Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End)

Job Description Job Title Execution Planning Advisor II (Front-End) Compensation $127.03/hr Location Spring, TX 77389 Schedule Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Approximately 10% travel to Midland Basin field locations Target Start Date ASAP Tentative End Date One year from start date Scope The Project Development Engineer serves as the front-end integrator for greenfield and brownfield upstream unconventional well locations, facilities, and infrastructure. This position translates business objectives, operational requirements, and technical inputs into clear, aligned, execution-ready project scopes. The role builds trusted partnerships across stakeholder groups and helps shape projects that support safe, efficient, and value-focused execution. Key Responsibilities Front-End Project Development and Scope DefinitionLead early planning and scope development for well pads, tank batteries, well pad facilities, flowlines, and associated infrastructure from project inception through design-basis readiness.Translate business objectives, operational needs, and technical inputs into clear and execution-ready scopes.Support business-unit development planning milestones, including Decision Quality Assurance Reviews/Roadmaps and Drill Unit Reviews.Ensure projects transition smoothly from front-end development into execution.Stakeholder IntegrationServe as the front-end integrator across the Business Unit, Global Operations, Wells/Drilling and Completions, Project Execution, Central Engineering, Surface Land, Regulatory, Project Controls, and Supply Chain teams.Establish alignment early to reduce rework, clarify handoffs, and improve decision quality.Frame options and tradeoffs when scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholder expectations compete.Value Creation and Decision QualityDevelop and evaluate infrastructure options supporting capital-efficient, value-focused development scenarios.Provide project recommendations that help inform subsurface and development decisions.Partner with business, reservoir, operations, engineering, and project controls personnel to support informed scoping and investment decisions.Technical Basis, Planning, and Execution ReadinessDevelop and steward pre-Gate 3 technical bases, project layouts, site requirements, permitting strategies, planning assumptions, and alignment with standard designs.Coordinate early input regarding regulatory requirements, surface land, permitting, constructability, equipment demand, inventory forecasting, and execution planning.Provide the coordination and stewardship needed for an effective project handoff into execution.Continuous Improvement and Team EffectivenessContribute to a collaborative team culture centered on clarity, ownership, constructive challenge, and trusted partnerships.Identify process gaps, interface issues, and sources of rework within the front-end development process.Support the development of tools, workflows, and standards that improve scope quality, consistency, and execution readiness.Key Relationships and InterfacesSubsurface/Development Planning: Development concepts, priorities, well sequencing, resource plans, and economicsGlobal Operations: Facility requirements, operational constraints, operability, and maintenance considerationsSurface Land/Regulatory: Site planning, access, constraints, permitting strategy, and regulatory readinessIntegrated Operations Planning and Scheduling: Drilling and completions timing and planning-milestone complianceWells—Drilling and Completions: Well-planning interfaces, development timing, pad and facility coordination, and execution sequencingProject Execution: Handoff readiness, constructability, execution planning, schedule assumptions, and scope clarityCentral Engineering: Standard-design verification, technical-basis support, and engineering guidanceProject Controls: Cost, schedule, and capital-efficiency supportProcurement/Supply Chain: Equipment demand, inventory requirements, and supply planningWhat Success Looks LikeBecomes a trusted front-end integrator across the organization.Develops clear and aligned scopes that reduce downstream rework and improve execution readiness.Establishes stakeholder alignment before projects enter execution.Improves development decisions through option evaluation, capital efficiency, and value-based tradeoffs.Brings clarity to ambiguous problems and moves projects from uncertainty to executable plans.Job PrerequisitesBachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is required.Previous experience with project development, execution, and planning activities is required.Upstream unconventional project experience is preferred.Strong communication, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional coordination skills.Ability to evaluate project options and communicate scope, cost, schedule, and risk tradeoffs.Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.Interview Process 30-minute Zoom meet-and-greet.  Powered by JazzHRK1TOkM7Ws8