Engineering & Regulatory Technician

Job Description

Job Description

The Opportunity 

jade owls operating LLC is a rapidly growing, integrated oil and gas company built on integrity, grit, and cash flow. Since 2022, we've grown more than 70x and currently operate 14,000 BOE/d across Northeast Wyoming and Oklahoma.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, and compliance, ensuring that wells are permitted, drilled, completed, produced, and plugged in full compliance with state, tribal, and federal requirements, while providing the asset team with accurate well data, regulatory requirements and associated deadlines, and technical support.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, comfortable managing deadlines across multiple agencies, and able to communicate effectively with regulators, field personnel, and engineers.

Responsibilities — What You'll Do

Regulatory Permitting and Compliance

• Prepare, file, and track drilling permits, completion reports, recompletions, workovers, transfers of operator, and plugging and abandonment filings with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
• Prepare and submit federal filings for wells on federal and tribal minerals, including Applications for Permit to Drill (APDs), sundry notices, and well completion reports through the Bureau of Land Management's electronic systems.
• Support spacing, pooling, increased density, and location exception applications in Oklahoma, and spacing/unit and exception location matters in Wyoming, in coordination with land and legal staff.
• Maintain a regulatory calendar tracking permit expiration, reporting deadlines, testing requirements, bonding obligations, and agency correspondence.
• Respond to agency inquiries, notices of violation, and audits in a timely and professional manner.

Engineering Support

• Maintain accurate well files, wellbore diagrams, directional surveys, and completion records in the company's database and document management system.
• Gather and organize data for engineering evaluations, including production decline analysis, AFE preparation, reserves updates, and workover candidate reviews.
• Assist asset team with well test data, pressure data, and mechanical integrity test (MIT) records.
• Support drilling, completion, and plugging operations by coordinating regulatory notices (e.g., spud, casing, cementing, and plugging notifications) with field personnel.
• Generate maps, reports, and summaries for asset teams.

Communication and Coordination

• Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory agencies.
• Communicate regulatory requirements and deadlines to field staff and management.
• Stay current on rule changes and agency guidance in Oklahoma, Wyoming, and at the federal level, and help update internal procedures accordingly.

Qualifications — What We're Looking For

Required

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in petroleum technology, engineering technology, geology, environmental science, or a related field, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in upstream oil and gas regulatory, engineering technician, or production support roles.
• Working knowledge of state oil and gas regulatory processes; direct experience with OCC and/or WOGCC filings strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook; ability to learn industry software quickly.

Preferred

• Experience with BLM federal permitting and reporting.
• Experience with well data and engineering software.
• Understanding of drilling, completion, and production operations terminology and practices.
• Experience with GIS or mapping tools.

Work Environment

• Remote work-from-home position
• Occasional travel to field locations and agency offices required
• Fields visits include
  
  • Working in ambient temperatures of -40&degree;F to 100&degree;F 
  • Work in all weather conditions including rain, snow, mud, etc.
  • Exposure to hazardous facilities including moving equipment and H2S environments. 

Compensation & Benefits

• 100% employer paid medical, vision, and dental premiums for applicable plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with generous match
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Potential RSU awards, subject to plan terms, performance, and company discretion
• Career growth with potential for future advancement

Additional Terms

jade owls is an equal opportunity employer. We value and encourage diversity in our workforce and provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals protected by applicable laws.

This job posting is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this posting is not an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

Offers of employment take into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, external market, and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the compensation level for potential new employees.

Notice to third party agencies: jade owls does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of jade owls and jade owls will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation — no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.