Here is how the Production Engineering role will impact our business:
The production engineer is responsible for providing technical support to achieve optimization of well performance, assurance of best-in-class economics for all proposed projects and a focus on zero incidents / zero emissions.
The Production Engineer's responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- "Owner" of Production Standards, Optimization Best Practices and Chemical Program Implementation
- Providing technical expertise in all phases of well optimization (TIL / Flat-Time Decline / Artificial Lift Design and Installation / Plugging)
- Complete daily reviews of well performance and developing plans of actions for wells / pads that are not meeting production and controllable downtime goals.
- Complete semi-annual route reviews with operational team in order to identify production / economic leading and lagging indicators that can be used / adjusted to achieve team goals.
- Serve as the engineering interface with operational team (field and leadership) for assigned area of operations.
- Serve as the production contact for the Asset Performance/Reservoir, Completions, Drilling departments
- Providing scopes of work and economic justification for all proposed maintenance capital, flowback and well plugging projects.
- Completing economic and operational lookbacks for all completed maintenance capital, flowback and well plugging projects.
- Developing operational guidelines and standard operating procedures for all applicable practices.
- Supporting operational leadership by providing training support for all field personnel.
- Optimizing the chemical program for assigned area of responsibility in order to provide flow assurance, freeze / hydrate prevention and asset integrity.
Required Experience and Skills:
- 2+ years of experience in engineering
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, chemical, petroleum engineering)
- Valid driver's license required
- Ability to take ownership and lead projects as needed, and function as part of a team
- Strong understanding of oil and gas production to include well optimization through the use of plunger lift / compression / gas lift / rod lift
- Strong understanding of process flow and equipment used for separation of fluids on common oil and gas production wells
- Strong understanding of Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Extreme Ownership Mentality
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
- Ability to work flexible work hours inclusive of weekends and holidays as needed.
Preferred Experience:
- Prior experience in oil and gas industry as a Production or Operations Engineer
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite experience to include Visio
- Familiarization with:
- Well / Performance Troubleshooting
- Production Chemical Deployment
- Smartsheet
- Well Intervention Techniques / Methods
- Process Flow for standard Dry Gas Facilities
- SCADA familiarization (high level navigation)
- Whitson / Nodal Analysis Tools
- Echometer
- Salesforce
Hybrid (field, remote, office) work is being considered for this role.