Senior Performance Data Specialist

Noble Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Noble Corporation in Houston, Texas, is seeking a candidate to drive digital growth and enhance operational performance. The role includes developing dashboards, analyzing performance data, and collaborating with teams to support optimization efforts. Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of business experience in the oil & gas industry.

The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in data transformation and Power BI, with an emphasis on excellent communication abilities. This position may require some travel (10% domestic and international).

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ general business experience in the oil & gas industry, preferably with drilling contractor.
• Skill in parsing, grouping, and analyzing raw data from various sources.
• Travel is an essential job function (est. 10%, domestic, international, & offshore).

Responsibilities

• Support the company's Operational performance improvement process.
• Develop dashboards for real time performance monitoring and daily reporting.
• Collaborate with data scientist and BI dev ops team for infrastructure development.
• Monitor and report on defined KPIs for performance and maintenance statistics.
• Support in the development of performance automation systems for drilling.

Skills

Data transformation (ETL)

Power BI expertise

Microsoft Office Suite

Programming languages (Python, VBA, SQL)

Excellent written and verbal communications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or data science

Job description

Drive digital growth and associated performance metrics within the Operations department. Assist in providing structure to enable the Operations Performance team to provide fact based, analytically disciplined, consultative, and business oriented solutions. Coordinate data management including collection, integration and deployment of analytics business solutions. Develop and maintain Noble’s multiple performance systems including, but not limited to, the daily operational reporting tool and the drilling optimization platform. Analyze operational performance and communicate results to the rest of the Operations Performance team and management as required. Support performance improvement efforts driven by functional leadership. Support Operations in the optimization of equipment as it relates to rig performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or data science.
• 4+ years’ general business experience in the oil & gas industry, preferably with drilling contractor.
• Demonstrated skill and experience in taking raw data from a variety of business process / service delivery sources, to parse, group, and analyze.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications, strong Power BI expertise required.
• Data transformation (ETL) expertise, with experience working across programming languages including Python, VBA and SQL.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Travel is an essential job function (est. 10%, domestic, international, & offshore).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the company’s Operational performance improvement process.
• Support the development of dashboards, along with the BI partners, for real time performance monitoring and daily reporting.
• Work with and support data scientist and BI dev ops team in development of Operational data and Performance data infrastructure.
• Develop, monitor, and report on defined KPIs on performance and maintenance statistics for the fleet.
• Lead Noble’s Operational Performance KPI application and work with 3rd party providers to deliver projects that enhance the Operations Performance Initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Application Development & Support team to develop, test, and deploy solutions related to Operational Performance scopes of work.
• Support in the development and communication of end of well and quarterly reports for internal and external customers.
• Work with Operational Performance representatives to drive performance improvement.
• Support and develop performance automation systems for drilling and tripping across the fleet.
• Develop analytical tools to analyze performance to identify best practices and lessons learned.
• Assist in maintaining the daily operational reporting system.
• Assist in managing the business processes, software development, and support of the daily operational reporting system.
• Assists the regions in establishing standards for consistent data entry and reporting within the daily operational reporting system.
• Recommend program improvements with regards to the daily operational reporting system.
• Assist the Application Development & Support team as required to develop, test, and publish.
• Prepare data variance analysis across all areas of the company, identifying top and low performers, as well as company initiatives results.
• Conduct comparative equipment analysis for optimization of drilling processes.
• Continuously optimize Noble’s performance systems for Operations.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Noble is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, citizenship status, physical or mental disability of an otherwise qualified individual, genetic information, membership or application for membership in a uniformed service, engaging in legally protected activity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.