Workover Engineer Sr

Specific Responsibilities

The Workover Engineer Sr for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s Drilling, Completion & Workover team at the company’s Houston office reporting to the Completions & Workover Engineering Manager.  Specific role will be a Workover Engineer focused on overseeing the P&A process for wells in the US.

This role will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Generate cost estimates and AFEs by GL codes associated with planned work scopes
• Develop step-by-step procedures to achieve specified well objectives safely and efficiently
• Procedures will incorporate engineering controls, provide guidance on well control equipment and practices, and complying with company safety regulations and standards
• Provide Engineering support for multiple workover rigs including procedures, troubleshooting downhole tools, make recommendations during fishing operations
• Recommend and develop processes and guidelines for well workover operations
• Conduct historical well review to support procedural recommendations
• Engage with other functions and asset leadership to manage process execution discrepancies & scope changes
• Develop and monitor KPI reporting of the workover operations with respect to spend, delivery of planned objectives, and scheduling (planned vs actuals)
• Manage expenditures and performance relative to AFE’d budgets and communicate variances

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline
• Experience in Engineering with 5+ years E&P company experience in Production, Well Interventions, Operations, or Operations Support
• Minimum of 2 to 3 years of experience developing procedures to workover wells with artificial lift equipment including rod pump, ESP, or gaslift
• Working knowledge of downhole tools and equipment
• Experience developing Completion design and supervising frac or drillout operations a plus
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient with computer software: Microsoft Suite, Wellview, and Spotfire
• Ability to work flexible work schedule, including long and/or irregular hours

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the world's energy needs.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom's North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname.

For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit: www.apacorp.com.

Apache Statement on Hiring

To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.

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