Senior Wellbore Reliability Engineer
Diamondback Energy · Texas
📍 Midland, TXvia workday
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: The Wellbore Reliability Engineer leads the documentation, auditing, and root cause analysis of water influx mechanisms in horizontal wells, assessing wellbore integrity risks that impact economic life and developing mitigation strategies to ensure long term reliability. This senior individual contributor role influences company wide wellbore reliability practices across Midland and Delaware Basin assets and is responsible for managing and implementing selected mitigation measures to ensure effective execution. The role works as part of a multidisciplinary team, partnering closely with Production Engineering, Workover, Production Operations, Drilling, and Completions.
Job Responsibilities:
Include but are not limited to
Develop and maintain structured root cause analysis datasets for water influx and wellbore integrity issues to inform mitigation strategies
Analyze water influx data to identify repeat failure modes, trends, and systemic risks impacting well economic life
Evaluate corrosion‑ and erosion‑driven failure mechanisms and apply reliability analysis methodologies to assess risk factors and expected well life
Develop and guide corporate mitigation strategies to prevent or manage water influx and wellbore integrity degradation
Lead implementation and project management of approved mitigation measures, including vendor engagement
Provide technical guidance on well construction, workover, and remedial design practices related to wellbore integrity
Support and monitor cathodic protection and other wellbore integrity systems
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related mathematics/statistics field
Minimum 7 years of engineering experience, including at least 2 years in oil and gas
Experience with deviated or horizontal wells, including drilling, completions, or wellbore remediation
Corrosion training or certification (NACE, AMPP, or similar) with proficiency in CBL/VDL interpretation and reliability analysis methods
Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (Spotfire, Power BI) and strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with SQL Server and Python
Diamondback is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diamondback provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, veteran or disability status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Diamondback participates in E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify .
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