How do they match: Petroleum Engineers

  • Research Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Field Equipment Design Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Well Equipment Research Engineer
  • Well Surveying Engineer

  • Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice.

  • Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations.
  • Design or modify mining and oil field machinery and tools, applying engineering principles.
  • Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations.
  • Confer with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems.
  • Coordinate activities of workers engaged in research, planning, and development.
  • Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys.
  • Evaluate findings to develop, design, or test equipment or processes.

  • Research advanced engineering designs or applications.
  • Design environmental control systems.
  • Design industrial equipment.
  • Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects.
  • Analyze physical, survey, or geographic data.
  • Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
  • Create models of engineering designs or methods.
  • Direct design or development activities.
  • Interpret design or operational test results.