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Providing Energy
for Human Progress
Chevron is one of the worlds leading
integrated energy companies. Were
actively involved in all aspects of the
energy industry spectrum: exploration
and production, manufacturing and sales,
marketing, natural gas, chemicals and
alternative energy solutions.
Our diverse and highly skilled workforce
consists of approximately 60,000 employ-
ees worldwide. Our people are scientists,
engineers, chemists, skilled-trade workers,
researchers, marketers, environmental-
ists, programmers and safety specialists.
Together we provide the energy that drives
human progress.
We hire talented individuals who have a
passion for innovation and a commitment
to responsible energy.
The Chevron Way
Its How We Do Business
We believe that what counts is not just
what you do, but how you do it. All that
we do is grounded in The Chevron Way
our statement of who we are, what
we do, what we believe, and what we
plan to accomplish. And at the heart of
The Chevron Way is our vision to be
THE global energy company most admired
for its people, partnership and performance.
Chevron puts people at the center of
everything we do from protecting the
safety and health of our people to caring
for the communities and environment
where we do business. Both inside and
outside Chevron, we emphasize the value
of human aspiration, inspiration and
achievement.
Diversity is one of our core values
diversity of thought, education, national
origin and gender. We value the full range
of human experience. Its not just good
business practice; its the right thing to do.
Our future success is powered by ideas,
and ideas come from all kinds of people.
People like you.
Shape the Future of Energy
A Chevron career is more than just a job.
Its an extraordinary opportunity to explore
an exciting and dynamic industry while
helping to shape the future of energy.
Chevron offers a truly collaborative work
experience. Youll team up with other
talented individuals from around the globe.
Youll have access to leading-edge technology
to create new energy solutions. Youll pursue
your professional goals, develop new skills
and explore endless career opportunities.
Join Chevron, and together well fnd more
innovative and effcient ways to power
the world.
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Year
Core Onboarding Modules and Training
Assignment 1 Assignment 3 Assignment 2
Official Mentor Relationship
Annual Development Planning and Competency Assessment
Networking and Informal Mentoring
Discipline-Specific Learning Programs and Training
At Chevron, youll have
opportunities for continuing
education and training to
help you develop and
expand your career.
Explore Chevron Careers
Petroleum Engineering
What Youll Do
As a petroleum engineer, you may start
out at any of Chevrons upstream opera-
tions, spending your frst fve to 10 years
in production engineering, reservoir
engineering or drilling engineering.
Opportunities to transfer to overseas
locations usually begin after fve years
of experience.
Production Engineers
Production engineers are involved in
the full life cycle of feld development
from conceptual design through the
production phase and eventually abandon-
ment. Production engineers specialize in
reservoir surveillance and production
system optimization, evolving develop-
ment concepts and contributing to well
completions. Your responsibilities may
include:
Daily management of oil and gas
production operations.
Assisting with maximizing proftability
by increasing revenue and lowering
operating expenses.
Production monitoring and evaluation.
Asset management planning.
Workover design and execution.
Production equipment design.
Cost estimating and budgeting.
Reservoir Engineers
Responsibilities vary but may include:
Evaluation of feld performance and
work plans to maximize the value of
a property.
Reservoir simulation.
Reserves and performance predic-
tions for well proposals and small
developments.
Waterfood and enhanced recovery.
Field/area redevelopments.
Performance predictions and
evaluations.
Pressure-transient analysis.
Design and coordination of
petrophysical studies.
Economic analysis of major
development programs.
Reserves estimation for producing
properties.
Heat management studies in
steam foods.
Research and development projects:
testing and deploying new tools,
developing new work processes and
assisting the research and develop-
ment teams.
Heavy Oil and Unconventional
Resources
Responsibilities vary but may include:
Research and development in improved
oil recovery.
Reservoir management studies.
Who We Hire
We hire individuals with a bachelors,
masters or doctorate degree in petroleum
engineering or in other engineering
disciplines but with previous oil industry
experience.
