Sr. Production Engineer
PR/080832
Posted: 14/04/2026
- Competitive
- United States, Texas, Houston
- Permanent
Great opportunity to work as a Senior Production Engineer for a reputable E&P Company in Houston on their Gulf of America assets.
The Sr. Production Engineer will be responsible for facilities and well engineering input into existing and future developments both operated and non-operated. And be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day production operations for operated deepwater Gulf of America assets.
Responsibilities:
People are our business worldwide
Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.
The Sr. Production Engineer will be responsible for facilities and well engineering input into existing and future developments both operated and non-operated. And be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day production operations for operated deepwater Gulf of America assets.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and support field personnel and third party contractors
- Monitor well/flowline performance and provide recommendations accordingly
- Develop and update Subsea Operating Procedures for producing assets
- Develop and implement flow assurance and integrity management strategies for producing assets
- Ensure regulatory testing requirements are performed on a timely basis
- Collaborate with Host Operators and Joint Venture Partners
- Participate in well workover or flowline remediation events if necessary
- Manage well unloading operations of newly completed wells to host facilities
- Prepare and present weekly presentation to management which includes reviewing actual production performance vs budgeted forecast
- Minimum 10+ years of experience working production in oil and gas industry
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering required
- Experience working in field operational environment preferred
- Experience with facilities project execution
- Experience with nodal analysis software
- Experience with offshore production/deepwater preferred
- Advanced knowledge of pressure transient analysis techniques and software
People are our business worldwide
Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.
Ewan Melling
Principal Recruitment Consultant
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