Chevron drilling engineers supervise safe drilling, completion and workover operations at Chevron’s rigs to ensure that drilling operations are safe, environmentally conscious and cost-efficient. You’ll apply your expert knowledge and skills and receive technical training in the many aspects of safe and environmentally friendly drilling and completion operations.

Who We Hire
What You'll Do
Where You'll Work

Who We Hire

Chevron drilling engineer jobs are available for:

  • Chemical engineers
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Petroleum engineers
  • Other engineering disciplines with previous oil industry experience

What You'll Do

Your first drilling engineering assignments will be field-based (working at a rig site) on a rotating schedule for about two years. You’ll then supervise more complex operations at remote sites. You may also have the opportunity to support well design, planning and rig operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Well design in support of a field development.
  • Estimating costs and risk.
  • Reporting and optimization.
  • Application of technology and innovation in directional drilling, mud systems, casing and drill string design and completions.
  • Supervising drilling, completion and workover operations.
  • Managing the logistics and reporting of operations.

Where You'll Work

As a drilling engineer, you’ll start your career in the U.S. in:

  • Bakersfield, California
  • Evanston, Wyoming
  • Houston or Midland, Texas
  • New Orleans or Lafayette, Louisiana

You may also have the opportunity to live and work in the following locations around the world:

  • Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  • Atyrau, Kazakhstan
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Calgary, Canada
  • Caracas, Venezuela
  • Jakarta, Duri or Rumbai, Indonesia
  • Kuwait City, PNZ (Partitioned Neutral Zone)
  • Lagos, Nigeria
  • Luanda, Angola
  • Perth, Australia
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Jeremy

Jeremy - Drilling Engineer

"I wanted to be part of a company that is on the forefront of new developments"