Senior Drilling Superintendent

Senior Drilling Superintendent
Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and conducting business in approximately 180 countries, the company is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transportation; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation.

Drilling and Completions at Chevron
We hold strategic positions in some of the world’s largest and most productive oil and gas regions. The approximately 1,400 people in the Drilling & Completions (D&C) team work in some of the world’s most challenging technical and operating environments.

The D&C “Clear Leader” philosophy provides us with a passion for safety and environmental protection, leadership for the development of new and innovative drilling and completions technology, and a commitment to the education and development of our workforce.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
• Accountable for the safe and efficient execution of the drilling program and implementation of Chevron policies.
• Approving drilling programs.
• Reviewing and approving forward plans and rig site Plans of Operation (POA).
• Reporting well progress and timelines to management.
• Managing the rig contract.
• Communicating with internal and external business partners.
• Leading risk assessments for programs and POA’s and changes to same.
• Leading rig inspections and upgrades.
• Leading the effort to capture lessons learned and developing action plans to prevent recurrence of lost-time events.
• Overseeing non-productive time reduction efforts.
• Responsible for personal development and mentoring of his/her team.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required.
• A minimum of 15 years of drilling experience as well as a minimum of 5 years of deepwater experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications:
• A minimum of 20 years of experience is preferred.

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