Eng Water Technology - Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Description

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of  Water Technology Engineer within our Water Strategy group based in the Houston, TX office.

Description

·         The Engineer will work with members of the Water Technology and Strategy Team in providing support to various Business Units across Oxy on water related technologies including oil in water separation and potentially desalination with a potential to support other problem solving opportunities.

·         This role may include but not be limited to:

o   Conducting field trials and advancing projects related to oil in water separation

o   Supporting desalination program including field support work

o   Trouble shooting of field operational issues

o   Establishing plans to expand existing or pending projects

o   Analysis of data relative to various water-oil technology projects and distilling the data to meaningful results

o   Presentation of results to Team and Business Units

o   This role will collaborate with immediate Team Engineers and Business Unit Operations

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

·         BS in Engineering degree

·         Minimum of 2 years industry experience

·         Must be motivated and willing to learn new scientific as well as operational relationships to facilitate the (CFD) modeling, oil in water separation technologies and/or desalination programs in oil field operations

·         Must be willing to innovate and research topics that may not be well known or understood

·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred knowledge, understandings and traits:

·         Experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD modeling preferred

·         Water chemistry

·         Oil or organic chemistry

·         Statistical analysis

·         Data analytics

·         Diverse instrumentation methods

·         Software abilities: JMP, “R”, Python, Ansys-Fluent, Flow3D

·         Problem solver

·         Innovator

·         Forward looking project vision

·         Team player and collaborator

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