Supervisor, Drilling

Title: Supervisor, Drilling

Job Summary:

The Supervisor, Drilling Engineering for Anschutz Exploration Corp (AEC) is responsible for supervising all drilling operations company wide. This position will include acting as a lead for less experienced drilling engineers, providing mentoring and coaching to develop and improve their technical and operational abilities. This position will include direct oversight & management of 1-3 drilling rigs with the expectation of safe, continuous improvement, reducing drilling durations and well costs. This position will report to the Drilling Manager.

Major Responsibilities:

• Reviews and approves designs and procedures for drilling new wells, including directional planning, casing selection, drilling fluids, BHA and cement design, rig specifications, etc.
• Supervises all phases of the drilling operations to ensure accuracy, adherence to state and Federal requirements, proper documentation, post drilling technical reviews, lessons learned, etc.
• Ensures tracking and visibility to organization of performance vs offset / historical wells.
• Supervisor of all drilling field staff & less experienced drilling engineers ensuring adherence to drilling program, proper daily reporting, and data entry.
• Functional lead working with the asset teams to support planning/permitting and development needs. (Development & Exploration)
• Provide leadership and oversight for cost estimating and budgeting (AFE Generation and Review)
• Reviews post-analysis of drilling processes for benchmarking, and knowledge to improve the process for future wells.
• Champion Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) for the team, ensuring the adherence to all AEC policies.
• Drive and lead interaction with the regulatory groups to ensure proper drilling & post-drilling reporting.
• Provide relief coverage for the Drilling Manager/Superintendent as needed.

Qualifications and Capabilities:

• 12+ years of related industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a strongly mathematical, engineering, or physics-oriented subject
• Experience in fast paced unconventional Development Drilling Program
• Experience in multiple unconventional basins.
• Must have relevant operational field experience (DSM, Superintendent, Field Engineer, etc)
• Track record that exhibits continuous drilling improvement (well durations & capital cost reductions)
• Current and up to date software capability using office and collaborative applications.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills required.
• Ability to work alone under own initiative, or in close collaboration with geoscientists, production engineers, completions engineers and other reservoir engineers as part of a team.
• Ability to perform analysis, interpretation and problem solving at all levels of complexity with varying volumes of data.
• Ability to work in and travel to AEC asset areas; position will require significant time in the field in the onboarding process and to Project Manage

Salary Range: $210,000 to $250,000 depending on experience.