petroleum engineer

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Chesapeake Energy

I served two main purposes during my tenure with Chesapeake: one as a Lease Buyer and the other as a Title Researcher. As a Lease Buyer I was consistently the first or second highest performer in my team on a weekly basis. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, I had the greatest number of acres leased and the second greatest number of leases over all.
A typical day as a Lease Buyer would consist of a performance and training meeting at 7:30 AM followed by visits to the homes and businesses of prospective lessors. I would conduct meetings for individuals or groups helping to educate them on the benefits of leasing with Chesapeake, address any concerns and effectively negotiate the price and terms of leasing with the company (example $1500 per acre on 10 year lease with a water rights). I succeeded in leasing almost every prospective customer I met with. The exceptions were individuals who requested more money than I was allowed to provide or people with unwavering environmental concerns. I used Chesapeake’s proprietary software to generate legal documents for the lessor to sign and completed transactions in the presence of a notary. Here I learned the value of hard work and negotiation skills.
A typical day as a Title Researcher consisted of arriving at the county courthouse and conducting examination on the lands that were being leased. I would take a 640 acre section of land and find the original document of transfer, usually a Patent and run-title all the way to present day in order ensure that the present day surface owner was a full owner of the mineral rights as well. This was very challenging as most ownership reports consisted of dozens of documents over the span of one-hundred years or more. In the evenings I would input the information gained during the day to create maps of each 640 acre section of land researched and also create a timeline using proprietary software provided by Chesapeake. Here I gained a working knowledge of legal documents and how they relate to mineral ownership.
The work I conducted was unsupervised, however the managers that I worked with were terrific. They were always available to address any questions or concerns I may have.
The hardest part of the job for me was constantly living out of a hotel. The most rewarding part was being able to write six-figure checks to landowners who desperately needed the money.

Alongside the D&C Company Man, conduct safety audits to identify and communicate contractor strengths and weaknesses while checking against regulations, industry standards, and best practices. Instrumental in facilitating employee/contractor safety training in the areas of Hot Work, LOTO, CSE, PPE, fall protection, and other safe work practices. Promote safety/environmental policies by conducting periodic site visits and audits on production, work over/completion, drilling, and construction operations. Review all Incident Investigation reports and participate on investigation teams as required. Administer and document Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) assessment and implementation, ensuring completion in a timely manner. Inspect, modify, and document field safety compliance of operations and engineering projects. Prepare for and lead field safety inspections conducted by company parent and governmental agency inspectors. Schedule and conduct routine facility safety inspections, preparing organized and constructive reports citing opportunities for improvement. Implement Industrial Hygiene sampling schedule and ensure that monitoring is completed in a timely manner. Supervise Frack Crews during Rig Up and Rig down process to assure all logistics safety and assure all hazards are fully mitigated.  Facilitate crew change as well as shift change Safety meetings and discuss all hazards and challenges that crews might face during their shift.  Constantly monitor the integrity of all chemical lines and iron utilized throughout entire job site. Assure all equipment requiring grounding is done in the proper way, including Wire line Units and Crane equipment.

We,re usually up at 5am take a look at our equip. get it lit off an running, on location we pretty well know our duties, safety is of the up most importance, what we do is very dangerous, we move oil an gas drilling rigs, there,s not much room for error, i operate a 950H CAT loader with a set of 9' forks, this tractor weighs in at approx. 53k pounds and will lift half its weight, its quite a balancing act. This is the only tractor in a 3 piece rig moving team, the other two are trucks. On a normal day there are usually 6 pieces of equip. on location moving around at random, you constantly have to be aware of your surroundings, not to mention 25-30 workers, there,s no stop an go lights  you have to know what you,re doing, running over something or someone is not an option. My coworkers an management team are good people they,ve  been trained and have experience, we all work pretty well together,  probably the hardest part of this job is staying focused, an dealing with the stress, it can be stressful at times, you,ve got be conscience of the consequences you have people on the ground around you at all times, the wrong move an something  could be damaged or worse someone could be hurt or killed, its a demanding job you stay on top of it or do something else, its not for everyone. I supposed the most enjoyable part of this is the people,its a team effort, it takes all of us to do what we do I usually feel a great amount of achievement and satisfaction at the end of the day but as well as i enjoy what i,m doing my background is electrical, mechanical, instruments, management and i,m looking something more on the production side of the industry.         Thank You Bob Wright

Responsible for all hiring of field operations from Roustabout-Field Engineer for the Mid-Continent region, Haynesville for Production Operations and Midstream  Focused on relationship building and partnerships with Field Management Personnel including SVP level  Sourced and screened all candidates prior to Hiring Manager review in a fast paced environment  Facilitated interview and HR training for Field Leadership  Conducted face to face interviews for all potential Foreman-Superintendent hires onsite  Responsible for recruiting initiatives for 11 COI Production Field Offices and 3 Midstream offices  Sold the Chesapeake brand to candidates, including all benefits of working for a Fortune 100 organization  Collaborate with leadership to develop hiring initiatives and strategies for the most active Field Offices  Knowledgeable of all positions in Production Operations and Midstream  Attend monthly meetings with the SVP of Production to discuss the “State of the Field”  Meet with respective client group's hiring managers/VP to discuss Workforce Planning  Utilized networking skills to develop recruiting sources by attending job fairs, establishing contacts in the local market, maintaining active membership in various professional organizations  Maintained and managed requisitions of 80-150 positions  Assisted with all Military recruiting hiring workshops on base nationwide  Implemented several new hiring processes for Field Engineering Operations  Screened, hired, trained and supervised contract recruiters

