Our client is seeking a Production Technician to work within their facilities located in Nordheim, Texas on a long-term assignment (initially 8 months with possibility of extension / becoming permanent).
The Production Technician is responsible for safely and efficiently producing wells and pads along an assigned route. This role focuses on meeting production and inspection targets, identifying and resolving production variances, and collaborating with field, optimization, and engineering teams to maintain peak operational performance.
Responsibilities
Daily Production Management
- Identify production variances using approved production monitoring and SCADA tools
- Ensure all wells meet or exceed clean average (target production)
- Develop and execute step-by-step action plans for underperforming wells
- Escalate support needs in the following order:
1. Lead Area Technician
2. Production Optimizer
3. Production Foreman
4. Engineer
- Communicate daily actions and route updates via the designated operations communication channel
- Review production volumes and escalate calculation discrepancies to Engineering
- Site Inspections
- Ensure no overdue site inspections
- Verify inspection status using reporting dashboards or inspection reports
Plunger Inspections
- Ensure inspections are current and within KPI guidelines:
? No more than 5,000 miles
? No more than 12 months old
Verifications & Gaps
- Perform production verifications and gap analysis using approved field tools
- Meet an annual individual verification-to-gap target ratio of 15%
Field Support & Assistance
- Coordinate additional support when sites require maintenance or automation work
- Create work orders for appropriate disciplines when needed
- Ensure all valve manipulations comply with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) policy
- Assist in other field areas when primary route work is completed and metrics are met
Skills & Qualifications
- High School Diploma is required
- 3+ years of experience with Oil & Gas operations
- Must be able to use a personal truck during the assignment
- Artificial Lift Systems - Candidates must demonstrate or be willing to learn the following: Plunger Lift (basic system operation and troubleshooting; performing plunger inspections; use of callipers, removal tools, SOPs, and spare parts; understanding of plunger programs and inspection processes), Gas Lift (relationship between casing and tubing pressure; effects of over- and under-injection; surface equipment operation; SCADA-based troubleshooting; ability to recognize injection issues via flow data), other Lift & Flow Types (wellhead compression; free-flowing wells - casing flow, tubing flow, annular and tubing production).
- Production monitoring platforms
- SCADA systems
- Work management systems
- Safety and compliance platforms
- Documentation, communication, and mapping tools
Work Schedule: 8/6 rotation