Chevron petroleum engineers
play a critical role in our
operations by managing oil
and gas-producing properties
and identifying opportunities
to improve their performance
and proftability.
Horizons Career Development Program
completions engineering; earth science;
facilities engineering; health, environment
and safety; information technology;
petroleum engineering; supply chain
management.
The Pathways program picks up where
Horizons leaves off, helping experienced
employees continue to broaden their skills
through training and networking.
Professional Growth and
Development
Our Performance Management Process
(PMP) helps you do your best in your role
and set goals for your development. PMPs
are established each year, and you will
receive regular feedback from your
supervisor to ensure youre on track to
meet your goals.
Opportunities to Connect
With Others
Chevron sponsors employee networks
to bring together employees with similar
backgrounds and interests for social,
educational and networking events.
Employee networks are inclusive and
are open to any employee who wants to
support the networks mission, vision
and objectives.
World-Class Training Programs
Chevron training and development
programs begin on your frst day and
continue throughout your career. As a
technical professional, youll start with
Horizons, which will help you expand your
technical experience and job skills through
challenging work assignments, mentoring
and formal classroom instruction.
Horizons is a competency-based employee
development program. The programs
main focus is the frst fve years of your
career, but the career development and
planning tools used in Horizons will be
valuable throughout your career. The
Horizons program is for all recent gradu-
ates and employees with less than fve
years work experience in the following
technical functions: business development
planning and commercial; drilling and
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Drilling and Completions Engineering
What Youll Do
Drilling Engineers
Your frst drilling engineering assignments
will be feld-based (working at a rig site
onshore or offshore) on a rotating
schedule for about two years. Youll then
supervise more complex operations at
remote sites. You may also have the
opportunity to support well design,
planning and rig operations.
Your responsibilities may include:
Directing day-to-day drilling and
completions operations to ensure the
safety of all personnel on location and
compliance with all applicable environ-
mental regulations.
Managing day-to-day activities of rig
contractor personnel and third-party
contractors.
Managing logistics for personnel and
equipment to and from the location.
Providing accurate daily drilling reports
and maintaining accurate cost control.
Completion Engineers
Chevron completion engineers design
and implement completion techniques
to help maximize oil and gas production.
Responsibilities vary depending on the
position but may include:
Modeling completion performance.
Performing stimulation techniques
(for example, acidizing, fracturing, water
shutoff) based on well and reservoir
diagnostics.
Designing and installing sand control
applications (for example, gravel
packing, frac packing, consolidation).
Optimizing completion and workover
designs and operations.
Designing horizontal and multilateral
wells.
Determining primary and remedial
cementing procedures along with the
design and installation of tubulars,
packers and subsurface control and
surveillance equipment.
Designing through tubing/concentric
workovers and intelligent completions.
Preparing cost estimates and assessing
risk in terms of probability and potential
remedies.
Who We Hire
We hire individuals with a bachelors,
masters or doctorate degree in petroleum,
mechanical or chemical engineering.
What Youll Do
Production/Project Management
Youll handle the development and man-
agement of construction projects, such
as the installation of oil, gas and water
production, separation and injection
facilities (upstream), or petrochemical
and refnery facilities (downstream). Youll
deal with tanks, vessels, compressors,
pumps, piping, power distribution, instru-
mentation and computer-based process
controls. Your work will include repairs,
additions and new installations. Youll also
be responsible for managing and oversee-
ing all aspects of construction projects,
including:
Project identifcation and scoping.
Estimation of labor and material costs.
Engineering and design of equipment
and facilities, considering safety, oper-
ability and environmental impact.
Preparation of specifcations for con-
struction and equipment purchases.
Contract administration for construction
activities.
Interfacing with plant/feld operations,
process/petroleum/drilling engineering,
maintenance and inspection.
Assisting with startup and turnover
of facilities.
