Engineering Director Jobs in Denver, CO
Engineering Director jobs in Denver are concentrated in the RiNo tech corridor, downtown's 16th Street business district, and the Denver Tech Center, across aerospace, enterprise software, and energy sectors. Employers hiring right now include XCimer Energy, Quanta Services, and STACK Infrastructure. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Description
Summary
The Subsurface Engineering Director will lead technical strategy, integration, and optimization of subsurface operations. Collaborate with geoscience and reservoir engineering functions to fully comprehend subsurface models with a focus on pore space characterization and fluid flow pathways. The role integrates multidisciplinary teams to manage pore space data, reservoir models, and field development plans, ensuring both technical excellence and commercial value. Ensure that the physical properties of the reservoir are accurately modeled and optimized to maximize injectivity and economic returns.
This role serves as a key member of the company leadership team, providing direct input into strategy, capital allocation, asset development priorities, regulatory engagement, and long-term growth initiatives. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence decisions across executive, operational, engineering, commercial, and regulatory functions while helping shape the future direction of the organization.
Job Duties
- Develop and execute subsurface strategies to support corporate growth, capital efficiency, and company goals.
- Serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on subsurface potential risk, and performance.
- Mentor geologists, reservoir engineers, and other subsurface specialists.
- Coordinate with internal planning and response activities related to critical and emergent injection well issues.
- Interface with regulatory bodies regarding long, medium, and short-term injection well planning. Represent the company at regulatory conferences and meetings.
- Partner directly with executive leadership to evaluate growth opportunities, asset acquisitions, portfolio optimization strategies, and long-term business planning.
- Provide technical and strategic recommendations that influence corporate investment decisions, capital deployment, and risk management priorities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor across multiple levels of leadership, ensuring subsurface perspectives are represented in major business and operational decisions.
- Collaborate on cross-functional initiatives involving operations, engineering, finance, commercial, land, and regulatory teams.
- Integrate geoscience and engineering data to build robust reservoir models, including static geologic and simulation models.
- Characterize pore space properties to understand fluid flow pathways and reservoir heterogeneity.
- Oversee reservoir modeling and field development planning to align with company and regulatory goals for all assets.
- Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to optimize well placement, spacing, and design.
- Drive adoption of data analytics, machine learning, and new technologies to enhance subsurface characterization.
- Apply advanced analysis to diagnose performance issues and optimize injectivity.
- Champion a culture of innovation through evaluation and implementation of new technologies and digital solutions.
- Identify and sponsor pilot projects that improve reservoir understanding, operational efficiency, and business value.
- Influence technology investment decisions and the long-term technical roadmap.
- Present subsurface studies, findings, reservoir models, and recommendations to senior management and partners.
- Participate in data room reviews and technical study presentations.
- Collaborate across executive, engineering, and operations teams to identify opportunities, issues, and solutions.
- Facilitate regular collaboration between executive leadership, engineering, operations, commercial, and regulatory teams.
- Represent the company technical vision to industry stakeholders, partners, investors, and regulators.
- Provide mentorship to emerging technical and operational leaders.
- Actively contribute to company-wide strategic planning and leadership discussions beyond subsurface matters.
- Participate in executive reviews of business performance, growth initiatives, and emerging opportunities.
- Provide thought leadership and technical insights that help shape future development strategies.
Skills & Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree, Master's or Ph.D. in petroleum engineering, geology, geophysics, or related field.
- Valid state driver’s license required and 3 or more years of driving experience
- Must have and maintain a good driving record: Driving history with no serious traffic violations in the past 5 years; no more than one motor vehicle accident in the past 3; no more than two non-serious motor vehicle violations in the past 3 years; and no combination of 1 accident and 2 non-serious violations in the past 3 years.
- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of reservoir engineering, geoscience, pore space dynamics, rock-fluid interactions, and reservoir behavior.
- Strategic Vision: Ability to align subsurface strategy with business goals.
- Project & Team Leadership: Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects.
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency in reservoir simulation, data analytics, and uncertainty modeling.
- Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with reservoir industry regulations.
The actual compensation offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in NGL’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, skill set, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the role.
A discretionary bonus may be available based upon performance.
NGL offers the following benefits:
Paid time off; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; retirement plan with company match; flexible spending account; employee assistance program.
NGL reserves the right to modify the benefits it offers from time to time.
NGL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. NGL will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
NGL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. Please contact us at askHR@nglep.com to request an accommodation due to a disability.
NGL participates in the federal E-Verify program. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit: http://www.e-verify.gov.#IND1
Compensation Range
Annual Salary: $170,000.00 - $200,000.00Job Description
Summary
The Subsurface Engineering Director will lead technical strategy, integration, and optimization of subsurface operations. Collaborate with geoscience and reservoir engineering functions to fully comprehend subsurface models with a focus on pore space characterization and fluid flow pathways. The role integrates multidisciplinary teams to manage pore space data, reservoir models, and field development plans, ensuring both technical excellence and commercial value. Ensure that the physical properties of the reservoir are accurately modeled and optimized to maximize injectivity and economic returns.
This role serves as a key member of the company leadership team, providing direct input into strategy, capital allocation, asset development priorities, regulatory engagement, and long-term growth initiatives. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence decisions across executive, operational, engineering, commercial, and regulatory functions while helping shape the future direction of the organization.
