Senior Facilities Engineer

About the role

Job Family Group: Engineering Group

About the role

bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions.

As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, innovation, and empowerment. At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment where collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion are valued.

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.

Role Synopsis

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Facilities Engineer to support the BPX Permian Operations team. The Permian asset is the focus of significant annual capital investment for 2025 and beyond, with a long-term plan to profitably grow production and optimize our well management strategy.

This role will work closely with field staff, other engineers, and management to apply Production Engineering practices to maximize the value of the Permian asset. This role will be responsible for executing a consistent facilities performance management cadence, with specific focus on the safety, reliability, and modification of facilities in support of broader Permian Operations Objectives.

The Permian Operations engineering team is based out of Denver, CO.

Key Accountabilities

• Perform brownfield project level and rapid response engineering across the Upstream Permian Operations Organization.
• Drive production efficiency and process safety improvement by actively supporting operations with Management of Change, HAZOP / LOPA, design reviews, and procedure development.
• Embrace and pioneer the Intelligent Operations model, cultivating an interdependent culture and a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement through effective root cause analysis.
• Lead and cultivate the relationship between engineering and field operations to identify systematic improvements and eliminate repeat failures.
• Participate in risk assessments inclusive of HAZOP / LOPA to eliminate personal and process safety risks through effective implementation of the hierarchy of controls.
• Responsible for facilities engineering processes, ensuring efficient and effective integration with front line field personal for all accountable execution activities including procurement and specialty 3rd party coordination.
• Work closely with maintenance and operations teams in performing RCFA and defect elimination to continuously improve facility reliability and integrity management.
• Provide positive leadership while being a team player, and share lessons learned across disciplines and between business functions.
• Provide facilities engineering expertise, by performing multi-discipline engineering activities through technical practices across multiple disciplines in the design and execution of small projects, maintenance, or operations support.
• Participate in BP technical networks and communities of practice, maintaining a strong awareness of technical learnings and developing links with specialists and engineers from a range of disciplines
• Follow BP's Engineering Principles, comply with BP's Code of Conduct, and model BP's Values & Behaviors. We will expect travel to the field approximately 25% percent of the time to meet with the field team and critical contractual partners.

Essential Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• 7-15 years experience in production, facilities, or electrical engineering

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledgeable in upstream facilities engineering in liquids rich basins; facilities design, troubleshooting and optimization
• Experience with cost modeling, root cause analysis, systems optimization
• Effective Communicator: Able to present complex problems to a wide range of audiences in a concise, accurate, and coherent manner. Able to confidently present to a large (>20) group of people on technical and process topics and field questions and challenges.
• Growth mindset: Proven ability to quickly learn new concepts, processes, software, engineering and mathematical ideas.
• Adventurous: Willing to get hands-on with our most value asset - the production specialists in the field.
• Resilient: Ability to take care of open-ended problems, and to gain valuable insights from data sets that may be initially unwieldy.
• Creative and Courageous: Ability to look at an industry that is embedded in its methods and recommend disruptive change.

Compensation & Benefits

How much do we pay (Base)?

• $165,000-$194,000
• Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

We offer a reward and wellbeing package designed to support your life both inside and outside of work. Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Long-term incentive program
• 401(k) matching program

Legal authorization requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work full-time in the United States for any employer other than your current employer
• Must not require sponsorship now or in the future for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.)

Travel Requirement

• Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
• Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation
• Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

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