SM Energy Company · 1 day ago
Sr. Completions Design Engineer
Denver, CO, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$157K/yr - $237K/yr
8+ years expSM Energy Company is seeking an experienced Sr. Completions Design Engineer for their Southwest Completions Design team. The role involves handling completion designs, operations surveillance, and evaluations, ensuring alignment with business objectives through collaboration with various technical teams.
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Responsibilities
Identify critical needs and issues to develop specific well completion designs and alternatives for consideration. Analyze historical company and industry completion designs to provide recommendations
Evaluate well performance as a function of completion design, normalizing for all variables including well spacing, geology, design, depletion, parent/child interactions, etc
Utilize multi-variate modeling and frac modeling software to sensitize frac design options and effectively communicate results
Collaborate with the technical subsurface teams to understand the impacts of completion design decisions on drainage, frac effectiveness, and well spacing
Work closely with reservoir engineers, completion execution engineers, geologists, geophysicists, and other professionals in the development of completion designs and diagnostics
Test and implement new technologies aimed at cost reduction and/or improved well performance. Experience with fiber optics and perforation imaging a plus
Develop correlations between geological and completion variables and their impact on well performance
Analyze Fracture Injection Tests (DFIT, LOT, XLOT, SDT) using various methods, leverage learnings to improve frac placement, reduce operational challenges and associated costs
Collaborate with drilling and geo-ops to synthesize post-drilling observations in completion design packages to reduce operational risk, improve target attainment and minimize NPT
Integrate large data from various sources to formulate insights and make economic recommendations
Communicate completion design plans, progress, and results to the Asset/Management team
Conduct lookbacks and integrate learnings with the goal of increasing asset value during each drilling cycle
Provide AFE (Authorization for Expenditure) cost estimates for completion design plans and diagnostics
Cultivate strong relationships with offset operator representatives and third-party suppliers
Conduct all business activities with the highest ethical standards, emphasizing decision-making that ensures the safety of all personnel associated with SM facilities
Qualification
Required
8+ years Full-Time Engineering Experience
Proficient understanding of unconventional resource plays in regard to completion design and execution for horizontal wells
Ability to efficiently analyze and manipulate data to draw insights
Strong understanding of oil and gas economic evaluations and their appropriate application
Command of fundamental reservoir engineering and geologic/geophysical/geomechanical disciplines
Understands important geological, petrophysical and geochemical properties for unconventional plays
Understanding core completions concepts and value drivers
Proficient and strong ability to learn and apply new skills and technologies
Proficient and strong use and application of standard subsurface principles
Can easily identify limitations in data set and range in certainty of results
Ability to build and lead a strong team
Preferred
Experience in both Reservoir and Completions Engineering
Experience with fiber optics and perforation imaging
Software skills needed may include Spotfire, ARIES, ResFrac, Alteryx, WellView, MS Office
Programming skills in Python
Benefits
Variable pay
Health care coverage
Retirement plan
Protection coverage
Time off and leave programs
Training and development opportunities
A range of allowances connected to specific work situations
Company
SM Energy Company
SM Energy Company is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the United States.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.5B2024-07-18Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
1992-12-24IPO
Leadership Team
Herb Vogel
Chief Executive Officer
Beth McDonald
President & COO
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2025-12-05
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