Operations Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to field operations staff during complex completion operations.
• Perform in-depth analysis of costs and operations performance to ensure continuous improvement.
• Initiate technical studies and trials, and make recommendations to improve well performance, reduce costs and overcome operational challenges.
• Maintain regulatory compliance in concert with EHS personnel.
• Explore additional technologies, both downhole and on surface, to increase operational efficiencies and lower costs.
• Work closely with other team members / disciplines to determine optimal operational approaches for particular wells and/or fields.
• Coincide with all phases of drilling, facilities, midstream, and production operations throughout the life cycle of a well.
• Interface with Land, Accounting, Geology, Regulatory, Engineering, and other departments to coordinate the daily operations of completing oil and gas wells.
• Work closely with management to meet corporate goals.
• Mentor less experienced engineers.
• Proactively improve technical skills and stay up to date with new technology through training, attendance at industry meetings, and develop effective relationships both internal and external to the Matador organization.
• Travel regularly to field for direct operations supervision and interaction with field personnel.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering, or related degree with oil and gas experience.
• Preferred 3-5+ years industry experience with 3+ years of operations or production engineering experience.
• P Permian Basin and/or Delaware Basin field operations experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, WellView, Rodstar, Tibco Spotfire, PowerBI.
• Professional Engineer License a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interface with company management and field personnel a must.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced setting, process work rapidly, set priorities, work under pressure, and follow through with assigned tasks with limited supervision.
• Willing to make frequent on-site field visits.