Production Engineer

ineos; Denver (CO); Sur place; USD 100 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

INEOS Energy in Denver, CO seeks a Production Engineer with 3+ years in upstream oil and gas to own a producing Eagle Ford area. You will manage production, deferment, LOE and profitability, partnering daily with field operations to optimize lift, downtime and costs while leveraging data, automation and AI to move faster and make better decisions.

You will operate in a lean team where solutions are implemented quickly, with emphasis on safety, accountability and commercial results.

Qualifications

• Three+ years of upstream oil and gas experience, preferably in production/operations.
• Experience with artificial lift, well surveillance, and workover design.
• Ability to build economics (NPV/IRR/payback) and communicate recommendations to field staff and management.

Responsabilités

• Own production area economics, LOE and profitability; present area performance in routine reviews.
• Design, optimize and troubleshoot artificial lift systems.
• Diagnose and resolve well problems using SCADA and production data.
• Identify workover and uplift opportunities; prepare AFEs and procedures.
• Lead root-cause failure analyses and drive design/operating improvements.
• Own asset cost categories; forecast, track and reduce spend with leadership.
• Oversee well integrity and abandonment program for the area.
• Build and improve data/AI tools and dashboards to surface exceptions.
• Participate in field safety programs and strengthen process safety controls.

Connaissances

Safety

Ownership

Commercial instinct

AI fluency

Hands-on

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Formation

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum/Mechanical/Chemical or related engineering

Outils

SCADA

Claude AI tools

Description du poste

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Compensation Grade

ONS-USD-34

Who We Are

INEOS Energy

INEOS was founded in 1998 by Sir Jim Ratcliffe with a single site and has grown into one of the world's largest privately owned manufacturing groups. We have grown by buying good assets and running them better with small, empowered teams, minimal bureaucracy and a relentless focus on performance.

INEOS Energy is building a global energy business, and our US Onshore team in Denver currently operates approximately 2,000 wells in the Eagle Ford shale play of South Texas. We are a small team with a big mandate: grow the business through disciplined development and acquisitions.

About the job

Job Title: Production Engineer

Department: Operations

Summary of Position

We are seeking a Production Engineer with three or more years of experience to take ownership of a producing area within our Eagle Ford asset. This is a hands‑on role for an engineer who wants real accountability for results: you will own the production, deferment, operating cost and profitability of your area, partnering daily with field operations to troubleshoot problems, optimize artificial lift and deliver uplift. You will work in a lean team where engineers are expected to use data, automation and AI tools to move faster and make better decisions, and where good ideas are implemented quickly.

What We Look For

• Uncompromising on safety. You stop work when something is not right and hold yourself and others to a high standard.
• Ownership and accountability. You run your area like your own business. You do what you say you will, own your results, good and bad, and raise problems early.
• Commercial instinct. You connect engineering work to value: barrels, dollars and returns.
• Technology and AI fluency. You are quick to adopt new tools, including AI assistants such as Claude, to automate routine work, analyze data faster and spend more time on engineering.
• Hands‑on. You are happy to build the analysis yourself and to be on location when it matters.
• Collaborative. You work well with others and earn the trust of operators, foremen and service partners. You raise challenges openly and respectfully.
• Continuous improvement. You learn from every failure and lookback, and you share what works so the whole team gets better.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Area ownership: Own production, deferment, LOE and profitability for an assigned area. Understand all downtime, from underperformance to shut-in, and drive it down. Present area performance in routine well‑by‑well reviews with management and the field, and support monthly, quarterly and annual SHE‑R, production, reliability and cost targets.
• Artificial lift: Design, optimize and troubleshoot rod pump, gas lift and plunger lift systems. Analyze and select the optimal lift type as well moves through their life.
• Surveillance and troubleshooting: Partner with field staff to diagnose and resolve well problems (e.g., holes in tubing, pump efficiency, liquid loading), using SCADA, telemetry and production data to prioritize the highest‑value work.
• Workovers and uplift: Identify workover and optimization opportunities; build economics, write AFEs and workover procedures, and support safe execution.
• Lookbacks and failure analysis: Perform post‑job lookbacks against cost and expected outcome. Lead root cause failure analysis on downhole failures, report trends monthly, and drive fixes into design and operating practice.
• Cost ownership: Own assigned asset cost categories (e.g., chemicals, plungers); forecast, track and reduce spend, and partner with leadership and procurement on vendor performance.
• Well integrity and TA/PA: Manage the temporary abandonment and plug and abandonment program and well integrity for your area.
• Data, automation and AI: Build and improve the tools the team relies on (dashboards, surveillance screens, analyses and AI‑assisted workflows) to replace manual work, surface exceptions faster and close data gaps with the right owners.
• Safety: Actively participate in the field safety program and strengthen process safety through effective controls and MOC discipline.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of three years of upstream oil and gas experience, preferably with an operator in production or operations engineering in an unconventional play.
• Working knowledge of artificial lift (rod pump, gas lift and plunger lift), well surveillance, and workover design and execution.
• Ability to build sound economics (NPV, IRR, payback) and communicate clear recommendations to field staff and management.