This is a hands-on, rewarding role that you’ll advise on projects and engineering issues for the oil and gas industry. The Senior Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression. This is a bonus eligible position.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs fundamental engineering tasks within the established Product Development Process. These tasks include, but are not limited to: strength of material problems, stress analysis, simple torque, tension, and compression problems; simple statics and dynamics problems; material selection, cost estimation and tolerance studies.
- Modify existing products to meet internal or external customer requirements.
- Creates engineering layouts for fit, form and function checking.
- Prepares calculations and design packages as required to complete design reviews.
- Prepares, checks and or directs the preparation of detailed drawings and layouts.
- Coordinates the manufacture of prototypes.
- Conducts experimental test programs.
- Analyses test data to determine if the product meets predetermined technical specifications.
- Prepares documentation as required for Engineering files.
- Develops experimental test programs.
- Develop new products and services.
- Participates in and understands the analysis of failures.
- Prevents or eliminates defects in new or existing products.
- Demonstrates an understanding of fundamental design tools such as threaded connections, seals, plated surfaces, heat treating, etc.
- Understands the key limitations and advantages to manufacturing the product in different manners.
- Conducts the analysis of failures and makes recommendations.
- Performs advanced engineering tasks such as fluid dynamics, vibrations and burst and collapse analysis.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the theoretical calculations as they apply to the design of the product.
- May utilize computer driven engineering software to complete complex analysis.
- Coordinates all activities associated with technical developments, scheduling, budgeting, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
- Assists others with all engineering activities to include working within the Product Development Process.
- Anticipates possible failure modes on products and recommends solutions based on experience.
- Proactively develops and communicates design guidelines for the department.
- Performs comprehensive analysis of critical components to eliminate possible failure modes.
- Routinely demonstrates the ability to converge on a solution in a commercially viable amount of time in the absence of extensive guidance.
Essential:
- Eight years + mechanical engineering/project management experience required
- Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology or Mechanical Engineering required
- Project Management Experience required - new product development/platform enhancement experience needed
Preferred:
- Creo / Pro-E, FEA/CFD
- At least eight years of oil field experience
- Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE).
- Member of professional society such as the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Equivalent).
