Lease Operator I

MACH RESOURCES LLC•Farmington, NM

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This company is fast-paced and growth-oriented, leveraging decades of exploration experience in America’s top producing basins. They are agile and opportunistic in strategy, yet precise in execution, aiming to provide tremendous potential for investors, employees, and the community. They seek team members who are driven to improve things and live by the Golden Rule. Their strategy focuses on acquiring, exploring, and developing high-return, low-cost projects, and pursuing assets with production history and development opportunity. The company culture is collaborative, encouraging all ideas, and is consumed by the desire to make things better. The Lease Operator (LO) position is classified as Safety-Sensitive and requires regular operation of company vehicles, necessitating a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record. Physical requirements include responding quickly to hazardous situations, standing, walking, bending, lifting up to 50 pounds, sufficient visual acuity, hearing, and verbal communication, climbing ladders and stairwells up to 15 feet, and working effectively in both hot and cold weather conditions. New Lease Operator I (LO I Trainees) will train under a qualified Lease Operator for a minimum of 30 days and will be evaluated for LO I competency and readiness after 90 days.

Requirements

Position Classification: Safety-Sensitive
Requires regular operation of company vehicles.
A valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record are required.
Capable of responding quickly and appropriately to potentially hazardous situations.
Physically able to stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds.
Sufficient visual acuity, hearing, and verbal communication abilities.
Able to climb ladders and stairwells up to 15 feet in height.
Able to work effectively in both hot and cold weather conditions.
Basic understanding of oilfield equipment and terminology.
Demonstrate integrity, good communication skills, and a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

Perform all duties in a safety-sensitive role, adhering to all company safety policies, procedures, and reporting requirements.
Safely operate company vehicles while traveling to and from lease sites.
Conduct daily well checks and monitor production on assigned leases.
Accurately gauge tanks and perform color cuts.
Understand directional flow, pressures, tank levels, and verify production data against system inputs (eVIN/Field Ops, Ignition/zdSCADA).
Perform basic maintenance and field tasks, including: Changing stuffing box rubbers, Pulling and inspecting plungers, Adjusting, monitoring, and reporting chemical rates, Repairing and kitting basic equipment.
Maintain clean, orderly, and environmentally compliant lease sites.
Basic operation of artificial lift methods: pumping units, gas lifts, ESPs, PAGL, and flowing wells.
Use and data entry in production systems (eVIN, Ignition).
Basic understanding of oilfield equipment and terminology.
Maintain company-issued tools, phone, computer, and vehicle.
Demonstrate integrity, good communication skills, and a willingness to learn.