Senior Production Operations Engineer

Description

About Us

Encino Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Houston. The company is committed to accumulating high potential assets in multiple U.S. basins and to enhancing returns with active, discipline and technologically driven development programs.

Compensation & Benefits

We offer our employees industry competitive compensation, annual bonus opportunity and generous benefit offerings to match individual needs. Benefits start day one with no cost to the employee.

Our benefits include:

· Medical, Dental and Vision insurance

· 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan with matching contributions

· Paid time off: company holidays, vacation, sick and bereavement

· Health Savings Account with company matching contribution

· Life Insurance

· Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

· Short-Term Disability / Long-Term Disability Insurance

· Employee Assistance Program

· Tuition Reimbursement

· Fitness Reimbursement

· Phone Stipend

Encino Acquisition Partners is seeking to hire a Senior Production Operations Engineer, to support ongoing unconventional wet and dry gas horizontal wells in the Utica Basin. The position reports to the Production Engineering Manager. This position is responsible for overseeing daily operation of wells, optimizing wells and managing workover and field operations projects. The candidate will have limited review of work by supervisor, viewed as competent in all areas of discipline expertise, and serves as a lead or source of information to other employees. Some flexibility in title depending on selected candidates experience. 

Requirements

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Production Optimization:

• Analyze and optimize production from wet and dry gas wells. This would include analysis of oil, gas, and water volumes in conjunction with pressures and temperatures to diagnosis and prescribe solutions to maximize production.

• Identify and implement solutions to improve production rates, reduce downtime, and enhance operational efficiency

• Ability to understand and analyze lease operating expenses (LOE) to maximize operating profits

• Has an operational knowledge of artificial lift installation and operation including plunger lift, wellhead compression, gas lift, rod pump, foamer, and capillary strings

Workover Operations:

• Develop, plan, execute, and write procedures for cost-effective workovers and well interventions to include wellbore repairs, chemical treatments, lateral cleanouts, tubing installation/repair/replacement, while ensuring regulatory compliance

• Identify and perform economic analysis on perspective workovers while weighing the risk reward profile of the operation to provide management a recommendation on project viability

• Collaborate with field teams to monitor workover progress and resolve operational challenges

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Monitor and analyze production data to identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities

• Prepare detailed reports on production metrics, workover outcomes, and project performance

• Develop projects to collect an analyze data for monitoring failure rates, equipment reliability, and chemical treatment effectiveness to maximize well performance and operating efficiency

Equipment and System Management:

• Ensure the integrity and functionality of surface and subsurface production equipment

• Collaborate with maintenance teams to address equipment failures and optimize system performance

Regulatory Compliance and Safety:

• Ensure all operations comply with environmental, health, and safety regulations.

• Develop and enforce standard operating procedures and risk management plans.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with reservoir engineers, completions engineers, and field personnel to execute new optimization techniques and projects

• Provide technical support to operations and contribute to long-term production planning

Qualifications

· Proven track record of engineering leadership and ability to identify opportunities to improve operations in terms of safety, integrity, and reliability

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the capacity to make technical and economic recommendations

· IWCF or IADC Well Control Certification (preferred)

· Demonstrate ability to run economic analysis in support of well optimization projects, ongoing operational activities, and other business considerations

· Working knowledge of well optimization techniques, including workovers, recompletions, and technology of artificial lift methods including gas-lift, plunger lift, and combination there of

· Prior experience in production/completions operations and surface facility design, operation, and maintenance

· Strong mechanical aptitude with good working knowledge of all oil and gas operations

· Proficiency or working knowledge of industry standard software tools and packages:

• ARIES, WellView, Spotfire, CygNet, MS       Office suite, OFM, OVS, Snap, Whitson, IHS Harmony, Ambyint, TAM (Echometer),       and Carte

· Technical proficiency in performing nodal analysis, gas lift design, wellbore hydraulics, Echometer interpretation 

· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with small multi-disciplinary team settings

· Strong track record of leadership, initiative, and project management with effective written and verbal communication skills

· Strengths in developing and mentoring staff and working collaboratively with an asset team

· Advanced technical and interpersonal skills with the proven ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and supervise diverse teams in support of large-scale operations

· Conducts themselves and the operation with stringent safety, environmental and regulatory practices

Education
Bachelor’s degree in petroleum, mechanical, or chemical engineering required, professional registration preferred

5 years of oil and gas related experience. Preferably in upstream oil and gas production operations with an emphasis on wet and dry gas horizontal unconventional wells

Classification

Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried

Travel Requirements
The percentage of travel anticipated for this position is 5% - 10% including overnight extended stays. Field travel to Houston required about once per quarter 3-5 days.
 

Work Environment

This job is predominately remote with the expectation of onsite visits 2-3 days per week and some weekly field office visits to collaborate with other operations personnel. 

Work Schedule and Travel: 

This is a full- time position and typical work hours are Monday- Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This position is predominately remote and will require 30-40% travel/ commute to field locations within the operation. Additional quarterly week-long trips to the Houston office will be expected. 

The Company

Encino Energy is one of the largest private oil and natural gas producers in the U.S. and a top 25 North American natural gas producer. While headquartered in Houston, our operations in the prolific Northern Utica Shale make us the largest oil producer in Ohio and the second-largest natural gas producer in the state.

Encino Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in recruiting, hiring, developing, compensating, and promoting applicants and its employees. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employee’s and applicant’s disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.

Encino Energy does not offer sponsorship of employment-based non-immigrant visa petitions for this role.