Sr. Project Engineer - Managed Pressure Drilling

Weatherford•Houston, TX

About The Position

Provides specialist-level project engineering leadership for complex product, equipment, and lifecycle initiatives in the Managed Pressure Drilling field. Applies broad and deep engineering expertise to define technical scope, integrate multidisciplinary requirements, manage technical risk, and deliver safe, compliant, and commercially practical outcomes. Works with substantial independence and is accountable for technical planning, execution, coordination, and delivery across multiple functions. Serves as a senior technical interface among Product Engineering, Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Operations, clients, and other stakeholders. Translates business and operational needs into clear engineering requirements and executable project plans. Leads resolution of complex multidisciplinary engineering challenges involving mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems. Establishes technical direction within delegated authority, influences decisions across organizational boundaries, mentors less-experienced personnel, and leads projects or workstreams with significant technical complexity, stakeholder impact, risk, or resource requirements. Applies company security, compliance, HSE, management-system, legal, regulatory, and industry requirements to assigned work. Ensures engineering work is technically adequate, traceable, documented, and compliant with approved processes and requirements. Provides technical support across manufacturing, assembly, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, repair, delivery, supplier qualification, product changes, and lifecycle sustainment. Defines project scope, deliverables, interfaces, schedule inputs, resource needs, technical risks, and completion criteria, and coordinates cross-functional inputs and actions through closure. Provides technical input to estimates, resource plans, budgets, make-or-buy decisions, and lifecycle-cost evaluations. Manages assigned work within approved scope and financial constraints, considering cost, schedule, lead time, manufacturability, reliability, and operational impacts without compromising safety, quality, compliance, or design requirements. Scheduled after-hours or weekend engineering support may be required for urgent matters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Engineering Technology, a related discipline, or a related technical discipline, with typically 8+ years of relevant engineering experience; or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience.
Demonstrated specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in the applicable engineering discipline or supported product field.
Demonstrated experience independently resolving complex problems involving engineered equipment and integrated systems and leading others through complex technical problem-solving activities.
Experience supporting manufacturing, assembly, testing, repair, or maintenance of engineered equipment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate technical issues, requirements, risks, and engineering decisions.
Ability to work effectively across Engineering, Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Operations, and all organizational levels.
Strong working knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, including materials, mechanics, fits and tolerances, bolted connections, pressure-containing equipment, manufacturing processes, and mechanical systems.
Working knowledge of electrical, instrumentation, and control systems, with the ability to troubleshoot integrated electromechanical equipment.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, specifications, inspection reports, and technical procedures.
Ability to independently evaluate complex technical problems and develop practical, technically defensible solutions.
Ability to evaluate nonconformances, deviations, repairs, rework, and other conditions requiring engineering judgment.
Ability to balance product safety, quality, technical requirements, schedule, cost, and operational priorities.
Ability to provide hands-on engineering support during manufacturing, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and repair.
Ability and willingness to participate in scheduled after-hours and weekend engineering support.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting oilfield, drilling, pressure-control, rotating, hydraulic, or other complex industrial equipment.
Experience providing Sustaining or Product Engineering support within Manufacturing and/or R&M environments.
Experience troubleshooting electrical, instrumentation, and control systems in addition to mechanical and hydraulic systems.
Experience evaluating manufacturing nonconformances, deviations, repairs, and engineering dispositions.
Experience supporting suppliers, first articles, supplier qualifications, and product changes.
Experience applying API, ASME, ISO, or similar engineering codes and standards.
Experience supporting products throughout their lifecycle, including obsolescence, reliability improvement, product changes, and technical documentation.
Knowledge of the energy industry, particularly drilling, Managed Pressure Drilling, pressure-control, or related equipment.
Knowledge of applicable API, ASME, ISO, and other industry standards.
Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, sensors, instrumentation, electrical controls, PLC-based systems, and industrial communication/control systems.
Experience with pressure testing, functional testing, FATs, equipment commissioning, and failure investigation.
Experience with machining, welding, heat treatment, coatings, materials, NDE, and other applicable manufacturing processes.
Experience with CAD systems such as Creo Parametric, Autodesk Inventor, or AutoCAD.
Experience with PLM/PDM, ERP, engineering change-management, and nonconformance-management systems.
Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), tolerance analysis, and supplier manufacturing capability.

Responsibilities

Apply company security, compliance, HSE, management-system, legal, regulatory, and industry requirements to assigned engineering work.
Incorporate safety, security, environmental, and regulatory requirements into project plans, designs, reviews, and technical recommendations.
Identify and communicate technical hazards, recommend risk controls, and escalate safety- or compliance-critical matters when additional review or approval is required.
Apply engineering quality processes and ensure assigned work complies with the Weatherford Management System, applicable standards, and approved technical requirements.
Maintain technical adequacy, traceability, and documentation for engineering decisions, reviews, calculations, dispositions, and recommendations.
Lead or support investigations of complex or recurring product, manufacturing, supplier, assembly, and test issues, recommending corrective actions based on verified causes.
Maintain design intent, configuration control, and approved acceptance criteria when evaluating deviations, nonconformances, repairs, substitutions, or product changes.
Identify and implement improvements to drawings, specifications, design practices, review methods, and technical controls within assigned scope.
Serve as a key technical resource for assigned products, projects, and complex matters affecting Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, suppliers, Operations, and Product Engineering.
Evaluate and recommend dispositions for nonconformances, deviations, repairs, and substitutions, and approve them when permitted by delegated authority.
Lead troubleshooting and investigations of complex multidisciplinary issues involving mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, instrumentation, controls, materials, manufacturing, and system integration.
Develop and recommend technical approaches, analyses, evidence, and acceptance criteria for non-routine problems, obtaining specialist input when needed.
Provide technical guidance during significant assembly, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, repair, and delivery activities within assigned scope.
Support supplier qualifications, first articles, manufacturing deviations, technical audits, capability assessments, and manufacturability reviews.
Coordinate resolution of recurring product, supplier, manufacturing, and field issues, including implementation and verification of approved design or process changes.
Prepare, review, recommend, or approve changes to drawings, specifications, bills of materials, procedures, calculations, test requirements, and product records in accordance with delegated authority and change-control processes.
Support product-lifecycle activities involving obsolescence, component or supplier changes, reliability improvement, legacy-equipment updates, field concerns, and sustainment planning.
Perform or review complex engineering analyses, calculations, tolerance evaluations, design reviews, risk assessments, and technical investigations.
Define scope, deliverables, interfaces, schedule inputs, resource needs, technical risks, and completion criteria for assigned projects or significant workstreams.
Coordinate cross-functional and specialist inputs, document technical recommendations, and drive assigned actions to timely closure.
Provide scheduled after-hours or weekend engineering support for urgent Manufacturing, R&M, testing, repair, or delivery matters when required.
Provide technical input to project estimates, resource plans, budgets, make-or-buy decisions, and lifecycle-cost evaluations.
Manage assigned engineering work within approved scope and financial constraints, identifying potential variance, resource pressure, or commercial impact.
Consider cost, schedule, lead time, manufacturability, reliability, and operational impacts in technical recommendations without compromising safety, quality, compliance, or design requirements.
Identify and implement technically justified opportunities for cost reduction, standardization, reliability improvement, manufacturability, inventory optimization, and lifecycle value.
Use company resources responsibly and support clear scoping of external technical services and project expenditures.