Title: GOM Surveillance Engineer Location: United States-Texas-The Woodlands Other Locations:

Description

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.    

The GOM Surveillance Engineer will be part of the GOM Prod Engineering Data Mgmt Department and will support the Gulf of Mexico Business Unit in managing both short and long term planning as well as in controlling program execution while ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. This will be done by working closely with the Assets, Plants and Operational Support groups to gather, analyze and reconcile all necessary data to allow execution of these plans.     

•Support Production Engineering by developing tools that support production improvement initiatives and increase well performance. 
•Search for ways to automate and scale time series data solutions across the business
    - Manage by exception workflows
   - Condition based monitoring and alerting
•Data projects
    - Perform exploratory data analysis in search of new data solutions
   - Present findings to end users to align on project deliverables
   - Advise team of data best practices including data pipeline design
   - Manage project through development and production phases
•Serve as mentor and coach to promote, support and deliver digital solutions and aptitude within the business unit and to central functions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors in Engineering
• 5 Years of Experience in Production Operations or Well Engineering 
• Strong scripting/programming skills (Python preferable)

Desired: 
• Petroleum Engineering preferred
• 5 Years of Experience in Well Engineering

•  Strong time series surveillance background (eg. OSI PI, PI AF, Seeq)

•  Strong scripting/programming skills (Python preferable)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
•  Working knowledge of machine learning application (eg. scikit-learn)
•  Working knowledge of SQL and process historians 
•  Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
•  Must be able to handle multiple concurrent tasks with an ability to prioritize and manage tasks effectively

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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