Campus Recruitment

Scott Sheffield
Chief Executive Officer
“We carefully select our Pioneer interns and place them on challenging, problem-solving projects that maximize learning and collaboration, allowing students to apply their studies to real-world settings. Those who are selected for our program benefit by walking away with a solid foundation of technical knowledge and experiential training that is second to none.”

Dustin Engel
Petroleum Engineering
University of Oklahoma • 2019
“Interning for Pioneer was, without a doubt, one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional career for many reasons. I was given a challenging and impactful project, the deliverables of which are still used to this day. This would not have been possible without the help of my mentor, as well as the dozens of people who took the ‘open door policy’ to heart and made time for me whenever I needed. Aside from the project aspect of the internship, the summer was incredibly well-orchestrated between lunch and learns, shop tours and a trip to Midland. All of these opportunities made for a one-of-a-kind experience which solidified for me that Pioneer was exactly where I wanted to work full-time.”

Catherine Leigh
Applied Mathematics
University of Texas at Dallas • 2019
“As an intern, I was given the freedom to explore questions that interested me and enriched my assigned project. That freedom looked like access to myriad tools and trainings; collaboration with interns from different technical backgrounds; and mentorship from career professionals at Pioneer. The egalitarian culture made it easy for me to ask questions and propose solutions, which improved my confidence in my own knowledge base and encouraged me to develop my skillsets even more. Overall, it was exciting to be able to apply what I’d learned in school to real-world topics in a company dedicated to innovation.”