Facilities Engineer

About The Permian

Straddling West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico over an area roughly the size of Kansas, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and the engine behind the country’s energy renaissance. Nationally, it provides about 40% of oil and 15% of gas production and plays a critical role in making the U.S. a leading energy exporter.

A key asset for ExxonMobil, the Basin accounts for about 40% of the Corporation’s net oil and gas production in the U.S. in 2021, with significant future growth potential. Production reached more than 550,000 barrels per day in 2022 and is expected to surpass 800,000 barrels per day by 2027. Many of these molecules travel down to ExxonMobil’s facilities along the Gulf of Mexico, where they are transformed into high-value finished products such as jet fuel and lubricants. The Permian Basin business unit also has the distinction of being the first at ExxonMobil to unveil and execute a plan for net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in operated assets by 2030, as part of the Corporation’s broader 2050 net zero ambition.

About 800 employees of ExxonMobil’s Unconventional business line work and live in Midland, Odessa, Carlsbad and the surrounding areas, all of which offer easy access to national parks and unrivaled outdoor recreational opportunities. Employees in the area also get to enjoy the world-renowned Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which ExxonMobil has proudly sponsored since 2019. As a major operator in the Permian Basin, ExxonMobil invests heavily in local community development through the Permian Strategic Partnership, an industry consortium that works to enhance quality of life by improving infrastructure, healthcare, housing, education and workforce development.

What role you will play in our team

As a senior facility engineer your job will be to provide technical support to fellow engineers on the team and to operations for surface facilities within Permian. Basin. Facilities Engineer will be assigned to a field area in the Permian Basin. You will leverage your expertise in engineering and project management to provide operations support, project execution and surveillance for surface facilities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and business objectives. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, project management and stakeholder engagement. This position will be based in Midland, TX

What You Will Do

• Operations Support
  • Ensure engineering controls are in place to enable safe facility operations and compliance with applicable permits and regulations.
  • Identify causes for facility downtime/upsets and evaluate remediation
    • Regular surveillance of facilities
    • Identify issues, assess root causes, and formulate plans to address root causes.
    • Participate in or lead incident investigations
• Identify causes of facility flaring/venting and evaluate remediation.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Operations stakeholders.
• Liaison with regulatory and compliance teams
• Project Management and Execution
  • Steward facilities modifications
    • Document proposed changes and stakeholder engagement via Management of Change process
    • Evaluate and address risks associated with process changes (Risk Assessments, HAZOPs, FIMs workshop etc.)
    • Maintain updated facility critical drawings and documents (P&IDs, C&Es etc).
• Project management of facility upgrade projects
• Identify opportunities to optimize facility operation, de-bottleneck, reduce OPEX.
• Develop and justify capital spend to support proposed facility upgrades.
• Define project scope, budget, procurement plan, risk management and accountability of spend on projects
• Execute project from FEED to Operations handover.  
• Development and Stewardship of Surveillance Tools
• Ensure facility process supports accurate and compliant allocations
• Development of tools to track and report key facility metrics

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years [EL1] of experience in an Oil and Gas engineering role with a focus on facilities or upstream unconventional.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and executing projects
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to understand/redline P&ID drawings.

Your Benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
• More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com