Asset Management/Refnery
Unit Operations
Youll be assigned to an interdisciplinary
team within an oil feld, refnery or plant.
Youll work with your team to execute
operating plans and capital expense
budgets and to develop Chevrons assets
in a cost-effective manner.
Youll develop budgets and plans for your
assigned use, and youll assist operations
personnel in evaluating existing facilities
for opportunities to improve effciency
and reduce costs including:
Troubleshooting and optimizing facility
operating processes like separation and
catalytic conversion of crude oil into
salable products like gasoline, jet fuel
and diesel.
Developing, designing and operating
a wide range of technologies such as
distillation, gas treating, hydrotreating,
hydrocracking, catalytic cracking and
sulfur recover processes.
Project identifcation, scoping, cost
estimating, detailed engineering, con-
struction and startup for improvement
projects.
Inspection of pressure vessel and
process piping for reliability both during
operation and maintenance events.
Technical Support
You may become involved with larger
design and construction projects or
specialize in a variety of technical areas.
You may work as a structural design
engineer developing new offshore
platforms or modifying old ones, and
you may become involved in other areas,
such as corrosion, environmental engi-
neering or implementing solutions using
alternative energy sources.
Who We Hire
We hire individuals with a bachelors,
masters or doctorate degree in chemical,
mechanical, civil or electrical engineering.
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Facilities Engineering
Facilities engineers
play a vital role in the
management of Chevron
construction projects.
Chevrons drilling and
completions teams
work in some of the
worlds most challenging
technical and operating
environments.
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Earth Scientist
What Youll Do
Chevron earth scientists have the oppor-
tunity to work on all types of oil and gas
reservoirs in a wide range of sedimentary
basins located all around the world.
Unique challenges may include subsalt
imaging, shale gas development,
enhanced recovery and many more.
Youll provide technical geological and
geophysical support and risk assessment
for prospect generation, reserves recov-
ery and/or major capital projects. You may
be part of multidisciplinary teams that
include professionals from felds such
as drilling engineering, subsurface
production engineering and surface
facility engineering. Some typical frst
assignments include:
Development geologist. Apply your
detailed geologic knowledge to cur-
rently producing assets and develop
new ideas or projects for improving
total reserves recovery.
Exploration geologist. Apply your
understanding of the earths systems
and processes to areas with little data
and develop a potential exploration
test area.
Development geophysicist. Apply
your understanding of seismic data on
a detailed scale to propose new infll
drilling locations within an existing oil
and gas property.
Exploration geophysicist. Apply your
technical geophysics knowledge to a
regional data set and discover a new
area for exploration.
Petrophysicist. Apply your technical
skills in sedimentary mineralogy and
physics to analyze well data and
determine quantitative reservoir
properties and infuence critical oil
and gas well completion decisions.
During your frst fve to six years with
Chevron, your technical skills will grow
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Health, Environment and Safety
Chevrons Health, Environ-
ment and Safety (HES) team
protects the safety and
health of our people as well
as the environment in our
operations and the
communities where we
work. Our Operational
Excellence Management
System (OEMS) helps us
monitor safety, health,
environmental, reliability
and effciency measures
within our operations.
What Youll Do
When you join Chevrons Health, Environ-
ment and Safety (HES) team, youll receive
general business training, technical
training and mentoring through our
Horizons early career development
program. Youll typically spend your frst
fve years in a variety of positions, expand-
ing your expertise and knowledge of the
health, environment and safety issues
related to our business.
Occupational Safety and
Health Professional
Responsibilities vary depending on the
position, but may include:
Advise on safety and industrial hygiene
regulatory requirements and best
practices.
Develop safety procedures and guide-
lines.
Conduct safety inspections and audits.
Conduct exposure assessments and
monitoring.
Evaluate and address economic risks.
Advise on strategies to improve safety
and health performance.
Design and deliver safety and industrial
hygiene courses.
Work to ensure compliance with policies
and regulations.
