Senior Production Technologist: Asset Optimization Lead

Ad Terra Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Ad Terra Group in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Production Technologist to optimise production performance for client assets and for Ad Terra's portfolio. You will work with reservoir, wells and process teams to deliver integrated production solutions.

The role requires 8–12 years' relevant experience, proficiency in modelling tools, and strong English and analytical skills. You will lead multi-disciplinary projects and mentor junior engineers across time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering is required.
• 8–12 years of relevant experience, including operating company exposure.
• Operational exposure across drilling, completion, well interventions and surface facilities.
• Proficiency with production modelling tools (PIPESIM, Petex IPM).
• Excellent written and spoken English with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across time zones.
• Exposure to geothermal, CCUS or lithium projects is a plus.
• Python and VBA skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Well performance and nodal analysis to optimise offtake and economics over the well life.
• Integrated production modelling, asset performance analysis and debottlenecking studies.
• Identify production uplift opportunities; run well and production surveillance programmes.
• QA/QC production data, advise on allocation and prepare short-term production forecasts.
• Select, design and monitor artificial lift systems (ESP, PCP, gas lift, jet pump, rod pump).
• Conceptual well and completion design; maintain completion database and schematics.
• Contribute to well proposals and advise on workovers and well interventions.
• Conduct well-by-well reviews to mature intervention opportunities; design well test plans.
• Review field performance with reservoir, geoscience, well and process engineers.
• Present results and recommendations to clients and prepare technical reports.
• Apply oil and gas production expertise to geothermal and CCUS projects.
• Track emerging technologies and apply the latest production optimisation methods.
• Lead multidisciplinary projects (scope, budget, schedule, risk) and mentor young engineers.

Skills

Nodal analysis

Production modelling

Well performance

Data QA/QC

Python

VBA

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Project mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Tools

PIPESIM

Petex IPM

Job description

Ad Terra Group in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Production Technologist to optimise production performance for client assets and for Ad Terra's portfolio. You will work with reservoir, wells and process teams to deliver integrated production solutions.

The role requires 8–12 years' relevant experience, proficiency in modelling tools, and strong English and analytical skills. You will lead multi-disciplinary projects and mentor junior engineers across time zones.