Drilling Engineer
Core
Provide independent engineering advisory services for technical due diligence, credit evaluation, and lifecycle monitoring of upstream oil & gas exploration and production projects for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Role type
Senior Independent Engineering Consultant (Drilling Engineering)
Builds
Lender-ready due diligence reports, well plans, risk registers, and cost/schedule analyses for DOE financing decisions.
Domain
Upstream Oil & Gas (Exploration/Production) / Federal Energy Infrastructure Financing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Well design, drilling program evaluation, well control, cost/schedule risk analysis, data room review, report writing, Excel-based analysis, stakeholder coordination
Preferred skills
PE, PMP, CSP, API, NACE/AMPP, PMI credentials
Technologies
Excel
Responsibilities
Review project documentation, evaluate technical and commercial interfaces, identify risks and mitigations, validate assumptions, prepare defensible work products including drilling programs and risk registers, coordinate with engineering, finance, legal, and operations stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC