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The role identifies opportunities to improve drilling performance, lower costs, and deliver a quality wellbore during each phase of well construction. The Senior Drilling Engineer collaborates with other company disciplines on drilling engineering related issues to help the execution department meet Chord’s objectives. This position is located in downtown Houston, TX, and reports to the Drilling Senior Director. A Hybrid work schedule is an option for remote work on Mondays and Fridays. Level and salary commensurate with experience.\nEssential Job Functions\nWork with geo-scientists and reservoir engineers to develop detailed objectives for all new drilling projects\nDevelop drilling cost estimates ranging from simple scoping estimates to probabilistic cost estimates\nReview offset wells and identify risks and hazards, as well as best practices\nDevelop detailed well designs and perform casing stress calculations\nAid in the internal development of well plans for pad development with AC concerns\nEvaluate design analysis for thoroughness and accuracy - For permitting and execution purposes\nWrite comprehensive drilling programs and contingency procedures\nProvide technical support to field operations\nMonitor drilling operations according to safety and quality control standards, environmental regulations, corporate policy and contract terms\nVisit the drilling rig during critical operations\nLead pre-spuds and after-action reviews to identify best practices and lessons learned, and document these in a lessons learned database \nPrepare an End of Well report\nGather and organize information such as equipment specifications, government regulations, operating agreements, permit approvals, technical publications, guidelines and reports\nThis job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. Incumbents will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and duties outside of their normal responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor of Science in Engineering\n5 years of oil and gas engineering experience\nCurrently in drilling engineer role\nUnconventional developments experience \nMust have working knowledge of government regulations and permitting requirements\nAble to travel as needed\nStrong analytical and problem solving skills\nGood communication skills and willingness to work in a team environment\nAbility to work in a fast-paced and fluid environment; flexible with the demands of a growing company\nAbility to meet deadlines\nPhysical Requirements and Working Conditions: Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer, stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions, strength to lift and carry files weighing up to 10 pounds; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nPreferred Qualification\nBachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering\n5 years of experience as a drilling engineer\nDrilling experience in Bakken\nSpotfire reporting experience\nInfluencing, consulting and collaboration skills\nEEO Statement:\nChord Energy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4063,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Fossil Fuels","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T18:39:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":40,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.722,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":33,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:4","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:58:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/chord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/chord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T06:34:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11072,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2095915},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2095915"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fchord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fchord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fchord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/chord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fchord-energy-senior-drilling-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4274544}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"chordenergy.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4274544},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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