Production Team Lead

Flywheel Energy•Gonzales, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Flywheel Energy is hiring four Production Team Leads for its Eagle Ford operation in South Texas. Based in Gonzales, Texas, this field-based, full-time position leads a team of approximately 5 to 10 Lease Operators across assigned routes. The Team Lead coordinates daily field execution, develops employees, and stays hands-on with challenging well and equipment problems. The role owns team performance measures, including production against forecast, downtime, runtime, and operating cost, and works with engineering and optimization to address repeat failures. The Team Lead plans one to three days of field work in support of the weekly operations plan, prioritizes work and high-value wells, and helps maintain safe, compliant operations. The position also troubleshoots wells and production equipment, oversees contractors and vendors, coordinates smaller field projects, and manages field-level regulatory work under Texas Railroad Commission and TCEQ rules. The position reports to the Supervisor of Production and includes an on-call rotation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in oil and gas production operations, such as lease operator, pumper, or production technician.
Working knowledge of gas lift, rod pump, wellhead, separation, tank battery, and saltwater disposal equipment.
Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to drive long distances across the field.
Comfort using production software, Microsoft Office, and Teams.
Availability for an on-call rotation, extended hours, and weekends as needed.
High school diploma or GED.
Ability to work outdoors in South Texas heat, cold, and rain and drive daily on lease roads in a company vehicle.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and climb ladders and tank stairs.
Wear required FR clothing and other required personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

Eagle Ford or other oil-weighted unconventional experience.
Experience with ProCount, Ignition SCADA, KPA, OpenInvoice, WellView, or similar systems.
Echometer and dynamometer analysis experience; gas lift optimization experience.
SafeLand and H2S certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead approximately 5 to 10 Lease Operators; hold monthly one-on-ones and participate in quarterly performance reviews.
Give direct feedback, reinforce good performance, and address performance or conduct issues early with the Supervisor and HR.
Ensure each team member has written, agreed responsibilities and a development plan; train new hires and keep the team current on required training.
Own the one-to-three-day field plan for assigned routes in support of the weekly operations plan; prioritize unplanned work and raise bottlenecks.
Set and track production against forecast, downtime, runtime, and operating cost measures; lead the team's part of daily tag-ups and weekly tactical meetings.
Prioritize the highest-value wells when the team cannot complete all work.
Troubleshoot and repair wells, tank batteries, and surface equipment, and coach operators through difficult problems.
Diagnose artificial lift systems, primarily gas lift and rod pump, as well as jet pump and plunger systems, using fluid levels, dynamometer cards, and SCADA trends.
Ensure a downtime reason is recorded the same day for every down well; bring repeat failures and proposed solutions to weekly tactical meetings and work with engineering and optimization to address them.
Follow written procedures, assess high-risk work carefully, stop unsafe work, report hazards, near misses, and incidents, and close corrective actions on time.
Participate in incident investigations and root cause failure analysis; manage field-level regulatory work under Texas Railroad Commission and TCEQ rules and address inspection findings.
Oversee contractors and vendors on assigned routes; review and approve field tickets within the approval limit and ensure correct expense or capital coding.
Plan and schedule small field projects and repairs that do not require a roustabout crew.
Identify ways to reduce failures, extend run life, and lower lease operating expense.
Use digital work management, production allocation, SCADA, HSE reporting, and dashboard tools to plan work and challenge priorities.