WSP is currently initiating a search for a **Senior Cavern Engineer** for our **Houston, TX** office! The Underground Storage Team supports clients with engineering studies for site selection, feasibility, permitting, and design of cavern storage and brine production. The team also provides support to cavern operators and brine producers on existing facilities including subsidence surveys, cavern compliance, workover planning, sonar interpretation, etc. **Duties and Responsibilities** + Provide expertise in a broad range of petroleum engineering activities related to underground storage and other porous media applications. + Support cavern storage and brine production projects. Project sites are located across the U.S. Most work is office based with some travel. + Comfortable working with subsurface uncertainty. + Develop and review regulatory documentation developed for various underground facilities. + Directly perform engineering evaluations and analyses using models such as UBRO, SCTS and others. + Provide support to Drilling Engineers, Mechanical Integrity Testing Engineers, the Workover team, the Regulatory, Engineering and Geologic Services team and others within the Underground Storage Group at WSP. + Participate in feasibility studies, support drilling activities (remotely), support regulatory compliance issues, and other duties as assigned. + Act as primary contact with client and consultants on small and medium sized projects. Be part of a team on larger projects. + Complete high-quality deliverables on-time within project scope-of-work and budgeted hours. + Work with multidisciplinary team of geologists, engineers, CAD specialists, and others to deliver successful projects + Other duties as assigned. Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering, or closely related discipline. + 5+ years of experience working as petroleum, reservoir, or drilling engineer. + 5+ years of experience with regular and sustained client and subcontractor engagement. + Experienced with technical writing and developing technical documents. + Experienced with well design, well construction, downhole monitoring instrumentation, and drilling operations. + Engineer in Training Certification. + Willingness to travel to project sites, client and regulator offices, industry conferences, etc. Travel expected to be < 10%. + Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures. + Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies. + This role is subject to a client mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of the client mandated drug/alcohol testing policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request. **Preferred Qualifications** + Cavern design experience including use of UBRO and/or SCTS modeling + Knowledge of underground storage industry standards (e.g. API 1170, API 1171, etc.) + Familiarity with Python and other tools + Knowledge of hydraulic calculations + Project management experience and training with multidisciplinary teams and multiple external stakeholders. + Professional Engineering license with ability to apply by comity to other states as needed. + PMP certification \#LI-MC1 **About WSP** WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started? WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. **NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:** WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP 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.