The Role
Provides technical leadership for oil and gas production operations, including production surveillance, optimization, well performance, artificial lift, wellwork, reliability, and operational problem solving. Evaluates production opportunities and economics, leads multidisciplinary teams, supports field personnel, ensures technical quality, implements innovative solutions, and mentors less-experienced engineers. The field-based role requires Haynesville or Eagle Ford basin experience and strong production engineering expertise.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title
Production Engineer – Specialist III
Compensation
$117.05/hr
Location
Center, TX – East Texas field office
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
Target Start Date
ASAP
Tentative End Date
One year from start date
Scope
The Production Engineer – Specialist III will provide technical leadership during the production stage of asset operations while sharing production engineering expertise, supporting asset development, and developing the capabilities of less-experienced engineers. This is a field-based position that requires close collaboration with field personnel and other engineers.
The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of production engineering experience, relevant basin experience in the Haynesville and/or Eagle Ford, and a demonstrated ability to mentor and develop a team.
Primary Responsibilities
Production Engineer – Specialist III
Compensation
$117.05/hr
Location
Center, TX – East Texas field office
Schedule
Monday–Friday, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
Target Start Date
ASAP
Tentative End Date
One year from start date
Scope
The Production Engineer – Specialist III will provide technical leadership during the production stage of asset operations while sharing production engineering expertise, supporting asset development, and developing the capabilities of less-experienced engineers. This is a field-based position that requires close collaboration with field personnel and other engineers.
The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of production engineering experience, relevant basin experience in the Haynesville and/or Eagle Ford, and a demonstrated ability to mentor and develop a team.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for projects and producing operations.
- Perform production surveillance and identify opportunities to improve asset performance.
- Evaluate and prioritize operational opportunities based on production impact and economics.
- Apply broad technical and business expertise to solve complex production and well-performance problems.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams in resolving technical challenges.
- Develop and implement innovative solutions for non-routine operational problems.
- Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for established, adapted, and emerging technologies.
- Support production optimization, well performance, artificial lift, wellwork, and reliability initiatives.
- Influence operational and technical decisions without requiring direct authority.
- Work closely and effectively with field personnel, operations teams, and other engineers.
- Mentor and develop less-experienced engineers.
- Provide input regarding technology opportunities that could improve business and asset performance.
- Represent the company in technical interactions with partners, joint ventures, competitors, industry organizations, academia, and other external stakeholders.
- 10 or more years of closely related production engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering within the applicable discipline or equivalent professional experience.
- Advanced proficiency across production engineering disciplines, including:
- Production surveillance and optimization
- Well performance
- Wellbore hydraulics
- Fluid flow and hydraulics
- Completion design
- Workover design
- Artificial lift
- Operations support and surveillance
- Subsurface equipment
- Wellheads, trees, and surface equipment
- Wellwork units
- Maintenance and reliability systems
- Broad knowledge of applicable design standards, specifications, codes, and safety criteria.
- Experience evaluating production opportunities and supporting economic prioritization.
- Ability to provide technical leadership and quality assurance.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers.
- Ability to work effectively with field operations personnel and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequently changing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Fluent written and spoken English, particularly for technical and business communications.
- Demonstrated mentoring and technical-development experience.
- Haynesville and/or Eagle Ford basin experience.
- Proven ability to work effectively with field personnel and operations teams
Skills Required
- 10 or more years of closely related production engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering in the applicable discipline or equivalent professional experience
- Advanced proficiency in production surveillance and optimization
- Advanced proficiency in well performance
- Advanced proficiency in wellbore hydraulics
- Advanced proficiency in fluid flow and hydraulics
- Advanced proficiency in completion design
- Advanced proficiency in workover design
- Advanced proficiency in artificial lift
- Advanced proficiency in operations support and surveillance
- Advanced proficiency in subsurface equipment
- Advanced proficiency in wellheads, trees, and surface equipment
- Advanced proficiency in wellwork units
- Advanced proficiency in maintenance and reliability systems
- Broad knowledge of applicable design standards, specifications, codes, and safety criteria
- Experience evaluating production opportunities and supporting economic prioritization
- Ability to provide technical leadership and quality assurance
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers
- Ability to work effectively with field operations personnel and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Ability to manage tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequently changing priorities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Fluent written and spoken English, especially for technical and business communications
- Haynesville and/or Eagle Ford basin experience
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The Company
What We Do
At RWDY, we're here to make a difference in the energy sector. We offer personalized consulting services that go beyond just expertise. Our consulting services prioritize people over everything else, whether you're a consultant seeking opportunities in completions, drilling, safety, or multi-skilled operations, or an operator searching for expert professionals. Partnering with leading operators nationwide, we focus on building relationships grounded in trust, understanding, and shared success.