Environmental Professional
Your responsibilities will vary depending
on your position, but may include:
Advise on environmental regulatory
requirements and best practices.
Work with regulatory agencies to
obtain permits.
Develop environmental procedures
and guidelines.
Conduct emissions modeling for air,
waste or water.
Perform studies to estimate and reduce
emissions.
Implement waste management
programs.
Assess and manage environmental,
social and health impacts.
Assess control technology.
Remediate contaminated sites.
Work to ensure compliance.
Who We Hire
Occupational safety and health profes-
sionals hold a bachelors or masters
degree in safety sciences, industrial
health and safety, occupational safety
and health, or industrial hygiene, or a
civil, chemical or mechanical engineering
degree with an emphasis in safety
or industrial hygiene.
Environmental professionals hold
a bachelors, masters degree, or a
doctorate in environmental engineering
or hydrogeology, environmental
resource sciences, or a civil, chemical
or mechanical engineering degree
with an environmental emphasis.
within your area of expertise but will
also broaden into other earth science
disciplines. Skills you may develop include:
Reservoir characterization and
modeling.
Subsurface mapping and prospect
generation.
Drilling operations and well-site geology.
Reservoir properties from seismic.
Exploration risk process.
Integrated projects combining seismic,
well log and core/rock data.
Economic and business evaluation.
Who We Hire
We hire individuals with a masters or
doctorate degree in geology, geophysics,
geological engineering or related felds.
Earth science is the
foundation of our industry;
it is essential to unlocking
the earths vital stores of
energy. Chevron earth
scientists collaborate with
talented colleagues around
the world to develop new
ideas and technical con-
cepts that drive Chevrons
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Chevron Energy Technology Company (ETC)
At Chevrons Energy Technology Company (ETC), our mission is to deliver leading-edge technology
solutions and a full spectrum of services to all of Chevrons global enterprises as well as to research
and develop new ideas and tools needed for the future.
ETC is committed to developing differentiating technologies that provide Chevron with a competitive
advantage. Through innovation and the expertise of more than 2,400 researchers, scientists, engi-
neers, technical experts and support personnel, we solve the technical challenges of fnding and
producing new energy reserves safely and economically while protecting the environment and
supporting those communities in which we operate.
Creating Value
Through Partnership
ETC works in partnership with Chevrons
worldwide operations throughout the
energy value chain, from deepwater felds
offshore Africa to refneries and chemical
plants in Asia to gas pipelines spanning
North America. In fact, we are the frst
integrated technology company in the oil
and gas industry to provide full research
and development capabilities to upstream,
downstream, global gas and emerging
energy businesses.
ETC sets research and development
priorities by working with business teams
to align near-term business goals and
long-term strategic growth objectives. We
balance the solutions required today with
long-term research in new technologies
that may be needed well into the future.
Pioneering Technology
Advancements
ETCs research and development programs
are directed at developing oil and gas
resources as well as advancing unconven-
tional resources to energy products for
the marketplace. Among the exciting new
technology investments now under way at
ETC are:
A technological breakthrough to convert
heavy oil into valuable products.
Geostatistical modeling applications.
A simple, rugged and reliable technology
to obtain wireless high-bandwidth data
from deep, hot and challenging wells.
Industry-leading seismic imaging and
next-generation interpretation.
Enhanced oil recovery and heavy oil
recovery thermal technologies.
Development of new, innovative drilling
and completions systems.
Oil shale commercialization studies.
Advancements in deepwater production
systems and facilities designs.
Project Intersect the development of
a next-generation reservoir simulator.
Advanced Technical
Services
In addition to technology research, the
ETC team provides high-level technical
consulting services whenever and wher-
ever needed across Chevrons global
enterprise. Sometimes this means working
directly with one of Chevrons major
capital project teams or providing techni-
cal advice on a business development
opportunity. Specifcally, ETC offers:
Seismic acquisition, processing and
interpretation services to fnd and
develop resources.
Reservoir modeling, simulation and
engineering support to maximize
production.
