Production Engineer

Houston, Texas, United States

Job Reference 1190801

Location Houston, Texas, United States

Industry Oil & Gas - Onshore Oil

Function Engineering & Design

Job Type Contract

Date Added June 27, 2023

Our client, a major Oil & Gas company, is looking for a Production Engineer to work on a long-term contract in Houston, TX.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Monitor production performance and recommend activities to maintain and increase rates for both conventional and unconventional wells.
  • Propose, schedule, write procedure for, and coordinate day-to-day workover field activities (cleanouts, artificial lift install, P&A, chemical treatments, etc). Includes economic evaluation of project list.
  • Manage plugging and abandonment projects from approval through job completion.
  • Contribute to the expense and capital project budget preparation and expense tracking/optimization.
  • Manage field wide compression for conventional and high pressure gas lift sites
  • Optimize artificial lift through nodal analysis and collaboration with others
  • Interact with other team members in a manner that will help build respect and achieve set goals.
  • Initiate actions that will enhance the operation's safety and environmental record. Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures and plans along with federal, state and local regulations.
  • Be proactive with continuous learning in all areas, especially emerging technology.
  • Collaborate with field operators, production technicians, engineers and production supervisors to share ideas and generate solutions.
Skills and Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s in Engineering
  • 5+ years of production engineering experience
  • Experience with various types of artificial lift (Primary: Gas Lift, Rod Lift; Secondary: Plunger and ESP), well surveillance, diagnosing and trouble-shooting well operations
  • Excellent oral and written communications, teamwork, planning & organizational skills
  • Software: Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products, Wellview, Rodstar, Spotfire, Coding (e.g. Python, R, SQL)
  • Willing to travel 10% of the time to field locations – New Mexico and Oklahoma
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