Director of Operations Engineering

Adamas Energy; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Adamas Energy seeks an accomplished Director of Operations Engineering to provide enterprise-level leadership across operated assets and advance strategic engineering priorities. This executive role will lead Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Engineering Technology while partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to drive operational performance and asset value.

This senior leader will set and execute the Operations Engineering strategy to support production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum, mechanical, chemical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in oil and gas.
• 3–5+ years of engineering leadership, management, or senior technical leadership.
• PE license preferred.
• Experience with analytics, automation, AI, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Prosper, GAP, Pipesim, Aries, Enverus, Power BI, SQL, Python, SCADA and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute Operations Engineering strategy to support production growth and asset value.
• Provide senior leadership across Production and Facilities Engineering and analytics initiatives.
• Drive production optimization, surveillance, forecasting, and improvement activities.
• Oversee facilities engineering for gathering systems, compression, gas treating, water infrastructure, and capital projects.
• ChampIon technology-enabled operational excellence through dashboards, predictive analytics, and automation.
• Develop and lead high-performing engineering teams with focus on safety and enterprise impact.
• Partner with Operations, HSE, and Field Leadership to reinforce safety culture and reliability.
• Ensure designs and decisions reflect safety, integrity, and risk management principles.
• Support field engagement, incident learnings, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish expectations for performance, accountability, and engineering excellence.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in petroleum/ mechanical/ chemical engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Prosper

GAP

Pipesim

Aries

Enverus

Power BI

SQL

Python

SCADA

Azure

Job description

Adamas Energy is seeking an accomplished Director of Operations Engineering to provide enterprise-level leadership across operated assets and advance strategic engineering priorities. This executive-facing role will lead Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Engineering Technology while partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to drive operational performance, capital efficiency, technical excellence, and long-term asset value.

• Set and execute Operations Engineering strategy to support production growth, operational reliability, disciplined capital allocation, and sustained asset value creation.
• Provide senior leadership across Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, engineering analytics, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive production optimization, surveillance, forecasting, decline analysis, workovers, intervention planning, and production enhancement activities.
• Oversee facilities engineering for gathering systems, compression, gas treating, water infrastructure, facility expansions, and capital projects.
• Champion technology-enabled operational excellence through dashboards, predictive analytics, automation, AI, machine learning, and decision-support systems.
• Develop and lead high-performing engineering teams with a focus on safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, technical rigor, and enterprise impact.
• Partner with Operations, HSE, and Field Leadership to reinforce safety culture, reduce operational risk, and strengthen asset reliability.
• Ensure engineering designs, project execution, operational decisions, and business plans reflect disciplined safety, integrity, and risk management principles.
• Support field engagement, incident learnings, operational readiness reviews, Management of Change processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish clear expectations for performance, accountability, operational discipline, and engineering excellence across the organization.

Executive Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within the oil and gas industry, including demonstrated leadership across complex operating environments.
• 3–5+ years of engineering leadership, management, or senior technical leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Strong knowledge of production engineering, facilities engineering, compression systems, gathering systems, gas treating, water infrastructure, and engineering economics.

Preferred Experience

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with analytics, automation, AI, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Prosper, GAP, Pipesim, Aries, Enverus, Power BI, SQL, Python, SCADA, and Azure technologies.

Strategic Opportunity

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to shape engineering strategy, elevate operational performance, and advance technical transformation across a growing energy organization. The ideal leader will bring strategic judgment, operational credibility, and a collaborative leadership style to influence outcomes across the enterprise.