Surface Planning Engineer

Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. To learn more, visit Oxy

Oxy 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.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• The Wells and Pads Surface Planning Engineer will be responsible for coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate development strategies into an actionable plan for the execution team to ensure operational readiness in the Permian Basin 
• The engineer will evaluate and recommend optimal well pad placement and directional trajectories accounting for constraints dictated by the stakeholders including but not limited to Land & Regulatory, Execution & Operations, Subsurface and Construction teams. 
• The planning workflow includes assessing and optimizing the operational flexibility for multiple scenarios in accordance with a field development plan, presenting the proposed surface plan to stakeholders, submitting and tracking survey requests, evaluating plats and maintaining the company’s planned and staked records 
• Work closely with surveyors and construction to stake new pad locations in accordance to Oxy’s guidelines with regards to safety, legal standards and environmental requirements 
• Tasked with working on multiple projects at once across the Permian Basin based on business needs and activity established by the Drilling Rig Schedule and Business Plan outlooks 
• Responsible for keeping projects moving forward by resolving obstacles and facilitating well readiness for all new drills in their area of responsibility 

Education/Skills: 

• Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering – Petroleum Preferred 
• 3  years of Upstream Oil and Gas Experience 
• Skilled in MS Office Suite (Powerpoint,Excel,etc) 
• Project management oriented and have the ability to prioritize tasks while meeting deadlines 
• Team oriented, have interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly to multidisciplinary teams 
• Demonstrated ability or capacity to use analytical skills to problem solve and identify enhancement and optimization opportunities 
• Ability to quickly learn new workflows, tools and processes 
• Passionate about innovation and collaboration 
• Optional – Experience with mapping software such as ArcGIS and Google Earth 
• Optional – Experience with programming languages (C++,SQL,etc)

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