Don't Believe Fortune 500's Best Places To Work! It Must Be Rigged! As said other reviews Management and HR are weak to say the least! My Coordinator made Racial Slurs about Martin Luther King and about the only black person in our department, on MLK Day! So bad I wouldn't dare type them here! I took it to my Manager and he said he would talk to him. Shortly after my Coordinator was promoted to Supervisor! I asked my manger about this he said "I talked to him and told him we need to be good supervisors" I filed an Ethics Complaint which was suppose to remain anonymous, it went to HR and immediately all the management in my department began to treat me different, shunning me, talking behind my back, and refusing to even make eye contact with me. HR conducted an investigation, they called several of us in, said not to talk about it to anyone. Immediately I had co-workers coming to me asking me what I had done. After admitting I was the one who filed the complaint, most of them said they backed me up on all the complaints I filed. Yet to this day nothing has changed. I could go on and on with stories, reasons why I am here at Indeed.com. Run Do Not even consider working for these people!

Chesapeake treats it's contractors like dirt.

Chesapeake make all sorts of lists about being a great place to work because they treat their full-time people well, but contractors are tissue paper to them. They blow their nose on you and throw you out when it's convenient.

As a contractor, you won't get an office, you won't get invited to the company parties, you won't get a company calendar, you won't get access to the gym, you won't get any of the perks you see your colleagues getting.

More importantly, you'll be doing the full-time people's work. Everyone knows that the full-time people do nothing, and the contractors pick up the slack. Then, when times are bad, no contracts are renewed and you're out the door, while your full-time employee boss spends his time at the company gym, knowing his job is protected forever.

This is a company that is slowly destroying itself by abusing a category of the workforce that then goes full-time at their competitors. It's becoming axiomatic that no truly qualified person will go to Chesapeake who has spent time there as a contractor. Eventually, Chesapeake will run out of people to abuse.

Life is tough at Chesapeake as a contractor. Don't believe the hype about how great a place it is to work. Not for you. As a contractor, it's one of the worst places I've ever worked.

When I began employment with Chesapeake Energy, they were the leader in the nation in natural gas exploration & production company. They were a Forbes top 100 Company to work for. Each day was challenging, yet rewarding. The benefits & pay lead the industry. A high level of performance was expected, but the rewards were great. I was new to the industry, but quickly learned & excelled. I was rewarded through opportunities & career. 
Management was very supportive & aligned with the needs of the employees & the ultimate goals were shared between the two. 
Workplace culture was highly emphasized & maintaining a diverse & positive culture. 
The hardest part of the job was balancing work & home life. I worked away from home, so my home time was limited. I had to make the best of my home time with my family. 
The most enjoyable part the job were the pay, benefits, & the feeling at the end of each day, knowing you would be rewarded for your efforts. 

I would still be employed with Chesapeake if it weren't for transition agreements, commodity prices, & divestitures resulted in major adjustments over a period of the last 7 years, resulted in a huge reduction of the company's workforce.

Chesapeake is an amazing company to work for. Management stays involved in employee's lives and they genuinely care about their employee's happiness and success. I have been with the company since 2008, and I truly learn something new every day! My co-workers are like my family. I look forward to going to work every day. The hardest part of the job I currently have is breaking down the silos across multiple groups. It's a culture change the entire company is going through. The most enjoyable part of the job is the pride I feel in my team and my supervisor. We all work very hard together to add the most value to our company that we can, and none of us settle for mediocre work. It's a very stimulating environment and I love the passion that surrounds me within my team as it is highly contagious! We have a very innovative team and together we have brought millions back to our company in the first half of 2014, and are working on millions more!

We had the best fitness center, bonuses based not only on work performance, but personal performance.  Incentives for staying healthy.  Monday-Friday work week, and always options for overtime.  If we wanted an ingredient for something special we would get it if it was reasonable.  There were 5 restaurant concepts, and the best daycare I've ever seen.  We also got stock 2 times a year, annual bonus, followed by a Christmas Bonus.  People who worked there were happy.  We were encouraged to reach out to the community, and actually were paid 4 hours per yr to do so.  Most of us spent more time on our own.  I was allowed the freedom to create my own menu daily, salads, sandwiches and desserts.  I did not get managed.  We had wine tastings every month with the vinyard owners from Napa.  Those were great, but they were long days.  I came in at 4:30 a.m. and would get home around 11:30 p.m. on a Thursday, but it was only once a month.

Each employee has a definite set of responsibilities and goals for the month and is able to structure their daily tasks according to due date and priority level. Management is very trusting of employees to perform their work at the highest level without the need for micromanaging, which allows us to work independently and relieve unnecessary pressure.  My current team has a great atmosphere for training, asking questions, collaborating to complete projects and automating processes in order to meet department goals.  The most enjoyable part of my job is the people I work with; we get along really well, and have good relationships outside of the office which helps us remain positive and excited about work every day. The Management team does a very good job of trying to identify any areas of improvement and act on them quickly.

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