Senior Field Ops Engineer — Production & Waterflood

Zohorecruit

Georgia

On-site

USD 145,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Energy Talent Search is assisting a growing Houston-based oil and gas company with a Senior Operations / Production Engineer role. The position focuses on field operations, waterflood/secondary recovery, production surveillance, and troubleshooting to optimize onshore assets.

The candidate will monitor production, diagnose issues, and implement optimization opportunities while collaborating with field teams. Travel to field locations is expected in this lean engineering environment.

Qualifications

Petroleum Engineering degree required.
Approximately 5–10 years of oil & gas industry experience.
Strong Operations / Production Engineering experience supporting conventional onshore assets.
Experience with mature field operations and production optimization.

Responsibilities

Monitor lease production and field performance across producing assets.
Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues impacting production levels and operating efficiency.
Evaluate and execute opportunities tied to production enhancement and reserve optimization.
Support projects involving artificial lift improvements, recompletions, and waterflood initiatives.
Perform well-level and lease-level economic evaluations.
Work closely with field personnel to optimize production performance.
Support operating cost reduction and field optimization initiatives.
Participate in development planning and operational improvement projects.
Monitor production targets and field performance metrics.
Support capital project evaluations tied to production enhancement opportunities.
Periodically travel to field locations to support initiatives.