How do they match: Petroleum Engineers

  • Operations Engineer
  • Operations Manager
  • Mining and Oil Field Equipment Design Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Field Equipment Test Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Well Equipment Research Engineer

  • Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems.
  • Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations.
  • Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil field equipment.
  • Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations.
  • Evaluate findings to develop, design, or test equipment or processes.
  • Maintain records of drilling and production operations.
  • Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted.
  • Take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them.
  • Test machinery and equipment to ensure that it is safe and conforms to performance specifications.

  • Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
  • Design industrial equipment.
  • Determine operational methods.
  • Direct equipment maintenance or repair activities.
  • Inspect equipment or systems.
  • Interpret design or operational test results.
  • Maintain operational records or records systems.
  • Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
  • Resolve operational performance problems.
  • Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.