26-222.A - Plant Operations Engineer

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Regularly interacts with plant operations leadership and personnel to analyze operational problems, develop alternatives and recommend optimal solutions
• Seeks out and identifies opportunities to optimize systems, save costs, improve operations, and maximize operating performance & value
• Provides design engineering, scope development, timelines and cost estimates for expense and capital projects that enhance operability, profitability, and efficiency as well as growth capital projects
• Coordinates construction personnel to ensure execution on desired scope of work
• Manages plant upgrade and modification projects to completion.
• Manages outside resources (engineering, project management, vendors, etc.) as needed.
• Analyzes and optimizes natural gas processing plant recoveries
• Participates or leads PHAs for processing facilities and is responsible for identifying projects to address PHA recommendations and findings
• Provide plant engineering support for all L48 plants and processing facilities, be the subject matter expert / liaison for processing facilities that they own and operate
• Create heat & material balances for processes for both existing and new designs
• Perform hydraulic simulations of pressures and flow rates through pipelines transporting oil, NGLs or natural gas
• Size and specify relief devices for both gas and liquids with an understanding of the theory/calculations associated with relief valve sizing and overpressure scenarios
• Perform overall relief and flare system evaluations
• Trouble-shoot operational issues at gas processing plants, sulfur recovery unit, and compressor stations and develop recommendations.
• Works in coordination with the commercial team in new growth project development, providing iterations and various options for initial feasibility designs & cost estimates
• May assist with due diligence work on assets proposed to be acquired by Hilcorp, including participating in data rooms, conducting field reviews and observations
• Ensures the execution of assigned projects with quality workmanship, on-time, on-budget in accordance with the proposed scope of work

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Meet with various local, state and federal agencies regarding assigned projects as needed
• Present information at our field monthly update meetings on overall company performance and trends
• Assist in incident response efforts and investigations as required

Qualifications:

• Four (4) years minimum oil and gas /process engineering experience
• Two (2) years minimum of direct plant operations engineering experience
• Working knowledge and understanding of Process Safety Management and Process Hazard Analysis and able to perform engineering function for PHA's for process facilities
• Possess a solid understanding of plant equipment such as compressors, pumps, piping, vessels, gas treating and processing equipment, fractionation, flares, etc.
• Experienced and proficient with process modeling programs such as HYSYS and ProMax.
• Experienced and knowledgeable in industry codes and standards such as ASME, API, NFPA, etc.
• Adhere to Hilcorp's Core Values (Integrity, Urgency, Ownership, Alignment, and Innovation)
• Ability to approach job assignments with urgency and apply sound engineering judgement and diligence
• Ability to work with operations teams and develop effective working relationships across the organization
• Ability to maintain a positive, professional and solutions-oriented approach with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public
• Ability to communicate effectively and share ideas
• Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
• Willing to travel 25% of the time and more if required for project or turnaround support.

Education Requirements:

• Required: Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from an accredited university (Preferably Mechanical or Chemical Engineering)

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Professional Engineer license desirable