Sr. Compression Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Compression Engineer, you will provide technical support to fellow engineers on the team and to our operations staff for surface facilities, fixed equipment, and rotating equipment within the Permian Basin. You will be assigned to a field area in the Permian Basin.

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering controls are in place to enable safe facility operations and compliance with applicable permits and regulations.
• Identify causes for facility downtime/upsets and evaluate remediation.
• Regular surveillance of facilities and compression stations.
• Identify issues, assess root causes, and formulate plans to address root causes.
• Participate in or lead incident investigations.
• Evaluate causes of facility flaring/venting and evaluate remediation.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Operations stakeholders.
• Liaison with regulatory and compliance teams.
• Steward facilities modifications.
• Evaluate and address risks associated with process changes (Risk Assessments, HAZOPs, Facilities Integrity workshop, etc.).
• Maintain updated facility critical drawings and documents (P&IDs, C&Es etc.).
• Project management of facility upgrade projects.
• Identify opportunities to optimize compression station operation, de-bottleneck, and reduce operating expenditures.
• Develop and justify capital spend to support proposed facility upgrades.
• Define project scope, budget, procurement plan, risk management and accountability of spend on projects.
• Execute project from FEED to Operations handover.
• Development and Stewardship of Surveillance Tools.
• Development of tools to track and report key facility metrics.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant industry codes, standards, best practices, technologies and technical tools and incorporate into facility designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering or related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in an Oil and Gas engineering role with a focus on facilities or upstream unconventional.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and executing projects.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proficient in Procount and Hysys with ability to model design modifications and pressure drops.
• Ability to understand/redline P&ID drawings.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or in the future.

Skills

• Technical expertise in facilities and upstream unconventional operations.
• Project management and execution skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

Your benefits package includes:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $180,000 annually, depending on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

This position is full-time and based in Midland, TX.