Workover & Completions Specialist

Oxy  produces ,  markets and transports  oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in  carbon management  to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. To learn more, visit  Oxy

Oxy strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

The Workover & Completions Specialist provides technical and operational support for well servicing, workover, completion, and intervention activities. This position works closely with engineering, field operations, service companies, and contractors to safely and efficiently execute well programs while maintaining focus on operational performance, cost control, well integrity, and production objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee daily workover, completion, well intervention, and remedial operations .
• Provide field-level technical support from initial job planning through execution and final well handover.
• Review workover and completion programs and ensure field activities are executed in accordance with the approved program.
• Support operations involving tubing, casing, artificial lift, fishing, milling, cleanouts, stimulation, wireline, coiled tubing, pressure control, and well integrity .
• Troubleshoot downhole and surface operational problems and work with engineering and service providers to develop practical solutions.
• Coordinate rig crews, third-party service companies, equipment, materials, and logistics required for well operations.
• Monitor daily operations and identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, reliability, and cost performance .
• Verify that appropriate equipment, procedures, and resources are available before critical operations begin.
• Participate in pre-job planning, risk assessments, safety meetings, and operational reviews.
• Maintain strong communication between field personnel, engineering, production operations, leadership, and contractors.
• Track operational progress, downtime, equipment performance, costs, and significant well events.
• Document daily activities and maintain accurate well-service records in applicable reporting systems.
• Assist with troubleshooting fishing operations, stuck pipe, tubing failures, equipment failures, well-control concerns, and other unplanned downhole conditions.
• Support installation, repair, troubleshooting, and optimization of artificial-lift systems , including gas lift and other production equipment.
• Ensure contractors and service providers meet established safety, operational, and performance expectations.
• Participate in post-job reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future workover and completion programs.
• Identify opportunities to reduce nonproductive time and improve rig, service-company, and overall well-delivery performance.
• Promote a strong field safety culture with an emphasis on hazard identification, stop-work responsibility, and disciplined execution.

Qualifications

• Extensive field experience in workover, completions, well servicing, production operations, or well intervention .
• Strong working knowledge of workover rigs, completion equipment, fishing tools, tubing operations, pressure-control equipment, artificial lift, wireline, and coiled-tubing operations.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex field and downhole problems.
• Strong understanding of well integrity and safe well-servicing practices.
• Ability to read and interpret well schematics, completion programs, equipment specifications, and operational procedures.
• Experience coordinating multiple contractors and service companies during active well operations.
• Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage changing operational conditions and priorities in a fast-paced field environment.
• Strong computer and reporting skills, including experience with well-operations reporting systems.
• Willingness and ability to work in field environments and support operations outside normal working hours when operationally required.
• Preferred Experience
• Significant experience with Permian Basin workover and completion operations .
• Experience with artificial-lift installations and troubleshooting.
• Experience supervising complex fishing and well-recovery operations.
• Familiarity with cost tracking, operational performance metrics, and nonproductive-time reduction.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring field personnel and developing less-experienced technical staff.
• Position Objective
• Deliver safe, technically sound, and cost-effective workover and completion operations while maximizing well reliability, production performance, and asset value.
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