Job Description:

• 1) Directs activities of workers in engineering department of petroleum production or pipeline company and advises management on engineering problems: Apportions work among engineering staff according to specialized training.

• 2) Reviews engineering designs for neatness and accuracy.

• 3) Directs engineering personnel in formulating plans, designs, cost estimates, and specifications for oil field or pipeline construction, maintenance, and modernization programs.

• 4) Supervises engineering office workers computing operating budgets, compiling reports, and conducting special investigations and studies to evaluate efficiency of engineering programs.

• 5) May apply knowledge of petroleum engineering to coordinate work of engineers engaged in solving problems concerned with environment.

• 6) May be designated according to engineering department supervised as Chief Engineer, Drilling And Recovery; Chief Engineer, Pipeline; Chief Engineer, Production; Chief, Reservoir Engineering.