Supervisor of Engineering

Role Summary

The Engineering Supervisor provides technical engineering leadership and direct supervision for production operations across Flywheel’s assigned asset. This role drives safe, compliant, reliable, and optimized production through strong people leadership, process improvement, and data‑driven technical solutions. The position focuses on building high performing teams of engineers and the team’s interactions with production supervisors, lease operators, and contract personnel.

• Leadership & Culture — Model Flywheel’s core behaviors in all interactions; act as a strong team player who is driven, humble, and people smart; promote positive behaviors, eliminate negative ones, and foster a collaborative, high accountability environment.
• Performance Management & Talent Development — Lead team performance through monthly one on one meetings, quarterly evaluations, and ongoing coaching; document clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for direct reports, linking them to business impact; identify skill gaps and provide training, mentoring, and development opportunities to build capability and engagement.
• Strategic Alignment & Measurement — Ensure team initiatives align with company priorities and adjust as needed based on real world conditions; define and track meaningful KPIs to measure team success and progress.
• Technical & Operational Leadership — Provide engineering guidance for daily production activities; oversee optimization of artificial lift systems (e.g., rod pump, ESP, gas lift), facility performance, well analysis, and mitigation of restrictions to maximize uptime, recovery, and efficiency; analyze production data, downtime, pressures, and expenses to develop and execute improvement plans.
• Project & Program Management — Prioritize and manage CAPEX projects based on value and return on investment; track execution to meet milestones, control scope, schedule and budget. Manage operations programs such as chemical, artificial lift, environmental, and workover.
• Collaboration & Compliance — Work closely with cross functional teams to execute strategies and improve communication between engineering and field operations; champion full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards; lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, audits, and reporting.
• Stakeholder & Integration — Maintain strong relationships with landowners, regulators, service providers, and local communities; support integration of new assets or acquisitions to align with Flywheel standards.
• Hybrid Work & Communication — Ensure direct reports understand hybrid work expectations; promote active collaboration across teams on goals and performance metrics.