Vital Energy stands as a paragon of innovation within the upstream oil and gas sector. As a nexus between state-of-the-art technology and energy resource management, we have transformed the paradigm of operational efficacy through our innovative approaches. Not just a name, but a movement within the industry, Vital Energy epitomizes cutting-edge innovation, setting standards, and leading the charge with solutions that chart the future.

Vital Energy is looking for a Lead Drilling Superintendent to join our innovative team. The Lead Drilling Superintendent will be responsible for overseeing drilling operations to ensure efficiency, safety, and compliance with regulations and company policies. You will lead a team of drilling personnel, coordinate with various departments, and manage resources to achieve project objectives within budget and time constraints.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operations

Ensure Field Superintendents and Drill-Site Managers are capable and held accountable to performing duties within the approved drilling procedure.
Confirm accurate reporting of drilling operations within WellView and other required reporting channels.
Approve, dispute, and negotiate cost concessions when appropriate with services providers.
Engage in pre-planning meetings with planning and operations engineering team. Provide feedback on executional considerations for upcoming drilling projects.
Engage in after-action reviews providing feedback and ensure lessons learned are documented and implemented by operations team.
Conduct performance evaluations of Field Superintendents. Assist with interviewing, hiring, and development of Field Superintendents and Drill-Site Managers. Assist Field Superintendents with performance evaluations of DSMs.
Manage Field Superintendent’s and drill-site manager’s schedule and participate in strategic training and continuous improvement plan for operations team.
Engage with the Optimization team to review relevant offset operator’s performance data and designs for opportunities to improve processes.
Understand and align Vital Energy’s drilling field operations with company objectives to accomplish specified well construction plans within time and cost budget.
Responsible for reporting and supporting the department’s efforts to protect the health and safety of Vital employees, contractors, and the public from harm resulting from drilling operations.
Interface with the Vital Energy Optimization and Engineering teams to ensure that new technologies and operational improvement opportunities are being implemented.
Reports to Vital Energy’s Drilling Manager.

Cost Tracking and Validation

Work with Engineering team to validate field cost tracking accuracy is within overall department tolerance metrics.
Ensure Field Superintends have validated that field estimate costs have been correctly entered in Wellview at the end of each well.

Well Handovers to the Completions Team

Validate the process for well handover documents to the Completions team are being completed in a timely and accurate fashion. Identify issues outside the expected well delivery and communicate with the Completions team as required.
Interface with the Completions team and the Civil Works Project Foreman to ensure that pad and lease road clean-up and outstanding issues are communicated and addressed in a timely manner.

OpenInvoice / Supply Chain Management

Validate and approve Field Superintendents Open Tickets and Open Invoices timesheets.
Validate outstanding invoices in OpenInvoice looking for errors or anomalies.
Support efforts to identify any anomalies with invoices.

Prepare and submit work order requests to Vital Energy’s Supply Chain Management team for review.
- Ensure that the scope of work within the workorder is clear and concise.
- Ensure that the commercial terms are concise within the body of the workorder and that the units (example-$/ft) that the vendor will be billing are clearly understood.
Interface with the Vital Energy Supply Chain team to ensure that workorders have not expired or that the scope of work has not changed.

Health Safety and Environment

Interface with the Vital Energy EHS department to ensure observation of all Vital Energy EHS policies, act in a safe manner and avoid unnecessary risks to Vital Energy employes and subcontractors.
Ensure that the Vital Energy EHS Emergency Response Plan and the Well Control Plan are available on each rig site and that each drilling site is prepped and capable of responding to EHS and Well Control emergencies.
Ensure that any unsafe conditions or activities, dangerous occurrences or injuries that occur on the drilling sites are reported through the Vital Energy EHS reporting system according to current policies.
Monitor ISN to ensure that Vital Energy contractors’ grades have not fallen red. Coordinate with Vital Energy’s Drilling Manager to submit ISN variances as the need arises.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum of 15 years’ oilfield experience.
IADC Well Control Certification.
Detailed knowledge of managing the well construction process for a multi-rig Permian Basin drilling program.
Computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).
Computer skills with working knowledge of Wellview, EDR systems (Pason, NOV, etc.), Open Invoice, and Welldrive.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of employees in Vital Energy.
Aptitude to learn and advance in specialized discipline.
Must meet and maintain eligibility requirements to drive a Vital Energy Company vehicle.
Must be dependable and able to work overtime when necessary.
Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills and have ability to work in a team environment.

COMPENSATION:

Salary is commensurate with experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is normally performed indoors or remotely with required field visits monthly. Field visit work is outdoors where exposure to conditions of extreme heat/cold, fumes and gases is common. Noise level is moderate too loud and includes sounds of construction, equipment operations, trucks and like equipment. Job hazards include working in normal light and heavy construction activities and working around pressured propane, water, electricity, and waste lines under all weather conditions. May work in areas where H2S is present. Must be available to be On-Call. Overtime is sometimes required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work normally requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate computer keyboard at moderate skill level. Work may require frequent pushing, pulling, or carrying 50 to 75 pound objects such as tools, equipment work operations. Work involves sitting at computer, standing, walking, and driving for extended periods sometimes over rough terrain.

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