Chemical Engineer, Oil & Gas: Cost-Optimized Treatments

BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbeard Operating, LLC seeks a Chemical Engineer to lead and optimize chemical programs across Production, Completions, and Midstream in Midland, TX. You will manage chemical spend, oversee treatments, frac chemistry, and field performance.

You will work with cross-functional teams, vendors, and data platforms to develop dashboards and cost-effective solutions, ensuring safety, reliability, and environmental compliance while driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Strong understanding of production, completions, and midstream chemistry applications.
• Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities by integrating data, observations, and vendor inputs.
• Familiarity with hydraulic-fracturing chemistry and produced water considerations.
• Comfortable working in the field to verify treatment performance and build rapport with site personnel.
• Strong analytical skills to support decision-making and justify program changes.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage a large cross-functional workload.
• Excellent communication skills across operations, land, and accounting.

Responsibilities

• Execute and optimize chemical programs for production, completions, and water treatment, including chemical selection and dosage adjustments.
• Support engineering by diagnosing emulsion, scale, corrosion, paraffin, and flow challenges; recommend chemical solutions.
• Collaborate with Midstream/Infrastructure on corrosion control, H2S mitigation, scale inhibition, and chemical needs.
• Evaluate chemical strategies for hydraulic fracturing operations and produced-water reuse.
• Collect and analyze operational data, identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Consolidate produced water, gas, and oil data into a centralized Power BI platform.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations to provide insights on performance and costs.
• Recommend chemical adjustments to improve reliability, treatment effectiveness, and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in water management and chemical program performance.
• Oversee chemical budget tracking, cost optimization, and performance surveillance.
• Develop and maintain relationships with chemical vendors for transparency and performance.

Skills

Production chemistry

Completions chemistry

Midstream chemistry

Data analysis

Field operations

Vendor management

Cost optimization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Blackbeard Operating, LLC seeks a Chemical Engineer to lead and optimize chemical programs across Production, Completions, and Midstream in Midland, TX. You will manage chemical spend, oversee treatments, frac chemistry, and field performance.

You will work with cross-functional teams, vendors, and data platforms to develop dashboards and cost-effective solutions, ensuring safety, reliability, and environmental compliance while driving continuous improvement.