Field Production Engineer

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of Role (Objective / Job expectations):

•    System Management and Optimization: Oversee the complete lifecycle of the oil and gas production system to ensure a constant and efficient flow from the reservoir to the separation batteries.
•    Production Maximization: Implement technical strategies to extract the highest possible volume of fluids, maintaining a consistent focus on operational profitability.
•    Contract Administration: Supervise and manage service and supply contracts assigned to the area, ensuring that vendors meet established quality standards and delivery timelines.
•    HSES Leadership: Serve as a lead authority in Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ). This involves ensuring that all operations under their command are conducted without accidents and in full compliance with current environmental regulations.

Critical Responsibilities (MAE/MATTE/HSES*):

•    Ensure that all activities are executed safely and responsibly, in full compliance with applicable regulations and the company’s HSES standards, preventing Major Accident Events (MAE) and Major Accidents to the Environment (MATTE).

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

•    Act in full alignment with the company’s Ethics and Compliance framework and complete all required compliance training.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

•    Monitor and optimize production from downhole to surface facilities.
•    Monitor operational conditions of all assigned wells and field conditions affecting production efficiency (wellhead pressures, separation pressures at facilities, gas lift injection pressure, etc.).
•    Identify, document, and propose optimizations for wells and production processes to improve field efficiency.
•    Ensure the correct operation, efficiency, and continuous optimization of all producing wells under their responsibility.
•    Participate in interdepartmental meetings for the integrated planning of different workflows for current and future projects.
•    Act as a technical liaison between departments involved in interventions and special projects aimed at increasing field production.
•    Participate in the preparation of periodic production reports and KPIs for the bidding of production services. Carry out the follow-up of KPIs for production service contracts.
•    Provide inputs to align activities within an integrated plan for field optimization, compression facility installation, and artificial lift system efficiency.

•    Identify, together with the subsurface reservoir optimization team, the needs for wireline interventions (physical measurements, gas lift valve changes, mechanical cleaning, etc.).
•    Review low-recovery wells and identify intervention proposals, including field visits 2 to 3 days per week.
•    Generate nodal analysis for individual wells.
•    Manage service tenders related to the position, including the preparation of technical matrices and evaluations.
•    Monitor KPIs for assigned production service contracts and report immediately any deviations from the standards stipulated in the contracts.
•    Review daily production and operation reports to identify production losses and generate recommendations for well optimization.
•    Analyze and identify optimizations for production processes and operations.
•    Collaborate in the evaluation of production services linked to well monitoring that provide critical data for well diagnostics.
•    Issue optimization or intervention recommendations to be implemented by production personnel.
•    Support all tasks related to facilities and pipelines for the production of hydrocarbons.
•    Participate actively in all assigned project tracking and production analysis meetings.
•    Collaborate in the preparation of the annual operating budget (OPEX).
•    Comply with the company’s HSES policies at all times and follow all safety requirements for the correct execution of activities. Support and report to the Production Manager.
•    Participate in risk assessments for production facilities and field services, determining and ensuring the fulfillment of mitigating actions.
•    Report and participate in the investigation of incidents related to the activities and facilities under their supervision.

Critical Skills, Qualifications, Experience, etc. :

Technical Skills
•    Knowledge of production engineering, well interventions, surface facilities, well analysis, and the generation of well optimization proposals.
•    Knowledge of artificial lift systems (gas lift, beam pumping, hydraulic pumping, electrical submersible pump, plunger lift, etc.), properties of production fluids, and the operating principles of all main components of the petroleum system, from downhole to surface facilities.
•    Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental standards (HSE).
•    Proficiency in IT tools (Microsoft Office Suite).
•    Extensive knowledge of Nodal Analysis.

Non-Technical Skills
•    High degree of personal responsibility, resilience, and operational availability; ability to work under pressure.
•    Flexibility. Proactive profile oriented toward teamwork, with organizational skills and the ability to interpret any required need.
•    Effective communication. Close collaboration with the different departments involved in the operation, PEMEX, legally constituted authorities, and service companies. 
Professional Experience
•    More than 5 years of experience in the position or similar, with at least 3 years in well analysis and production monitoring.
•    Field experience in production operations, maintenance, well intervention, and logistics (production engineering, production facilities, well interventions, wireline unit, slickline, coiled tubing, pulling, flush-by, workover).
•    Operational experience in oil, gas, and water treatment plants is desirable.
•    Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering is desirable.
Education 
•    University Degree in Petroleum Engineering or a related technical discipline.
Languages
•    English: B2
•    Spanish: C1
Harbour principles & values
•    Strong alignment with and commitment to the core values and behaviours of Harbour Energy.
•    Professional handling of specialty software: Petex-IPM Suite, PIPESIM, Wellflow, Rodstar, etc...

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com