Production Engineer

The appointed Production Engineer will utilize our client’s resources and align assets to achieve optimal production with the utmost consideration for safety and compliance.

The Position:

• Monitor production performance and recommend solutions to maintain and increase well/field performance.
• Ensure well data is maintained (well histories, wellbore diagrams, production plots, etc.)
• Generate and execute cost estimates and procedures for remedial well work operations in a safe and compliant manner.
• Aid in the generation of capital and expense budgets.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure alignment on long term and short-term production, drilling, and abandonment objectives and budgets.
• Coordinate and facilitate annual lease reviews, discussing area performance with respect to safety, compliance, production and LOE, while seeking opportunities for continuous improvement in all facets.
• Ensure facilities and infrastructure are optimum for existing and future production.
• Facilitate learnings via post activity reviews.
• Conduct operations in a safe and compliant fashion to ensure the safety of all persons associated.
• 10% travel (to field office and offshore.)

Requirements:

• Education: BS in Engineering
• 7+ years of production operations experience with an operator (ideally offshore).
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to achieve priorities, goals, and strategies with limited supervision.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to appropriately target communication to intended audience, from field environment to senior management.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to perform duties with a high level of accuracy and problem-solving skills required.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet deadlines and adapt to changes in plans.
• Trust and professionalism while performing job duties.
• Ability to work in a multi-team environment.
• Knowledge of gas lift optimization and troubleshooting, nodal analysis, well surveillance, diagnosing and troubleshooting well operations / performance.

The Company:

Our client is an established oil & gas operator and producer focused on executing development opportunities on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf.  The preferred operator for a range of E&P companies, including some of the Gulf’s largest, the company’s highly skilled offshore gas production operations and engineering teams rank among the best in this world-class basin and have established a strong track record of efficiency and safety.