Staff Optimization Engineer- Lower 48 Projects
ConocoPhillips
Our Company
ConocoPhillips is the world’s largest independent E&P company based on production and proved reserves. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 27 countries, $54 billion in annual revenue, $118 billion of total assets, and approximately 18,400 employees as of Dec. 31, 2013. Production from continuing operations averaged 1,502 MBOED in 2013, and preliminary proved reserves were 8.9 billion BOE as of Dec. 31, 2013.
Employees across the globe focus on fulfilling our core SPIRIT Values of safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation and teamwork. And we apply the characteristics that define leadership excellence in how we engage each other, collaborate with our teams, and drive the business.
Description:
The selected candidate will participate with asset teams that study commercial, regulatory, operations, and engineering concepts to optimize the overall efficiency of L48 assets. This will include working with the asset teams to turn concepts into viable projects by developing the economic drivers for the asset.
Responsibilities may include:
The individual is expected to be conversant across a breadth of functions and will be responsible for working with the business units and other functional team members to evaluate all phases of the asset economic drivers.
- Identify and develop plans to address system operational, commercial and regulatory issues (i.e. compression, CO2 concentration, contract expiration, etc.)
- Develop and maintain a general interest business model that demonstrates the value drivers along each segment of the value chain
- Develop and articulate ConocoPhillips’ strategies for the Lobo, East Vac, BIG, and Lost Creek Midstream Asset
- Executing smaller projects through design, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and handover to Operations
- Developing relationships with other technical, operating, regulatory, commercial, and HSE groups within the company
- Serves as key interface to Commercial, Engineering, Regulatory, and Operations groups on issues related to Pipeline Assets in L48
- Maintain a communication process that ensures key stakeholders are kept informed of issues and opportunities
- Participating in project development teams as the midstream concept development resource
- Hydraulic modeling and economic modeling of midstream assets based on the production forecasts, operating cost and capital costs along with the commercial and contractual considerations of the asset
- Understanding of the contracts associated with the gas on the systems in order to provide operating conditions guidance to operations
- Providing technical assistance to the operation group to optimize the Assets
- Evaluating strategic and complex optimization issues for L48 Assets
- Evaluating opportunities to maximize value through expansion and contractual agreements
- Performing hydraulic calculation and economic evaluation for third party gas purchases; determining acceptable margins while maintaining general interest approach
- Developing Midstream projects through the early Front End Loading steps of the project process with a focus on gas gathering options, compression and treating
- Schedule coordination and resolution of issues required to progress the projects
Basic/Required:
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering
- 5+ years of exploration and production and/or midstream experience
Preferred:
- Effective management of internal relationships, working collaboratively on multi-functional teams and influencing management
- Strong leadership, communication and organizational skills
- Experience in Midstream projects and operations
- Self-motivated individual able to develop, coordinate, and manage projects.
- A basic understanding of gathering, compression, processing, and treating agreements
- Exposure to the decision & risk analysis process
- MBA
- Generates effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions
- Analyzes issues and understands their business impact
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of October 29, 2014.
Candidates for this U.S. position must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a) (1). Individuals with temporary visas such as A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, NATO, O, P, Q, R or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization in the United States now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
ConocoPhillips is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer (minority/female/veterans/disability). *LI-JJ1
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