Senior Field Operations Specialist – Well Services

Occidental Petroleum Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in the United States is seeking an experienced field operations professional to coordinate and oversee workover, completions and well intervention activities. You will provide field-level technical support from planning through execution and final handover, ensuring compliance with approved programs and safety standards.

The role requires strong problem solving, coordination of rigs and service providers, and the ability to communicate across engineering,

Qualifications

• Experience in workover, completions, well servicing, production ops, or well intervention.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex field and downhole problems.
• Strong understanding of well integrity and safe well-servicing practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee daily workover, completion, well intervention, and remedial operations.
• Provide field-level technical support from planning through execution and final well handover.
• Review workover and completion programs and ensure field activities are executed in accordance with the approved program.
• Support operations involving tubing, casing, artificial lift, fishing, milling, cleanouts, stimulation, wireline, coiled tubing, pressure control, and well integrity.
• Troubleshoot downhole and surface operational problems and work with engineering and service providers to develop practical solutions.
• Coordinate rig crews, third-party service companies, equipment, materials, and logistics required for well operations.
• Monitor daily operations and identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, reliability, and cost performance.
• Verify that appropriate equipment, procedures, and resources are available before critical operations begin.
• Participate in pre-job planning, risk assessments, safety meetings, and operational reviews.
• Maintain strong communication between field personnel, engineering, production operations, leadership, and contractors.
• Track operational progress, downtime, equipment performance, costs, and significant well events.
• Document daily activities and maintain accurate well-service records in applicable reporting systems.
• Assist with troubleshooting fishing operations, stuck pipe, tubing failures, equipment failures, well-control concerns, and other unplanned downhole conditions.
• Support installation, repair, troubleshooting, and optimization of artificial-lift systems, including gas lift and other production equipment.
• Ensure contractors and service providers meet established safety, operational, and performance expectations.
• Participate in post-job reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future workover and completion programs.
• Identify opportunities to reduce nonproductive time and improve rig, service-company, and overall well-delivery performance.
• Promote a strong field safety culture with an emphasis on hazard identification, stop-work responsibility, and disciplined execution.

Skills

Field operations

Troubleshooting

Safety leadership

Communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related field

Tools

Well-operations reporting systems

Job description

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in the United States is seeking an experienced field operations professional to coordinate and oversee workover, completions and well intervention activities. You will provide field-level technical support from planning through execution and final handover, ensuring compliance with approved programs and safety standards.

The role requires strong problem solving, coordination of rigs and service providers, and the ability to communicate across engineering,