What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRODUCTION ENGINEER position at BP Energy?
Entity :
Production & Operations
Job Family Group : Engineering Group
Job Description :
We are seeking a highly-motivated individual with a growth mindset who enjoys a dynamic work environment. You will be responsible to effectively employ production engineering and well management fundamentals to successfully meet business initiatives.
This position is assigned to the bpx Haynesville Asset and represents a unique opportunity to work within operations and create immediate and impactful value. Our decision process is driven by increasing safety, increasing production and reducing cost. This role is accountable for executing a consistent well performance management cadence, with specific focus to the downhole engineering, integrity surveillance, and route level LOS optimization for assigned wells.
This position is a member of the Production & Operations (P&O) team within the Haynesville asset, based out of Houston, TX.
What You’ll Do :
Own production optimization and well performance for subset of wells in the Haynesville BU inclusive of plan, forecast, actuals, underperformance identification and associated intervention actions by well.
Review, explain, and recommend solutions to drive improvements in daily production performance.
Support field operations team through rapid response engineering and troubleshooting support
Work with operations team to collect failure data, determine RCFA, and develop and execute projects to reduce failures, reduce cost of failures, and improve production reliability and safety.
Review, analyze, and improve cost performance across LOE and workover expense categories.
Manage program and develop procedures for frac-hit mitigation for BPX and OBO offset completions.
Effectively engage with development team to determine new well choke management strategy and lifecycle considerations for optimal well performance
Manage and optimize chemical treatment and flow assurance programs
Manage and optimize mechanical integrity for downhole equipment and components to extend production and wellbore survivability
Project manage implementation of engineered solutions : budgets, project economic analysis, resources, schedule, handover to field operations, and post project appraisals.
We will expect travel to the field approximately 20% percent of the time to meet with key partners regarding the products that they develop.
Minimum technical skills :
Bachelor’s degree in engineering
7-15 years experience in production / petroleum engineering
Preferred technical skills :
Knowledgeable ingas well surveillance, roubleshooting and optimization
Experience with choke management and nodal analysis to implement optimal drawdown and FBHP management
Experience with cost modeling, root cause analysis, systems optimization
Preferred soft skills :
Effective Communicator : Able to present complex problems to a wide range of audiences in a concise, accurate, and coherent manner. Able to confidently present to a large (>
20) group of people on technical and process topics and field questions and challenges. Effectively demonstrate and translate the business impact and value proposition of a recommendation to the entire organization.
Growth mindset : Proven ability to quickly learn new concepts, processes, software, engineering and mathematical ideas.
Adventurous : Willing to get hands-on with our most value asset – the production specialists in the field.
Resilient : Ability to take care of open-ended problems, and to gain valuable insights from data sets that may be initially unwieldy. Possess grit to effectively clean data sets to perform analysis and recommend action
Creative and Courageous : Ability to look at an industry that is embedded in its methods and recommend disruptive change.
We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401K matching program. How much do we pay (Base)? $156,000 - 200,000
- Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance :
Relocation may be negotiable for this role
Remote Type :
This position is a hybrid of office / remote working
Skills : Legal Disclaimer :
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity / neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment / accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment / accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us .
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
Salary : $156,000 - $200,000
