Sr. Compression Engineer

ExxonMobil • Midland, TX

12d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Compression Engineer, your job will be to provide technical support to fellow engineers on the team and to our operations staff for surface facilities, fixed equipment, and rotating equipment within the Permian Basin. As a Compression Engineer, you will be assigned to a field area in the Permian Basin. You will leverage your expertise in engineering and project management to provide operations support, project execution, and surveillance for surface facilities and rotating equipment while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and business objectives. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, project management, and stakeholder engagement. This position will be based in Midland, TX.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering or related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in an Oil and Gas engineering role with a focus on facilities or upstream unconventional.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and executing projects
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proficient in Procount and Hysys with ability to model design modifications and pressure drops.
• Ability to understand/redline P&ID drawings.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering controls are in place to enable safe facility operations and compliance with applicable permits and regulations.
• Identify causes for facility downtime/upsets and evaluate remediation.
• Regular surveillance of facilities and compression stations.
• Identify issues, assess root causes, and formulate plans to address root causes.
• Participate in or lead incident investigations.
• Identify causes of facility flaring/venting and evaluate remediation.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Operations stakeholders.
• Liaison with regulatory and compliance teams.
• Steward facilities modifications.
• Document proposed changes and stakeholder engagement via Management of Change process.
• Evaluate and address risks associated with process changes (Risk Assessments, HAZOPs, Facilities Integrity workshop, etc.).
• Maintain updated facility critical drawings and documents (P&IDs, C&Es etc.).
• Project management of facility upgrade projects.
• Identify opportunities to optimize compression station operation, de-bottleneck, and reduce operating expenditures.
• Develop and justify capital spend to support proposed facility upgrades.
• Define project scope, budget, procurement plan, risk management and accountability of spend on projects.
• Execute project from FEED to Operations handover.
• Development of tools to track and report key facility metrics.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant industry codes, standards, best practices, technologies and technical tools and incorporate into facility designs.
• Leverage extensive engineering expertise and rich experiences to mentor and guide emerging engineers, fostering their growth and development.
• Evaluate innovative ideas and review drawings to assist young engineers in finding the optimal path forward.
• Actively engage in meetings to foster collaboration and generate actionable items.
• Support the team in driving these action items to successful completion.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant industry codes, standards, best practices, technologies and technical tools and incorporate into facility designs.

Benefits

• Pension Plan
• Savings Plan with Company match
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior