Operation System Specialist

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

Occidental is an international energy company with operations in the United States, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. We are the largest onshore oil producer in the U.S., including in the Permian Basin, and a leading offshore producer in the Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon dioxide management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit Oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting our communities where we do business. Our greatest asset has been, and will continue to be, our people. We are looking for an experienced and motivated

individual to fill the position of Transformation Analyst for our Onshore Resources & Carbon Management, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) asset.

This position will be located in Houston, TX. The Transformation Analyst will work in Asset Transformation group and will support both surface and sub-surface EOR Asset Transformation projects by developing dashboards and analytics.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Leverage data from multiple, disparate, internal databases and generate insights that drive improvements to Operational quality and efficiency
• Build Proof of Concept algorithms and tools that illustrate new, proposed transformational processes and approaches
• Tools will leverage strong mathematics background and aim to push EOR’s use of statistics and predictive analytics
• Get beyond the Average (when appropriate)
• Use data clustering to identify trends
• Build dashboards and similar tools that allow users to easily understand and visual their data in meaningful ways
• Lead design discussions to help users understand what they truly need to know and design dashboards accordingly
• Interface with customers to fully understand needs and expectations
• Analyst will be expected to act as a driver. They are expected to ask probing questions, deeply understand the needs of the user, provide critical questions, and develop a robust knowledge of Operations / Surveillance Processes
• Work with and integrate with various groups across the larger organization during development, including but not limited to SAP, IT, DMA, Prod/Ops, BST, and Nexus
• Draft reasonable documentation during development
• Provide customer service to users (RE, PE, Well Analyst, Surface Operations, etc.) during adoption
• Provide support if tool is handed off to different, appropriate ownership group
• Provide data support for other Transformation Team Projects
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strong mathematics background
• Strong data background / familiarity with a variety of different aspect of Oxy data
• Great communication / ability to provide customer service
• Teamwork
• Able to ask questions and learn about matters outside of their domain
• Able to communicate effectively
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in STEM field
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in the petroleum industry or 5 years in production and automation operations, EOR operations preferred.
• Basic understanding of oil and gas operations.
• Working knowledge of database management applications such as SQL Server Management Studio
• Strong grasp of the SQL language from the aspect of Data Definition and Data Modification commands.
• Clear understanding of database terminologies such as schemas, tables, views, procedures, triggers, functions, indexes, primary keys, foreign keys, unions, and joins.
• Proficient at writing complex queries utilizing various types of joins, functions, and common table expressions
• Proficient at extracting, manipulating, correcting, and analyzing data (Access, Excel and Spotfire)
• Familiarity with SharePoint sites and SharePoint lists.
• Experience developing reports and visualizations in business intelligence tools such as Spotfire, Power BI, SSRS
• Familiar with using MS Power Platform (Power Automate, Flows, and Apps) to automate processes and capture user data.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, VBA, and JavaScript
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Ability to work on projects and requests with minimal supervision and oversite.
• Enjoys the challenge of providing more efficient solutions and ability to work on ambiguous unstructured requests.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish goals.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve common goals and positive results.
• Desire to learn new technologies and processes
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
  
  

Recruitment Fraud

It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

• Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees
• Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or
• Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.
  
  

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.