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Occidental Petroleum Production Engineer in Platteville, Colorado

Title: Production Engineer Location: United States-Colorado-Platteville Other Locations:

Description

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas 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.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting our communities where we do business.  We are currently looking for experienced, motivated, and creative individuals to fill a Production Engineer position within Oxy’s Well Servicing Team in Platteville, CO.

The Production Engineer is responsible for the engineering of well service and production operations. They work with a team of engineers and technicians to ensure that well service and production operations are safe, efficient, and effective. Must have a strong understanding of well service and production engineering procedures. Primary responsibilities are to research well files, compile wellbore information, and assist in drafting procedures to reduce cost and cycle time while ensuring Oxy and regulatory standards are met. They must also be able to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including engineers, technicians, and clients.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Plugging and Abandonment: research well files, ECMC website, and internal Oxy data sources to compile necessary information to create plug and abandonment procedures. This includes working with field operations and well servicing engineers to ensure Oxy and industry standards, regulatory requirements, stakeholder, and leaseholder obligations are met.

·         Well Work and Maintenance: assist in compiling necessary information for root-cause failure analysis meetings and well work procedures. This includes working with the production engineering team to assist in providing cost estimates and options for increased time to market and run life.

·         Key Performance Indicators: assist engineering manager in tracking KPIs; utilizing Spotfire, PowerBi, and Excel.

·         Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and standards, along with company HSE training requirements and policies

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

·         Holds a Petroleum Engineering Degree or related engineering field at an accredited ABET program.

·         Minimum of 2 years of related engineering work in the oil & gas industry

·         Understands and demonstrates sound working knowledge of basic technical principles, and applies them to solve routine problems.

·         Has strong time management skills and ability to handle multiple tasks at once.

·         Able to work in a multi-discipline team environment.

·         Understands use of Microsoft programs and data management programs (Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBi, Spotfire)

·         Possesses a strong work ethic and is self-motivated.

*Relocation: This position is not eligible for relocation.

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 age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Salary Range

Discretionary Bonus

$99,200 - $136,400

0-40%

 

*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/siteassets/documents/careers/oxy-employee-benefits-program-2024.pdf

The Company anticipates that it will accept applications for this position through (September 02, 2024), although it may extend that date depending on applicant flow.

 

Recruitment Fraud

It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.  All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.

 

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never: 

  • Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees
  • Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or
  • Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

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