Petroleum engineering recruiting.
We place petroleum engineers with operators, service companies, and private-equity-backed E&P shops across drilling, completions, reservoir, and production work. Tell us which basins you have worked and what you have actually run, and we will give you an honest read on where that experience is worth the most right now. Confidential, and never any fee to you.
- No fee to you, ever
- Strictly confidential
- Recruiters who know energy
Usually a reply within one business day. No résumé needed to start, and nothing is shared without your okay.
Where petroleum engineers stand right now.
Petroleum engineering demand swings with commodity prices, but the engineers who can carry a well from spud through production stay in demand through the cycle. The Permian still sets the pace, with steady pull from the Gulf Coast, the Bakken, the Eagle Ford, and the Appalachian gas plays, and operators move fast when they find someone who knows their formations.
A completions engineer out of the Permian is not a clean swap for a reservoir engineer whose career sits offshore, and good operators know it. That is the case for a specialized recruiter: we match you on the basin, the discipline, and the operating reality of the work you have done, not a keyword on a job board.
Petroleum Engineer searches we run.
If your specialization is not listed, reach out anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can help.
- 01Drilling engineering
- 02Completions & frac
- 03Reservoir engineering
- 04Production engineering
- 05Facilities & surface
- 06Offshore & deepwater
- 07Workover & well intervention
- 08Senior & Engineering Manager
What hiring teams actually screen on.
- Basin and play
The formations and geographies you have actually worked. Operators staff to the basins they run.
- Discipline depth
Drilling, completions, reservoir, or production, and how much of the well lifecycle you have carried.
- Software and modeling
Petrel, Kingdom, ARIES, IHS Harmony, and the reservoir and economics tools the company runs on.
- Operator vs. service side
Whether your experience sits with an operator or a service company changes which roles are the right fit.
An honest read on what you are worth.
Petroleum engineering pay moves hard with the commodity cycle, basin, and whether you sit on the operator or service side, and the spread between a fair offer and a strong one is real. We will tell you candidly where your experience sits and what the better shops in your market are paying right now, before you ever sit for an interview.
- No fee to candidates
The hiring company pays our fee, never you. Working with us costs you nothing.
- Confidential by default
Nothing leaves a conversation without your okay, and your current employer never hears from us.
- A direct line
You work with the recruiter running your search, a specialist in your field, not a call center.
Frequently asked
01Do I pay anything to work with you?
02Which basins and disciplines do you recruit for?
03Is my search confidential?
04Which markets do you cover?
05Do you handle contract or rotational work?
Other roles we recruit
Start a confidential conversation.
Tell us about your experience. We will give you a straight read on the petroleum engineer market for your background, with no fee to you and nothing shared without your okay.
- No presentation. A real conversation about the search, the market, and whether we're the right firm.
- Confidential from the first call, including that you reached out.
- The same recruiter who takes your call runs the search.
- No placement, no fee.