Production Engineer: Optimization & Debottlenecking Expert

Exxon Mobil; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil in Malaysia is expanding its Production Engineering & Optimization team in Kuala Lumpur. We seek experienced professionals with 5 to 15 years in production or petroleum engineering to support a global portfolio across Deepwater, Conventional, Unconventional and LNG assets.

You will collaborate with global technical and operations teams, drive optimization opportunities, and deliver production improvements through cross-disciplinary coordination and data-driven analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in petroleum/chemical/mechanical/other relevant engineering disciplines.
• 5+ years of work experience in oil and gas, specializing in Petroleum Engineering, Production Engineering or Production Technology.
• Operational experiences in: inflow/outflow/flowline modeling; production well testing and allocation principles; network modeling and facilities operations; well design, completion, intervention and stimulation technologies; artificial lift methods and systems; reservoir and facilities surveillance; production surveillance, troubleshooting and optimization of well and field performance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and operators on global teams to analyze well/field performance and advise on production optimization.
• Integrate with adjacent disciplines to execute opportunities for production debottlenecking, production enhancement and idle well restoration.
• Support operation teams for operations schedule optimization, capacity enhancement, production planning and downtime optimization.
• Conduct regular system surveillance for production and injection wells to identify optimization opportunities.
• Assess impact of identified system constraints, monitor, and troubleshoot facility balance at field/platform/well level.
• Conduct screening economic evaluations of well intervention and stimulation operations.
• Manage production data, measurement and allocation quality assurance.
• Build/sustain proprietary production engineering technology.

Skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Leadership (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's engineering degree

Petroleum/Chemical/Mechanical engineering background

Tools

IPM (MBAL, GAP, PROSPER, Resolve)

OFM

OLGA

HYSYS

Power BI

SeeQ

XHQ

Python

Energy Components

PL/SQL

Job description

ExxonMobil in Malaysia is expanding its Production Engineering & Optimization team in Kuala Lumpur. We seek experienced professionals with 5 to 15 years in production or petroleum engineering to support a global portfolio across Deepwater, Conventional, Unconventional and LNG assets.

You will collaborate with global technical and operations teams, drive optimization opportunities, and deliver production improvements through cross-disciplinary coordination and data-driven analyses.