Ernst Schnell

About Ernst Schnell

When I started my career, I wanted to achieve three things: 1) work in a field that adds value to a lot of people, 2) work in an international environment with a great variety of talented, collaborative teams and 3) see an offshore oil rig up close.Over two decades in the Drilling Services business have given me all that and Well Cementing and -Integrity Expertise & Service Quality Mastery.* Technical Expertise: Ensuring well integrity through cement job design-execution and -evaluation, specialized wellbore sealants, downhole tools and close collaborations with client drilling- and well engineers* Service Quality Assurance and Improvement: process design-documentation and assurance, safety and service quality auditing, value stream mapping, problem job investigations, root cause analyses incl TapRooT® analysis, KPI development and monitoringHigh-Stakes International Project Leadership* Critical Project Management: Managing international projects and services in ultra-high-cost environments, including drilling platforms valued up to $1.4 million USD per day* Global Collaboration: Extensive experience working in and leading diverse, international and remote teams, fostering effective technical collaboration with major accounts such as bp, Shell and TotalEnergies, both in-house and remotely.Commercial Strategy and Innovation* Technical & Commercial Bidding: Leading and contributing to successful technical and commercial bidding and tender processes.* Product Development & Improvement- Developing products from concept to prototype- Improving equipment and product designs using cross-functional Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE).Leadership and Communication* Team and Budget Management: Proven track record of managing both teams and a budgets effectively.* Executive and Staff Presentation: Expertise in presenting complex technical and commercial information to both clients and internal staff for sales, training, and consensus-building.Digitalization and Information Technology* Proven track record in contributing to Azure DevOps software development as product owner* Experience in contributing to IT systems design, IT/OT security analyses, setting systems requirements and selecting solutions and vendorsI\'m always eager to exchange ideas about the future of energy, technology, and multi-cultural leadership. If you\'re interested in connecting on a high-value project, discussing industry challenges, or exploring new opportunities in energy or technology, send me an email at e••••••••@web.de.

Experience

1. Project Engineer

   VoltaGrid

   Mar 2026 — Present · Cypress, TX, US

   Joining a start-up moving from mobile grid-parallel power supply solutions to data center power supply, ensuring that everybody from customers, to product engineering and executing contractors have what the need and the trains run on time.

Education

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

  Dipl.-Ing. (MSc-equivalent), Chemical Engineering

• Augustinerschule Friedberg

  Abitur, Secondary Education

  1985 — 1994

• Robert Gordon University

  Master of Laws (LLM), Oil & Gas Law

Skills

• Chemical Engineering
• Account Management
• Upstream
• Project Engineering
• Oilfield
• Energy Industry
• Oilfield Services
• Energy
• Oil & Gas Law
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fluids
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Project Management
• People Management
• Gamification
• Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (Qhse)
• Onshore
• Qhse
• Petroleum
• Completion
• Oil&Gas
• Engineering
• International Commercial Law
• Renewable Energy
• Directional Drilling
• Gas
• Offshore
• Management
• Dispute Settlement
• Oil/Gas
• Deepwater
• Pressure
• Modeling
• Drilling Engineering
• Contract Management
• Drilling
• Oil
• Cement
• Tenders
• International Project Management