Careers & Graduate Opportunities

A Degree That Powers Your Future
A degree in Energy Resource Management and Development (ERMD) prepares you for diverse and dynamic career opportunities in the energy sector and related industries. Explore the wide range of professional roles and graduate pathways available to our students.

 

Explore Career Paths and Opportunities
Visit our Job Board to discover current openings relevant to the various credentials offered at the School of Energy Resources.

UW ENERGY JOB BOARD

Competitive Salaries, High Demand Positions, and Interdisciplinary Careers

Professional Land Management graduates:

Average Starting Salary: $100,000

100% job placement or graduate school acceptance within six months of graduation since 2016.

Energy and Environmental Systems graduates:

Average Starting Salary: $62,500

100% job placement or graduate school acceptance within six months of graduation since 2016.

careers and Opportunities

Employer interviewing a student in the Gateway Center

  • Land Acquisition Specialist
  • Surface Landman
  • Contract Landman
  • Mineral Landman
  • Division Order Analyst
  • Realty Specialist
  • Right-of-Way Agent
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Project Manager
  • Public Relations Manager

Typical employers are companies in the oil, gas, pipeline, coal, utilities, wind and solar fields; federal and state government; law firms; and independent landmen brokerage companies.

  • Enviromental Scientist
  • Biological Field Technician
  • Industrial Ecologist
  • Laboratory Technician
  • Natural Resource Analyst
  • Environmental Compliance Coordinator
  • Environment Health and Safety Analyst
  • Environmental Services Technician
  • Regulatory Analyst
  • Water/Range Technician

Typical employers are oil and gas companies; coal companies; environmental consulting firms; conservation districts; state and federal governments.

  • BP Lower 48 - Surface Land Negotiator
  • Hoover and Stacy - Independent Landman
  • ISEC - Project Engineer
  • Kearns & West - Facilitation - Post Graduate Internship
  • LoneTree Energy & Associates - Contract Landman
  • McDonald Land Services - Lease Buyer
  • NextEra Energy Inc - Land Services Representative
  • NorthStar Energy - Contract Landman
  • Occidental Petroleum (formerly Anadarko Petroleum Corp.) - Surface Landman
  • Pacer Energy - Landman
  • QEP Resources - Division Order Analyst
  • Royal Dutch Shell - Land Representative
  • Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assoc - Transmission Siting Permiting & Environmental Planner
  • Ultra Petroleum - Land Technician
  • Wyoming Department of Transportation - Land Management Specialist II
  • Western States Land Services - Land Agent
  • Rocking WW Minerals - Title Landman
  • US Army - Signal Officer
  • Bureau of Land Management - Production Accountability Manager

  • Absaroka Energy & Environmental Consulting LLC - Environmental Technician
  • Campbell County Conservation District - Water/Range Technician
  • Crestone - EHS&R Field Technician
  • DCP Midstream - Environmental Compliance Coordinator
  • Down Hole Tools of Wyoming - Field Representative
  • Encana - Environmental Health & Safety Analyst
  • Encana - Regulatory Analyst
  • Environmental Works Inc - Compliance Scientist
  • FDL Energy - Environmental Engineer
  • Halliburton - Laboratory Technician
  • Kiewit - Field Engineer
  • Kiewit - Environmental Engineer
  • Manly Vale - Environmental Scientist
  • Marathon - Air Quality Specialist
  • SWCA Environmental Consulting - Biological Field Technician
  • USDA NRCS - Soil Conservation
  • Western States Reclamation Inc. - Foreman
  • Wood Group PSN - Project Engineer
  • Wyoming State Engineers Office - Natural Resource Analyst
  • Trihydro - LDAR Environment Technician

Graduate Opportunities

A degree in Energy Resource Management and Development (ERMD) offers a strong pathway to graduate studies and law school. With core coursework in legal principles and negotiation integrated into both concentrations, students are well-prepared to succeed in postgraduate legal education.

 

For those interested in scientific graduate programs such as a Master's of Science, numerous options are available—including water quality, rangeland ecology and watershed management, and environmental and natural resources. This degree equips students with the interdisciplinary knowledge needed to pursue advanced study in a wide range of fields.

SER Alumna sitting next to statue of Socrates outside the College of Law

The School of Energy Resources currently does not offer a graduate program of study. For students interested in law school, check out our accelerated 3+3 program! We encourage you to investigate other energy-related programs offered at the University of Wyoming.