What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Chemist/Chemical Engineer position at SLB?
Job Title: Chemical Engineer
Location: 5950 North Course Drive, Houston TX 77072. US. Hybrid Schedule (1 day per week remote)
Description:
We're in search of a Chemical Engineer to join our Well Construction Fluids Engineering Team at Houston M-I SWACO Technology Center (HMTC). The role involves actively contributing to innovative and cost-effective solutions, requiring the development or enhancement of techniques, procedures, or products. The Chemical Engineer is responsible for planning, conducting, and evaluating approaches to meet project objectives efficiently.
Responsibilities:
• Assist in identifying and organizing requirements and producing specifications.
• Analyze, design, develop and maintain products and assist in their commercialization. Apply relevant usability procedures and principles.
• Produce analyses and mathematical models and draw design conclusions based on those.
• Build prototypes, products and systems suitable for testing. Set up and run lab simulations. Design and implement tests, document results and develop customer presentations. Provide timely corrective actions on defects.
• Conduct or participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts. Contribute to design standards and support design re-use.
• Assign, direct and review work of technicians and provide guidance to engineers. With seniority, mentor junior engineers.
• Create and maintain product documentation. Provide support to field and customers through InTouch. Provide user training as required.
• Author technical reports, papers, articles, patents and presentations. Share expertise via Eureka and special interest groups. Expand informal network throughout the organization.
• Keep abreast of novel technical concepts and markets. Adopt new practices readily to develop innovative and low-cost products.
• Maintain familiarity with company technology, organization and business.
• Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as defined in the risk control matrix.
Requirements:
- BS or MS Degree in Engineering or Sciences (Petroleum or Chemical Engineering) with more than 5 years direct experience with drilling fluids
- PhD Degree in Engineering or Sciences (Petroleum or Chemical Engineering) with more than 3 years direct experience with drilling fluids
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in the US, without sponsorship