Production Engineering Specialist

 

About us

 

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

 

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies. 

 

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

About Houston

 

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

 

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

 

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

 

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

 

Learn more about what we do in Houston here.

What role you will play in our team

We are looking for experienced production engineers who will be responsible for setting clear standards to achieve and sustain best-in-class production optimization organization. Also, foster an entrepreneurial spirit and help make production optimization easy for business units around the world through various initiatives and efforts. The role will be placed on the Houston campus, but field visits to business units around the world are expected. 

What you will do

• Develop, govern, improve and provide guidance of production optimization processes and programs:

              PO Capability Strategy Development, Planning, & Stewardship
              Production Optimization UBP
              Capacity & Allocation Management UBP
              Digital / IT partnership
              Global PO training

• Support production optimization through reservoir and well optimization, facility optimization/debottlenecking, restoration of idle wells, production generating wellwork, and increase awareness of advanced process controls

• Collaborate cross functionally and cross BU to influence and support optimization activities from Reservoir to Sales-point (i.e., Reservoir, Wells, Facilities, Operations)

• Improve tools and workflows, leveraging production optimization support teams

About you

We are looking for someone who has a strong production engineering background and has the following qualifications:

 

Skills and Qualifications

 

• Minimum of BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering discipline

• 5-15 years of relevant experience in production engineering related roles

• Strong interpersonal skills 

• Self-directed with the ability to recognize/pursue solutions required to solve problems

• Ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, as well as adapt to tight deadlines and frequent shifting of priorities (ability to support active development) 

• Ability to work in a fit-for-risk environment