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Lead Facilities Engineer – Wellsite Autonomous Operations

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Denver • Colorado • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $235,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serves as the single enterprise authority for facilities system, compression, and flow network behavior supporting autonomous and semi-autonomous wellsite operations.
  • Own the enterprise facilities standards that underpin autonomous and semi-autonomous wellsite operations.
  • Provide authoritative voice on surface network behavior, including gas, liquids, and multiphase flow interactions.
  • Partner with WAO leadership to define success criteria, KPIs, and OKRs for facilities-enabled autonomous operations.
  • Define, steward, and maintain facilities standards supporting WAO.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of Facilities Engineering experience in US onshore oil and gas operations.
  • Demonstrated enterprise or multi-asset technical influence.
  • Recognized internally as a technical authority in facilities systems, pipeline networks, and compression.
  • Deep expertise in gas compression technologies used in US onshore operations.
  • Understanding of compressor performance envelopes, turndown limitations, recycle strategies, and failure modes.
  • Advanced experience with dynamic modeling of gas and liquid flowline networks.
  • Ability to evaluate transient behavior during: Startups and shutdowns, Rate changes, Equipment trips and restarts.
  • Ability to identify system bottlenecks and constraint propagation under transient conditions.
Benefits
  • access to health, vision, and dental insurance
  • flexible working schedule
  • paid time off policy
  • discretionary annual bonus program
  • long-term incentive program
  • generous 401(k) matching program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
Facilities EngineeringGas Compression TechnologiesDynamic ModelingPipeline NetworksTransient Behavior EvaluationCompressor Performance AnalysisFlowline Network AnalysisSystem Bottleneck IdentificationConstraint PropagationFailure Mode Analysis
Soft Skills
Technical AuthorityInfluenceCollaborationLeadershipCommunication