Sr. Production Engineer

Sr. Staff Production Engineer

Date: Jun 1, 2026

Location: Oklahoma City, OK, US, 73118

Company: Expand Energy

Our core values — Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt — are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expand's performance among our E&P competitors.

We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team. We realize that, historically, underrepresented groups feel the need to be 100% qualified in order to apply. If you meet any combination of our requirements, we encourage you to apply. We strive to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

This senior level position is considered a team lead that performs detailed aspects of engineering assignments in order to provide technical and specialized solutions to petrotechnical engineering challenges.

• Evaluates costs and estimates the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites
• Trains and mentors less experienced engineers
• Develops plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment
• Directs and monitors the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys
• Analyzes data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production
• Monitors production rates, and plans rework processes to improve production
• Interprets drilling and testing information
• Specifies and supervises well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery
• Assists engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems
• Confers with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems
• Coordinates the installation, maintenance, and operation of oil field equipment
• Performs field and screening studies of existing assets and potential acquisitions, including associated economic analyses
• Recommends, acquires, and analyzes the necessary test data used to define accurate reservoir characterization.
• Conducts exploration project evaluations to include probabilistic analyses
• Provides monitoring and surveillance programs for reservoir performance, and coordinates these programs to determine if the development plan is congruent with management strategy
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Advanced knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of the oil and gas industry
• Advanced knowledge and ability to integrate well performance/nodal analysis, pressure transient analysis, material balance, volumetric and decline curve analyses in the evaluation are essential
• Advanced knowledge and practical application of volumetric calculations, decline curve reserve determinations, appropriate analogue techniques and material balance assessments
• Expertise in economic evaluation and reserve assessment for exploration programs, development drilling programs, work overs and production optimization opportunities
• Advanced knowledge of high pressure/high temperature environments
• Advanced knowledge and application of fit-for-purpose equipment design
• Advanced knowledge of formation evaluation
• Advanced knowledge of reservoir simulation techniques
• Advanced knowledge of unconventional experience associated with tight gas reservoirs, CBM development, and shale gas resource work
• Ability to use rigorous logic, critical thinking skills and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions

Minimum:
Bachelor's degree - from accredited university

Minimum:
One of the following:

Bachelor’s degree - from accredited university
- Engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) program, or

Professional Engineer (PE) license, or

Master’s degree - from accredited university
- Master’s of Engineering…