Job Duties
- Develop and execute subsurface strategies to support corporate growth, capital efficiency, and company goals.
- Serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on subsurface potential risk, and performance.
- Mentor geologists, reservoir engineers, and other subsurface specialists.
- Coordinate with internal planning and response activities related to critical and emergent injection well issues.
- Interface with regulatory bodies regarding long, medium, and short-term injection well planning. Represent the company at regulatory conferences and meetings.
- Partner directly with executive leadership to evaluate growth opportunities, asset acquisitions, portfolio optimization strategies, and long-term business planning.
- Provide technical and strategic recommendations that influence corporate investment decisions, capital deployment, and risk management priorities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor across multiple levels of leadership, ensuring subsurface perspectives are represented in major business and operational decisions.
- Collaborate on cross-functional initiatives involving operations, engineering, finance, commercial, land, and regulatory teams.
- Integrate geoscience and engineering data to build robust reservoir models, including static geologic and simulation models.
- Characterize pore space properties to understand fluid flow pathways and reservoir heterogeneity.
- Oversee reservoir modeling and field development planning to align with company and regulatory goals for all assets.
- Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to optimize well placement, spacing, and design.
- Drive adoption of data analytics, machine learning, and new technologies to enhance subsurface characterization.
- Apply advanced analysis to diagnose performance issues and optimize injectivity.
- Champion a culture of innovation through evaluation and implementation of new technologies and digital solutions.
- Identify and sponsor pilot projects that improve reservoir understanding, operational efficiency, and business value.
- Influence technology investment decisions and the long-term technical roadmap.
- Present subsurface studies, findings, reservoir models, and recommendations to senior management and partners.
- Participate in data room reviews and technical study presentations.
- Collaborate across executive, engineering, and operations teams to identify opportunities, issues, and solutions.
- Facilitate regular collaboration between executive leadership, engineering, operations, commercial, and regulatory teams.
- Represent the company technical vision to industry stakeholders, partners, investors, and regulators.
- Provide mentorship to emerging technical and operational leaders.
- Actively contribute to company-wide strategic planning and leadership discussions beyond subsurface matters.
- Participate in executive reviews of business performance, growth initiatives, and emerging opportunities.
- Provide thought leadership and technical insights that help shape future development strategies.
Skills & Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree, Master's or Ph.D. in petroleum engineering, geology, geophysics, or related field.
- Valid state driver’s license required and 3 or more years of driving experience
- Must have and maintain a good driving record: Driving history with no serious traffic violations in the past 5 years; no more than one motor vehicle accident in the past 3; no more than two non-serious motor vehicle violations in the past 3 years; and no combination of 1 accident and 2 non-serious violations in the past 3 years.
- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of reservoir engineering, geoscience, pore space dynamics, rock-fluid interactions, and reservoir behavior.
- Strategic Vision: Ability to align subsurface strategy with business goals.
- Project & Team Leadership: Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects.
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency in reservoir simulation, data analytics, and uncertainty modeling.
- Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with reservoir industry regulations.
The actual compensation offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in NGL’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, skill set, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the role.
A discretionary bonus may be available based upon performance.
NGL offers the following benefits:
Paid time off; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; retirement plan with company match; flexible spending account; employee assistance program.
NGL reserves the right to modify the benefits it offers from time to time.
NGL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. NGL will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
NGL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. Please contact us at askHR@nglep.com to request an accommodation due to a disability.
NGL participates in the federal E-Verify program. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit: http://www.e-verify.gov.#IND1
Compensation Range
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Engineering Director Jobs in Denver: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a engineering director job in Denver?
Focus your search on Denver's strongest engineering employer clusters: aerospace and defense contractors near the DTC, software companies in RiNo and LoDo, and energy firms anchored downtown. Candidates who stand out here typically demonstrate experience leading distributed engineering teams and shipping at scale. Tailoring your resume to Denver's mix of mid-stage tech companies and large enterprise employers gives you a concrete edge in this market.
Which companies hire engineering directors in Denver?
Denver engineering director roles are posted by XCimer Energy, Quanta Services, and STACK Infrastructure and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Denver's hiring mix leans toward growth-stage tech companies, aerospace primes, and large regional enterprises with engineering organizations headquartered locally rather than managed from out of state.
Are there remote engineering director jobs in Denver?
Yes, though remote availability depends heavily on the role's scope, engineering directors overseeing distributed product teams tend to work remotely more often than those managing on-site hardware, manufacturing, or lab operations. About 59% of engineering director openings tied to Denver are remote or hybrid as of September 2026. Software and cloud infrastructure roles in Denver's tech corridor are the most likely to offer location flexibility.
How can I get a engineering director job in Denver with little or no experience?
The most realistic path into an engineering director role in Denver starts with a senior engineer or engineering manager position at one of the city's many mid-size tech or aerospace firms, where promotion timelines tend to be faster than at large enterprise employers. Denver's growing startup scene in RiNo and LoHi regularly promotes strong individual contributors into first-time leadership roles. Building visibility through local engineering meetups and contributing to open-source projects can accelerate that path considerably.
Which industries hire the most engineering directors in Denver?
The sectors hiring the most engineering directors in Denver are Technology & Software, Energy, and Construction & Real Estate, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Denver's position as a hub for aerospace contractors, a fast-growing tech sector, and a major energy industry presence makes these fields the consistent drivers of local engineering leadership demand.
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