Facilities Engineer - Carlsbad, United States - ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Carlsbad, United States

2 weeks ago

Description

Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here.
Who We Are

We are one of the world's largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas.

With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization.
We're grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it's not just what we do – it's how we do it – that sets us apart.
We strive to make a significant difference in the communities where we live and operate. We create an inclusive environment that values all voices and opinions. Together, the different backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and perspectives of our employees drive our success.
Job Summary
Job Description
Delaware Basin Overview

Spanning West Texas through Southeast New Mexico, ConocoPhillips holds approximately 709,000 total net acres in the Delaware Basin, which includes approximately 699,000 unconventional net acres.

ConocoPhillips began exploring and appraising the basin's stacked pay potential in 2012 and has gained extensive technical expertise to optimize development.

Entering 2023, the company now operates over 2,800 wells throughout the Basin.

In 2022, the company operated an average of 10 drilling rigs, including one electric rig, and 153 new operated wells were brought online.

Net production in 2022 averaged 321 MBOED.
Description
ConocoPhillips' unconventional assets in the Permian Basin are one of the company's primary opportunities for growth.

Spanning West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the company is well positioned in some of the most prolific and lowest cost of supply zones, with an active development program underway.

ConocoPhillips is committed to being an innovative and environmentally responsible operator, deploying technologies and practices needed to deliver on that ambition.

This position is for a Facilities Engineer within the Delaware Basin West (DBW) asset.

The position is in Midland, TX, with primary assets located in Southeastern New Mexico (Eddy county) and west Texas (Culberson and Reeves counties).

The DBW assets are comprised of tank batteries, well pad separation facilities, oil and water gathering systems, central processing facilities, and saltwater disposal facilities, accounting for production of around 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent each day.

The DBW Facilities Engineering team is accountable for the design and technical integrity of all surface facilities within the Delaware Basin West asset across their lifecycle.

This includes

IDENTIFICATION
of issues and opportunities,

INVESTIGATION
to determine root causes and solutions, and

IMPLEMENTATION
of those solutions, all in close collaboration with other teams across the company.
This position can be based in

Midland, Texas

or

Carlsbad, New Mexico .

Responsibilities may include:

IDENTIFICATION:
Technical surveillance (monitoring process trends, model development, etc.), Field engagement (participation in daily operations meetings, building relationships with operators and field leadership, regular visits to field locations)

INVESTIGATION:
Conduct formal and informal root cause investigations, Develop and select solutions that meet the business goals (safety, cost, production, emissions), including required front-end engineering work

IMPLEMENTATION:
Deliver solutions, including detailed engineering, reviews, fit-for-purpose process hazard analyses, management of change (MOC), and end-to-end project management

Basic/Required:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, other related engineering discipline, or foreign equivalent
3+ years of experience in design, construction and/or operation of oil and gas facilities in the United States
Ability to regularly travel to field locations (primarily day trips in a company pool vehicle) 15% of the year

Preferred:
5+ years of experience in design, construction and/or operation of oil and gas facilities in the United States
5+ years of experience with hydrocarbon production operations support and troubleshooting
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Experience with gas compressor design, operation, and troubleshooting
Familiarity with key work processes, particularly Management of Change (MOC)
Demonstrated effectiveness working across organizational boundaries, particularly between engineering and operations
Demonstration of SPIRIT values plus team behaviors of Collaboration, Accountability, Responsiveness, and Discipline
Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what is right
Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical

Apply Before:
May 31, 2024

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