Facilities Engineer
Hilcorp Energy Company
Houston, TX
Description
Support Hilcorp L48 Asset teams in a broad range of Facilities Engineering related issues. Support ongoing operations by identifying bottlenecks and employing engineering principles to identify efficiency, throughput, and cost improvements. Act as Project Engineer to manage all project phases including: plan, design, cost estimates, manage implementation and construction, facility drawings, etc. Engage and manage outside facility engineering support on an as needed basis.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Self-perform full cycle scoping, preliminary design, cost estimating, detailed design, economic analysis, and evaluation of production and central processing/compression facilities and other systems that impact production facilities. (separation, measurement, dehydration, treating, compression, protection systems, etc.)
- Perform process modeling, run compressor performance, and perform gathering system hydraulic modeling in support of assigned projects and in support of facility optimization - or have the ability and willingness to learn such techniques.
- Provide engineering support for environmental issues such as closed vent system designs.
- Obtains bids and coordinate equipment and personnel for the field operations.
- Capable of demonstrating effective people skills to interact with partners, service providers, peers and support staff and field and wellsite personnel.
- Must be willing and capable of effectively soliciting ideas from all people that are involved in the project to maintain a high degree of efficiency and “ownership” to meet the goals of the projects and the company.
- Supervises and approves facility modifications, installation, decommissioning, and other related work as well as monitoring costs.
- Engage and manage outside facilities engineering support (consultants and/or Engineering firms) on an as-needed basis, as agreed with the Asset Team Manager.
- Ensure alignment with Hilcorp policies and practices and applicable codes, recommended practices, and all government regulations.
- Support operations staff in evaluation and optimization of existing equipment and facilities.
- Support new drill programs with facility design and construction.
- Support marketing, engineering and operations staff in other tasks as may be assigned.
- Must be willing and available to travel to field locations on a regular basis and as needed.
- Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.
- Supports company vision and mission.
- Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
- Willing and able to travel to operations location for multiple days to oversee, inspect and design associated projects.
Other Job Responsibilities:
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Five (5) years minimum oil and gas experience with broad facilities engineering experience in the upstream industry, including front-end engineering, design, estimating, scheduling, and field project execution.
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with field operations and construction foremen.
- Ability to work with an integrated team of reservoir engineers, geoscientists and development planners and business analysts.
- Experience in the areas of cost estimating, budgeting, scheduling, planning, and contracting.
- Experience with low/high pressure gas, oil, CO2, H2S, water, and sand production.
- Experience in reading and in creating block flow diagrams, P&IDs, isometrics, data sheets, and specifications.
- Experience with pipelines, flowlines, separation, compression, sweetening, water handling, SCADA, electric power, chemical injection, metering and instrumentation.
- Ability in developing self-directed teams to meet performance goals.
- Ability to demonstrate strong, dynamic team leadership skills.
- Ability to solve problems accurately and exceptional proficiency in interpreting production related data. Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
- Thorough understanding of equipment design, fabrication and installation practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with special ability to translate complex technical information into an organized and presentable manner.
- Self-starter with proven leadership skills, team player, comfortable working under pressure, and dedicated to developing workforce.
- Knowledge of applicable codes and industry regulations for oil and gas facilities.
- Proficient in computers and applications including MS Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc. with preferred proficiency with more advanced applications such as Power BI or Spotfire.
- Proficiency in specialized engineering software applications such as ProMax, Hysys, Stoner, Piper, and compressor performance/sizing software.
- Able to learn company specific applications.
- Outstanding management, administrative and organizational skills.
Education Requirements:
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in mechanical, chemical, civil, electrical, or petroleum engineering.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- Valid State Driver’s License.
- Professional Engineer Certification Preferred