Senior Facilities Engineer

About the role

The Facilities Engineer participates across the full lifecycle of Chord Energy's upstream surface facility assets in the Williston Basin — from development planning, through detailed design and project execution, to ongoing operations support and optimization. The primary focus is on central tank batteries (CTBs) and multi-pad developments connected via flowlines, including the associated separation, storage, and produced-fluid-handling equipment at the CTB.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Development and Reservoir Engineering to translate Chord's multi-year development program into facility capacity, pad, and CTB planning requirements
• Lead conceptual engineering and scoping for new pad/CTB development, including capacity assessments, tie-in evaluations, and infrastructure gap analysis
• Prepare cost estimates and AFE-level economics for capital projects from conceptual scoping through detailed estimates; support annual and multi-year capital forecasting cycles
• Collaborate with the Marketing team and third-party midstream providers to understand fluid spec requirements (oil, gas, produced water) and system capacities, and translate those into CTB design requirements
• Manage project execution and technical scope from detailed design through procurement, construction, and commissioning/start-up
• Direct and coordinate the work of engineering/drafting and multi-discipline contractors (civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation & controls) to deliver facility designs on schedule and budget
• Review and approve P&IDs, PFDs, plot plans, and equipment specifications; drive design optimization for cost, constructability, and operability
• Perform or oversee hydraulic and equipment sizing calculations for flowlines, pumps, compressors, separators, and other surface equipment
• Manage contract engineering services, ensuring designs meet API/ASME codes and Chord design standards
• Lead construction-phase technical support, RFIs, field walkdowns, and punch-list resolution through commissioning and start-up
• Serve as primary facilities engineering support during commissioning and the post-first-production period (through 60 days), ensuring a smooth handover from Execution to Operations
• Evaluate existing facilities to determine upgrades or modifications needed to support new pad development, workovers, or changing production profiles
• Monitor facility performance data (SCADA, ProCount) and recommend process or equipment changes to improve reliability and efficiency
• Lead or participate in PHAs, Risk Assessments, and Incident Investigations
• Develop and/or advise on Facility SOPs and design best practices
• Support and maintain project/operations KPIs and reporting; perform project lookbacks after completion
• Collaborate with Marketing, Operations, Land, Legal, Regulatory, and Accounting, along with external contractors, equipment providers, government agencies, regulatory bodies, landowners, and other producers
• Contribute to safety leadership on the Facilities team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or related)
• 3+ years of oil and gas facilities engineering experience
• Working knowledge of P&IDs, PFDs, and hydraulic/network modeling (PipeSIM, Pipeline Toolbox, or similar)
• Operations background with understanding of the design, construction, and operation of facility assets
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills; ability to work with internal and external contacts across engineering disciplines and business functions
• Able to work in a fast-paced, fluid environment; flexible with the demands of a growing company
• Efficient in Microsoft 365
• Strong economic and cost-estimating skills

Qualifications

• 10+ years of oil and gas facilities engineering experience
• Familiarity with fluid specifications and takeaway capacity constraints across third-party gathering/midstream systems (oil, produced water, gas)
• Central Tank Battery (CTB) design or operations experience
• Experience with capital forecasting, AFE processes, and multi-year development planning
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional/multi-disciplinary initiatives and mentor junior engineers