25-059.B - Operations Engineer

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Regularly interacts with control room, field operations leadership and field personnel to analyze operational problems, develop alternatives and recommend optimal solutions.
• Seeks and identifies opportunities to optimize systems, save costs and improve our operations and maximize operating performance & value.
• Provides initial design engineering, scope development, schedule and cost estimates for maintenance expense and/or capital jobs as well as growth capital projects.
• Coordinates and manages third party engineering designs for projects.
• Coordinates with project engineers and/or construction crews to ensure execution on desired scope of work.
• Works closely with the project manager or assumes the role of Project Manager for individual projects or programs as needed.
• Analyzes and optimizes natural gas processing plant recoveries/efficiencies.
• Participates or leads PHAs for processing facilities and is responsible for resolving or identifying projects to address identified issues.
• Performs hydraulic simulations of pressures and flow rates through pipelines transporting oil, NGLs or natural gas.
• Works in coordination with the commercial team in new growth project development, providing iterations and various options for initial feasibility designs & cost estimates
• Performs due diligence work on midstream assets proposed to be acquired by Harvest, including participating in data rooms, conducting field reviews and observations
• 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 if required

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Adheres to the company's values - integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.
• Supports company vision and mission.
• Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Four (4) to seven (7) years minimum oil and gas /process engineering experience.
• Three (3) years minimum process or project experience in a plant environment.
• Broad based engineering and operational knowledge with the ability to understand, lead efforts in or provide internal support for civil, electrical, mechanical and process control issues or designs.
• Familiar with PSM and process hazard analysis process and able to perform PHA's for process facilities.
• Familiar with process simulation (Promax or equivalent) and hydraulic modeling software.
• Ability to generate heat & material balances for both existing and new process designs
• Ability to trouble-shoot operational issues at cryogenic gas processing plants and compressor stations.
• Ability to perform detailed hydraulic modeling for both gas and liquids without use of canned computer software.
• Ability to support operations team to maximize value generated from each asset.
• Ability to size relief valves and control valves for both gas and liquids
• Ability to generate conceptual and detailed cost estimates for projects up to $10 MM.
• 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

Education Requirements:

• Required: Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from an accredited university

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Professional Engineers license desirable