Operations Technician

Laguna Resources; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Laguna Resources is seeking an operations/production technician for the Midland office to support production operations and assist the drilling and completion team. The role focuses on production surveillance, LOE reporting, and cost tracking while working with SCADA systems and dashboarding tools.

The candidate will be responsible for compiling information for meetings, maintaining equipment inventories, and providing first-line SCADA support.

Qualifications

• College degree required and oil & gas experience preferred.
• Experience with production operations is desirable.
• Strong reporting and data gathering skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare reports for monthly LOE review and performance dashboards.
• Build and maintain dashboards to monitor LOE field, CTB, and well production.
• Compare Budget vs Actual for Production Operations.
• Track costs by job (ESP Rerun, Rod Part, HIT, P&A).
• Generate automated reports flagging variances from prior production dates.
• Support SCADA maintenance and modifications and learn zdScada screens.

Skills

SCADA maintenance

Dashboard creation

Education

College degree

Tools

zdScada

Job description

Company Description

Laguna Resources is an oil and gas operator in Texas. The company is based in Houston, TX and Midland, TX.

We are hiring for an operations/production tech in the Midland office. The candidate will focus on production support along with responsibilities supporting the drilling and completion team.

Role Description

Cost, Failure, and Production Surveillance

• Prepare reports for monthly LOE review.
• Build and maintain dashboard to monitor LOE field level, CTB level, well level
• Compare Budget vs Actual for Production Operations
• Track costs by job (ESP Rerun, Rod Part, HIT, P&A, etc)
• Build and maintain dashboard to monitor production and downtime
• Compare actual production from target/RE forecast
• Generate automated reports that flag biggest variance from previous production date
• Build and maintain Artificial Lift failure dashboard/data base.
• Compare vendor performance and total cost of ownership.

Ops Support

• Compile information and reports for failure meetings to support downhole defect elimination.
• Keep track of company owned artificial lift equipment inventory in vendor shops.
• Act as first line of support for Scada maintenance and modifications. Learn how to edit and create screens within zdScada.
• Compile reports and information for production ops, pipeline ops, and regulatory.
• Gather data needed to request GL, ESP, designs from vendors.
• Miscellaneous admin work

Qualifications

• College degree required and experience in oil and gas is preferred.