Facilities Engineer

The Facilities Engineer plans, designs, manages execution of field activities, optimizes and troubleshoots the oil production, gas processing facilities, and water and CO2 infrastructure of the Company. The positions primary responsibility is managing Elk’s rotating equipment maintenance and reliability, gas processing plant engineering support, and planning and implementation of facilities projects and upgrades.

• Lead daily maintenance activities associated with reciprocating compressors, pumps, and vapor recovery units.
• Develop plans for compression, pump maintenance, and manage daily work priorities of compression and field mechanics.
• Monitor and analyze rotating equipment operating conditions, efficiencies, optimization, and identify abnormal operating conditions.
• Oversee compressor and pump vibration analysis, while providing technical support and troubleshooting
• Oversee Windrock data acquisition, provide guidance for technicians completing data acquisition.
• Be responsible for planning and managing upgrades, overhauls, spare parts inventory, and maintenance budgets for Elk’s rotating equipment ensuring cost efficient and reliable operations.

• Provide daily engineering support for Elk’s compression and gas processing facility operations. Be available and advise operations staff on operational decisions.
• Work closely with field operations and maintenance personnel to ensure facilities are operating safely and reliably and diagnose and troubleshoot operational issues.
• Diagnose and resolve production disruptions quickly to minimize downtime and lost volumes.
• Design, implement, and optimize facility systems to maximize efficiency and reliability.
• Manage facility MOC processes to ensure changes meet design standards, PSM compliance, and are implemented safely.

• Support and optimize water flood and CO₂ flood performance, including injection balancing, surveillance, and facility coordination.
• Collaborate with reservoir engineering and operations teams to improve recovery efficiency and sweep performance.

• Scoping, design, and execution for expansion of existing facilities infrastructure in support of ongoing and future capital development projects ($5k - $2M).
• Develop project work scopes, project budgets, engineering design packages, and bid packages.
• Use of effective project management skills resulting in timely and cost-effective project delivery.

• Develop and maintain close working relationships with operations and maintenance personnel to develop solutions to operational problems and to improve efficiency, reliability, regulatory compliance, and safety of Elk’s production facilities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to field staff.
• Support vendor selection and oversee service quality and performance.
• Utilize tools such as SCADA, and production data systems daily to identify enhancement and optimization opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs.

• Ensure operations comply with all applicable regulatory requirements (EPA, BLM, tribal agencies, etc.).
• Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory bodies and stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, or related discipline).
• 3+ years of production engineering experience in oil and gas operations.

• Demonstrated knowledge of reciprocating compressors, rotary screw compressors, vapor recovery units, electric motors.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ANSI pumps and horizontal split case pumps.
• Demonstrated knowledge of compression and gas processing facilities maintenance and operations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of dehydration and refrigeration processes.
• Experience with optimizing legacy infrastructure with a focus on economically and safely extending useful life.
• Experience supervising field work, construction contractors, and providing direction and guidance to maintenance and…