Be involved in projects with our Regulatory Engineering & Geological Services Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Lead Petroleum Engineerfor our Houston, TX or Baton Rouge, LA offices.

The Regulatory Engineering & Geological Services Team supports clients with subsurface geological and engineering concerns for site selection, feasibility, permitting, and petitioning of underground injection control wells for nonhazardous/hazardous waste injection, cavern storage, and carbon sequestration. The team also interacts regularly with state and federal regulatory agencies on behalf of our clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•       The Regulatory Engineering & Geological Services Team supports clients with subsurface geological and engineering concerns for site selection, feasibility, permitting, and petitioning of underground injection control wells for nonhazardous/hazardous waste injection and carbon sequestration. The team also interacts regularly with state and federal regulatory agencies on behalf of our clients.

•       Support industrial waste disposal and carbon sequestration projects. Project sites are located across the U.S.

•       Comfortable working with subsurface uncertainty.

•       Develop and review regulatory documentation developed for various underground injection control wells.

•       Provide expertise in a broad range of petroleum engineering activities related to underground storage and other porous media applications, including but not limited to reservoir, drilling and completions.

•       Directly perform engineering evaluations and analyses such as volumetrics, reservoir characterization, and deliverability and flow calculations in a variety of depositional scenarios for commodities such as natural gas, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and disposal liquids.

•       Interface between Regulatory Geological Services Team and Drilling, Mechanical Integrity Testing, and Workover Groups.

•       Participate in feasibility studies, supports drilling activities (remotely), supports regulatory compliance issues, and other duties as assigned.

•       Act as primary contact with client and regulating agency on small and medium sized projects.

•       Complete high-quality deliverables on-time within project scope-of-work and budgeted hours.

•       Work with multidisciplinary team of geologists, engineers, CAD specialists, and administrative assistants to deliver successful projects

•       Other duties as assigned.

Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges.  If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team.

Minimum Qualifications:

•       Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

•       7+ years of experience working as petroleum, reservoir, or drilling engineer.

•       7+ years of experience with regular and sustained client and subcontractor engagement.

•       Experienced with technical writing and developing large technical documents.

•       Experienced with well design, well construction, downhole monitoring instrumentation, and drilling operations.

•       Willingness to travel to project sites, client and regulator offices, industry conferences, etc.  Travel expected to be < 10%. 

•       Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

•       Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

•       This role is subject to a client mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of the client mandated drug/alcohol testing policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.

•       Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening.

Preferred Qualifications:

•       Petroleum Engineer.

•       Drilling experience for deep well injection and/or petroleum exploration/development.

•       Familiarity or experience with well testing and reservoir modeling.

•       Wastewater injection well experience, Class I programs, EOR with either water floods or carbon dioxide, or others.

•       Permitting experience in Underground Injection Control (UIC).

•       Project management experience and training with multidisciplinary teams and multiple external stakeholders.

•       Professional Engineering (petroleum) license or EIT in Texas and/or Louisiana with availability to apply by comity to other states as needed.

•       PMP certification a plus experience with TCEQ, LDNR, US EPA or similar.

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