Lease Operator

About the Permian

Straddling West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and the engine behind the country’s energy renaissance. Nationally, it provides about 40% of oil and 15% of gas production and plays a critical role in making the U.S. a leading energy exporter.

The merger of Exxon Mobil and Pioneer creates an Unconventional business with the largest, high‑return development potential in the Permian Basin. The combined company’s more than 1.4 million net acres in the Delaware and Midland basins have an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil equivalent resource. In 2023, we produced, on average 612,000 barrels a day in the Permian Basin, and we’re aiming to produce 1 million barrels per day from our Permian assets by the end of 2027.

Investments in infrastructure from New Mexico to the Gulf Coast enhance logistics and integrated value. We’ve advanced gathering and processing facilities, including the Cowboy central delivery point. Integration maximizes resource development through to fuels, lubes, and chemicals. The Permian Basin business unit also has the distinction of being the first at Exxon Mobil to unveil and execute a plan for net‑zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in operated assets by 2030, as part of the Corporation’s broader 2050 net‑zero ambition.

Over 1,800 employees work and live in Midland, Odessa, Carlsbad, and the surrounding areas, all of which offer easy access to national parks and unrivaled outdoor recreational opportunities. Employees in the area also get to enjoy the world‑renowned Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which Exxon Mobil has proudly sponsored since 2019. As a major operator in the Permian Basin, Exxon Mobil invests heavily in local community development through the Permian Strategic Partnership, an industry consortium that works to enhance quality of life by improving infrastructure, healthcare, housing, education and workforce development.

• Assist other Lease Operators with operating and inspecting pumping and wellhead equipment among other duties.
• Once employed, a skill assessment coinciding with this description will be assigned that further defines the job duties for progression/promotion purposes.

• Learns to operate and inspect pumping and wellhead equipment.
• Learns basic operation and proper maintenance of gas engines, testers, phase separators, water knock‑outs, heaters and stock tanks, and other on‑site wellhead equipment and compressors.
• Assists with routine maintenance of production equipment, learning to check wellhead compressors.
• Learns to detect oil, water or gas leaks, and broken seals. Also learns proper lockout/tagout procedures.
• Utilizes SCADA equipment for well surveillance to optimize production and prevent spills.
• Assists in minor repairs of production equipment.
• Learns to read and record daily numbers from various lease oil and gas measurement equipment.
• Ensures tank thief hatches are securely closed.
• Learns to enter daily production readings, well test readings, downtime and run tickets into current electronic systems.
• Learns to advise water haulers when water is ready for pickup and disposal.
• Learns to complete all required paperwork, reports, and to run required reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor, to include special projects.

• High school education or equivalent.
• Entry level position. No experience necessary.
• A current valid driver’s license with an insurable driving record.
• Able to read and write in order to read pressure gauges and complete paperwork.
• Basic computer skills, including use of Microsoft Office.
• Strong adaptability skills.
• Eager to learn.
• Basic understanding of how to operate hand tools such as grease guns and wrenches, to lubricate or tighten equipment.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop or bend; and talk or hear.
• Ability to climb a ladder and stairs.
• The employee will be driving assigned Company vehicle on unpaved lease roads.
• The employee…