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Senior Petroleum Engineer

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PO&G Resources

Houston, TX (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 6 days ago (Updated 5 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/18/2026

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Job Description

Job description PO&G Resources is a rapidly growing, twenty-six year-old private oil and gas company located in the Galleria/Uptown area of Houston. With the ongoing expansion of our operations across multiple areas in the US, the company is seeking a key individual fill the position of Senior Operations Engineer.
Basic Function:
This position will be located at the company's Houston headquarters and will be responsible for engineering, monitoring, and optimizing well operations to ensure efficient production while maintaining safety, regulatory, and environmental compliance.
Roles and Responsibilities include:
Monitoring lease production. Identifying, diagnosing, and remedying issues affecting production levels. Preparing well and lease level economic evaluations. Analyzing pumping unit rod string designs utilizing the S Rod design program. Develop projects to increase production and enhance field operations. Monthly trips to field locations to optimize operations and regularly meet with field personnel. Managing field personnel to maximize the cash flow and value of our oil and gas assets while ensuring our operations are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner. Mutually develop with management, production targets and actively monitor actual production to aggressively undertake corrective actions as warranted to ensure consistent production twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Coordinate with Accounting, Business Development, and Land departments as required. Working with a team of field personnel to: Provide strategic, technical, and operational perspective to the team. Establish individual property level cash flow budgets. Communicate with field staff to achieve property level production, expense, cash flow, and other goals and objectives. Mutually develop with management cost targets and actively monitor actual costs to aggressively undertake corrective actions as warranted. Identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute opportunities to maximize value through well reactivations, artificial lift enhancements, waterflood optimizations, battery and SWD consolidations, etc. Identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute capital investment projects such as injection well conversions, recompletions, new drilling, etc. Develop procedures to maximize value of existing and acquired properties by identifying and executing three-pronged strategy of operating costs reductions, production enhancements, and capex program.
Location:
Position will be located in company's Houston headquarters office
Qualifications:
B.S. in Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering Minimum 7 years experience Oil and gas experience required
Skills and Competencies:
Represent company in a positive, professional manner at all times and in all interactions Possess strong problem-solving skills Accountable for actions and results Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external customers Demonstrate strong leadership skills and good management practices Ability to act with a high degree of independence Analytical, quick-thinking, ability to review complex problems and propose effective solutions Strong ability to prepare and review complex engineering calculations and analyses Self-motivated with a high level of individual initiative
Additional Details:
Must have the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship Periodic off-hours required to respond to field issues Successful candidate must be willing to submit to a background check and drug screen Salary commensurate with experience and education
Benefits:
401k
Matching Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Account Company-paid Life Insurance Paid Time Off Company Description:
PO&G acquires conventional and unconventional oil and gas properties and increases their value by improving operations such as artificial lift, water flood optimization, and vertical infill drilling. The company's current oil and gas properties are located in: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah and Mississippi. West Texas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma are the company's largest operating regions. Current gross / net production is 5,000 / 3,500 BOE/D. The company plans to continue its historical growth rate by doubling production every three years. The company thrives as a result of its opportunistic, entrepreneurial culture, and has attracted select, high-impact personnel from a variety of oil companies and Wall Street firms. Company employees have the opportunity to involve themselves in a broad range of new activities as properties are acquired, providing constant challenge and growth opportunities. Direct exposure to top management ensures a rewarding, non-bureaucratic work environment. Additional company information is available at www.pogresources.com. PO&G will only consider candidates who submit resumes through Indeed.
Job Type:
Full-time Benefits:
401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible spending account Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance
Education:
Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
Oil & gas: 7 years (Required)
Work Location:
In person

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