement and onboarding new vendors
• Can evaluate drilling contractors’ performance and manage to improve performance in speed and cost
• Understands and manages the risk trade-offs needed to both create safe, standardized operations and well control while working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and shift priorities/focus depending on the business needs

Nice To Haves

• Experience with EGS stimulation design preferred
• geothermal experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement step-by-step well program design(s) to achieve well objectives and maintain full compliance with regulatory and HSE requirements
• Provide technical and management support on daily drilling activities and serve as the primary point of contact for field engineering issues
• Design, Procure, and write procedures for ESP installations
• Work on completions designs for EGS stimulations
• Negotiate contracts from drilling companies on drilling/completions services and materials cost estimates ranging from simple scoping to probabilistic cost estimates
• Support cross-functional field development optimization efforts through well planning, in-field mobilization, and design optimization
• Compile technical and operations data for permitting and all other regulatory filings
• Lead after-action review to identify best practices and lessons learned; provide internal and external benchmarking and end of project reports
• Prepare tenders, analyze vendor responses, and support contract negotiation and administration
• Travel to the field frequently to oversee operations, and foster strong working relationships with contracted drillers, field personnel and 3rd party vendors and suppliers, to effectively coordinate and provide support to business-critical needs

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k
• Stock options
• Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior