Senior Production Engineer - Delaware Basin

About the role

Job Summary

This is an Oklahoma City-based engineering position responsible for providing engineering support for the Permian Basin Production Operations team. The Senior Production Engineer works closely with field leadership, production engineering staff, and the asset team to troubleshoot issues, identify and execute opportunities to improve production, and review expenditures to reduce costs, with the goal of achieving high standards in financial, operational, safety, and environmental performance. The role provides technical guidance on artificial lift, facilities, workovers, and well interventions while aligning decisions with Permian and corporate strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for operations and asset team.
• Collaborate with field personnel and engineering staff on projects and corporate initiatives.
• Monitor area operations, costs, and profitability; review LOE and identify cost‑reduction opportunities.
• Generate and review capital/expense AFE’s for facility, workover, and regulatory expenditures.
• Diagnose downhole and surface equipment problems, support root cause failure analysis process, and recommend intervention or design changes as needed.
• Develop plans for product recovery and treatment (artificial lift, facilities, pipelines, utilities, chemical treatment, etc.).
• Investigate new technologies and implement when appropriate.
• Review lease operating expenditures and identify opportunities to lower costs.
• Analyze well production performance and make recommendations for improvement.
  Work with other disciplines including facilities engineering, SCADA, I&E, and measurement to improve production facility operation, design, and reduce cost.
• Support/lead HSE incident investigations, ensure regulatory and policy compliance, and provide regulatory testimony when needed.
• Ensure compliance with governmental requirements and company policy.
• Travel to Permian Basin at least once a month, more frequently if needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to perform economic analysis and justification.
• Knowledge and application of nodal analysis.
• Knowledge of well control principles.
• Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Instills trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Petroleum Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of five (5) years related experience.
• Ability to provide 24/7 availability to assist with field-related issues or constraints and act decisively to eliminate production disruptions.
• Ability to travel to Permian Basin at least once a month, more frequently if needed.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable MVR.
• An acceptable pre-employment background and drug test.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Spotfire, Wellview, Rodstar, XSPOC, Cygnet, and ARIES or similar tools used for Permian production and surveillance workflows.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping.
• Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.

Continental Resources, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities and access for all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.