Production Engineer

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Occidental is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Our greatest asset has been, and will continue to be, our people. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Production Engineer in our US Onshore Resources & Carbon Management (ORCM), Rockies Business Unit based in Platteville, Colorado.

The candidate will report directly to the Asset Director as a production advisor and project manager. The candidate will work in a team environment with upstream and midstream operations to provide engineering support and execute a wide variety of production and facility related projects for both DJ and PRB. Additional interaction with development teams and asset personnel will be encouraged to optimize asset value.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with production, facility, reservoir, completions, and operations engineers to enhance wells and production performance for both DJ and PRB
• Production advisor and project manager to support the Rockies Asset Director
• Participation in and often leading special technical projects
• Provide engineering support in a variety of technical aspects, such as, choke/drawdown management, inflow/outflow, integrated capacity design and planning, sand management and surveillance, and well barriers/integrity, well injection/disposal.
• Construct, and run engineering models (GAP, Prosper, Pipesim, etc) to integrate, and solve technical problems across multiple functions
• Perform data analytics and data driven recommendations to deep dive/special projects
• Provide production engineering input for longer term field development plans
• Collaborate and actively build networks with ORCM to assess, adopt and implement new production engineering and surveillance best practices
• Explore innovative technologies/projects that drive value, reduce downtime failures, and operating expense

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant engineering experience required with production experience.
• Demonstrated ability to apply petroleum engineering techniques to identify opportunities and create value.
• Experienced with engineering nodal analysis, and ability to construct integrated models.
• Experienced with data analytics, with basic dexterity in data engineering (ETL, QA/QC of data, visualizations)
• General understanding of fluid behavior (PVT)
• General knowledge of production facilities and production operations
• Proficiency in production engineering best practices including sand management, artificial lift, well interventions, workovers/recompletions, well surveillance, and field operations
• Strong skillset in economic evaluation, risk/uncertainty assessment, and scenario comparisons
• Strong communication skills (verbal/written/listening/presentation)
• Understanding of economics, economic drivers, and business acumen
• Experience in leading successful project teams and ability to interact and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong project management and project coordination skills
• Self-starter, able to lead and influence without formal authority
• Prior roles in any other petroleum engineering teams, such as, reservoir, facilities, completions would be an added advantage
• Skills in the Petroleum experts DOF/IVM systems would be an added advantage

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Grade and salary will be commensurate with relevant education and experience.

Certifications/Licenses:

Valid driver’s license with no restrictions that would prohibit driving a company vehicle.

Relocation

This position is eligible for relocation

Travel Requirements

The percentage of travel required for this position is 10-25%.

Work Schedule

This position is eligible for the 9/80 work schedule.

• Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements may receive consideration for higher-level role given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs.

Check out Oxy’s competitive benefit package: https://www.oxy.com/globalassets/documents/careers/oxy-employee-benefits-program-2023.pdf

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.