Drilling, completions and well operations
design and support.
Engineering and design of safe, reliable
and economic facilities and production
systems.
Process engineering and catalysts devel-
opment for refning, chemicals and gas
conversion facilities.
Advanced technical computing infra-
structure and application support.
Ecological, occupational, health and
safety assessments and solutions.
Laboratory and measurement technolo-
gies upstream and downstream.
Value-Creating Technologies
and Support
ETCs functional-based organization
delivers value-creating technologies
and competency support across a wide
spectrum of activities:
Earth sciences
Reservoir and production engineering
Drilling and completions
Facilities engineering
Health, environment and safety
Process, analytical and catalysis
Technical computing
Strategic planning and organizational
capability
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Competitive Pay
Youll receive a base salary thats
competitive with other major companies.
In addition, we offer annual incentive
awards when the company meets key
fnancial, operating and safety goals.
Discover the Right Career for You
Put your education to work and consider Chevrons career opportunities.
Competitive Pay and Benefts Programs
Chevrons pay and benefts programs are designed to meet
the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
Comprehensive Benefts
Youll have a variety of benefts and
programs to choose from.
Health and welfare benefts to protect
your health and fnancial well-being.
Benefts include medical, dental and
disability coverage and life and
accident insurance.
Retirement savings programs to help
you save for your future. The Chevron
Retirement Plan pays you a beneft
when you retire (or when your employ-
ment ends if you have at least fve years
of service). Chevrons 401(K) Savings
Plan lets you save money for retirement
and provides a matching contribution
from Chevron.
Benefts to enhance the quality of your
life at work and at home. This includes
access to confdential counseling
services, onsite health and ftness
centers, adoption assistance and more.
Paid time off from work. Youll be
eligible for two to six weeks of paid
vacation each year, depending on your
length of service. In addition, youll have
10 paid holidays and may be eligible for
paid or unpaid leaves of absence.
Flexible work schedules, including
compressed workweeks and rotational
schedules.
Degree Job Type
Petroleum
Engineer
Facilities
Engineer
Earth
Scientist
Drilling and
Completions
Engineer
Health,
Environment and
Safety (HES)
Mechanical
Engineering
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Electrical
Engineering
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Chemical
Engineering
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Chemistry
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Civil
Engineering
Bachelors or
masters
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Geology Masters or Ph.D.
Geophysics Masters or Ph.D.
Industrial
Hygiene
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Petroleum
Engineering
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Safety and
Health

Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
Environmental
Engineering
Bachelors, masters
or Ph.D.
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Recruiting Events for
Current Students and
Recent Graduates
Meet us in person on your college
campus or at a special recruiting event.
Youll have the opportunity to talk to
employees and recruiters and ask
questions about what its like to work
at Chevron. Before meeting with us on
campus, please contact your campus
career center for specifc details and
any necessary requirements.
Full-Time Employment
Opportunities for
Experienced Professionals
In addition to the careers explained in this
guide, be sure to check out other opportu-
nities at Chevron, such as:
Accounting
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Sales and Marketing
Global Supply and Trading
Log on to our Careers Web site at
www.chevron.com to learn about current
Chevron opportunities in the United
States and around the world and to
submit an application.
Internships
Our internship opportunities enable you
to use what youve learned, expand your
knowledge and beneft from invaluable
on-the-job experience. Theyre a great
way to get to know Chevron as a poten-
tial employer and to explore the career
choices that lie ahead of you.
Graduate Development
Programs
Chevron offers six graduate development
programs for a select group of talented
and motivated individuals who want to
accelerate their careers and become
future company leaders. Youll be exposed
to all parts of the business, work on
meaningful projects that have a real
impact, and interact with the highest levels
of management at the company.
For more information, visit us online at
www.chevron.com/careers.
Develop your own potential while taking inspiration from other talented professionals.
Join our team and help shape the future of energy.
Come explore Chevron.
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