Production Engineer

Catch Recruitment; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Oil & Gas Co. in Calgary seeks a Production Engineer to support and lead daily operations and optimization both in the office and the field.

The role provides technical leadership for production operations, well interventions, and facility optimization, ensuring safety and environmental performance while maximizing asset value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering and P.Eng. in good standing with APEGA.
• 5–10 years of production engineering experience in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
• Strong knowledge of production operations, optimization, and field facilities.
• Willingness to travel regularly to field locations.
• Valid Class 5 Driver's Licence and ability to travel to sites.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize oil, gas, and water production across assets.
• Troubleshoot production systems, artificial lift, pipelines, and facilities.
• Lead well intervention and workover activities; prepare AFEs and cost estimates.
• Participate in safety leadership, MOC, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate contractors and field personnel; provide supervision.
• Track costs and report to management; conduct post-job reviews.
• Support field setups, allocations, and reporting changes.

Skills

Production engineering

Field operations

Safety leadership

Contractor management

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

P.Eng. in good standing with APEGA

Tools

geoSCOUT

SCADA

RODSTAR

Petrinex

Petrosight

MS Office

Job description

Our growing, Alberta owned Oil and Gas company is looking for a Production Engineer to join it's team. The position involves supporting and leading daily operations and optimization in both the office and the field. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for production operations, well interventions, facility optimization, and field activities. This role requires a practical, field-oriented engineer capable of working closely with all disciplines to maximize asset value while maintaining strong safety and environmental performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Production & Operations

• Monitor and optimize oil, gas, and water production across the asset base.
• Troubleshoot production, artificial lift, gathering system, facility, and pipeline issues.
• Investigate production losses and implement corrective action plans.
• Provide day-to-day engineering support to field operations personnel.
• Support pipelines, oil satellite, battery, and gas plant operations through performance analysis and optimization initiatives.
• Assist with drilling, completion, tie-in, and production activities, providing engineering input and recommendations.
• Work with the Production Accounting group to ensure field setups, allocations, and reporting are accurate and aligned with operational changes.

Well Interventions & Workovers

• Lead well intervention and workover activities for the asset.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize optimization opportunities.
• Conduct full technical reviews of failed and underperforming wells and develop remediation plans.
• Design and program well interventions including pump changes, tubing replacements, stimulations, recompletions, wireline, and workover operations.
• Prepare AFEs, cost estimates, risk assessments, and execution programs.
• Coordinate contractors, consultants, and service providers.
• Provide supervision and engineering oversight during operations.
• Track costs against approved budgets and AFEs and provide regular reporting to management.
• Conduct post-job reviews and evaluate production and economic results.

Safety & Regulatory

• Act as a safety leader throughout the organization, supporting operations, reinforcing our valves, and maintaining accountability.
• Participate in Management of Change (MOC) and hazard assessment processes.
• Support budgeting, capital planning, and reserve evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with AER regulations and company standards. This includes wellbore inspections (D-13), packer isolation tests, surface casing vent flows, pressure work, and emissions.
• Participate in incident investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor of Engineering degree, Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with APEGA.
• 5-10 years of production engineering experience within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
• Strong knowledge of: production operations and optimization, artificial lift systems, well interventions and workovers, Oil batteries, satellites, and gas processing facilities, pipeline and gathering systems.
• Proven experience managing field operations and service contractors.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Valid Class 5 Driver's License and willingness to travel regularly to field locations.

Preferred

• Experience with light oil and oil-weighted assets is preferred
• Experience working at a junior or intermediate producing company.
• Working knowledge of Production Manager, geoSCOUT, SCADA systems, RODSTAR, Petrinex, Petrosight, and Microsoft Office.