Sr Lead Cavern Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Lead Cavern Engineer for our Houston, TX office!

The Underground Storage Team supports clients with engineering studies for site selection, feasibility, permitting, and design of cavern storage and brine production. The team also provides support to cavern operators and brine producers on existing facilities including subsidence surveys, cavern compliance, workover planning, sonar interpretation, etc.

Your Impact

• Provide expertise in a broad range of petroleum engineering activities related to underground storage and other porous media applications.
• Support cavern storage and brine production projects. Project sites are located across the U.S. Most work is office based with some travel.
• Comfortable working with subsurface uncertainty.
• Develop and review regulatory documentation developed for various underground facilities.
• Directly perform engineering evaluations and analyses using models such as UBRO, SCTS and others.
• Provide support to Drilling Engineers, Mechanical Integrity Testing Engineers, the Workover team, the Regulatory, Engineering and Geologic Services team and others within the Underground Storage Group at WSP.
• Participate in feasibility studies, support drilling activities (remotely), support regulatory compliance issues, and other duties as assigned.
• Act as primary contact with client and consultants on small and medium sized projects. Be part of a team on larger 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 others to deliver successful projects
• May provide input on estimates for project schedules and resources
• Provides technical direction to others on studies and design efforts.
• Approves and signs off on work
• Presents complex technical solutions to clients
• Demonstrates strong competence in analytical techniques and modeling in solving complex technical problems
• Develops and manages work plans for addressing technical issues, staying within project time and budget
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Remain current in latest petroleum engineering techniques and practices.
• 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.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, or closely related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years experience working as petroleum, reservoir, or drilling engineer.
• 10+ years experience with regular and sustained client and subcontractor engagement.
• Professional Engineering license or regional equivalent with ability to apply by comity to other states as needed.
• Proficient demonstrated knowledge with petroleum engineering practices including: snubbing, coiled tubing, wireline, drilling, abandoning, well diagnostic and workovers, pressure pumping, land rig/jack up rig/barge operations, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues. 
• Proficient understanding of underground storage caverns and facilities, hydrocarbons, subsurface conditions, and field equipment needed for drilling and well work over.
• Experienced with well design, well construction, downhole monitoring instrumentation, and drilling operations.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Experienced with technical writing and developing technical documents.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be mad