Sr. Automation Engineer

About Us

At Exxon Mobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. We are one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, powered by a unique and diverse workforce. We invite you to bring your ideas to Exxon Mobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs.

About The Permian:
Straddling West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and a key driver of the country’s energy renaissance. The merger of Exxon Mobil and Pioneer creates an Unconventional business with significant development potential. Over 1800 employees work in the Permian Basin area, with strong community and environmental initiatives.

What Role You Will Play In Our Team

• We are looking for an experienced Automation Engineer to join the Permian Basin engineering organization.
• The position will be situated in Midland, TX.
• The role will have opportunities to work in the Automation, Instrumentation, Controls, and Electrical disciplines by supporting Permian Basin field operation teams directly, and through multi-discipline projects.

• Focus on continuous improvement of the operating assets through PLC automation improvement and new technology opportunities.
• Develop and execute brownfield improvement projects and initiatives with an IC&E and Automation majority scope, from concept select through sustainment.
• Oversee the installation and setup of IC&E equipment and systems, ensuring they function correctly and meet safety and regulatory standards.
• Participate in area risk assessments, HAZOPs, Hazard Hunts, and Critical Operating Parameter Reviews.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• Support Opportunity management—identification of opportunities and development of scope of work for projects.
• Ensure instrumentation, electrical and control systems adhere to safety and environmental regulations.
• Collect and analyze data from instrumentation and electrical/control systems to optimize processes and identify improvements.
• Recommend and implement upgrades to instrumentation, electrical and control systems to stay current with industry standards and technology.
• Implement SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) protocols to protect personnel, equipment, and the environment.
• Provide operations support for changes, repairs, and alterations of plant pressure equipment leveraging the Management of Change process.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve project objectives and provide shutdown engineering support.
• Provide brownfield upgrade/greenfield project engineering support, and prepare/review IC&E engineering deliverables (one-line diagrams, Cause & Effect diagrams, Controls Narrative, wiring diagrams, installation details, instrument index, cable schedule, etc.).

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field with significant automation, instrumentation, controls, and electrical experience.
• Strong knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and safety criteria (ISA, NEC, IEEE).
• Strong analytic and communication skills; ability to manage third-party engineering firms and vendor qualification activities.
• Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation, electrical equipment and control system issues.
• Demonstrated Upstream Oil & Gas Production support experience and a track record of process improvements through automation (PLC, HMI, SCADA, DCS, etc.).

• Leadership roles in automation-focused operations or technical teams.
• PLC debugging and programming, and experience with field/network communications (DNP3, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, MQTT, radio, fiber, switches).
• Instrumentation and electrical facility design best practices.
• Familiarity with analytics/visualization tools (Ignition, SEEQ, Power BI) and dashboards for operations troubleshooting.

An Exxon Mobil career is designed to last, with benefits in health, security, finance, and life. We offer:

• Pension Plan with automatic enrollment and retirement annuity.
• Savings Plan with employer match support.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Wellbeing programs and confidential counseling resources.
• Disability Plan with automatic enrollment.

More information on our benefits can be found at  Benefits may change from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Employer equal opportunity

Exxon Mobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or disability. Nothing herein overrides corporate structure or local entity distinctions.

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