Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum

Automation Specialist II

Denver City, Texas · Mid

No sponsorshipDetected 13 days ago
Project ManagementExcelPLCControlsLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft OfficeFiber Optics

About the role

  • Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life.
  • Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for proper installation, function tests and calibration of all automation equipment meeting engineering design specifications on well-sites.
  • Support coordinating oversight of automation commissioning with Project Manager
  • Support project status reporting to ensure entry on project tracking tool
  • Intermediate knowledge of well RTU designs, programming and troubleshooting
  • Builds positive relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals

Requirements

  • 2-year Instrumentation or Automation technology degree with a GPA of 2.5 or higher (or foreign equivalent), or equivalent technical working experience with a good track record of safety
  • 3+ years of Oil Field experience
  • Intermediate knowledge of analog and discrete instrumentation, and various serial and ethernet communications protocols
  • Intermediate knowledge of technical standards and guidelines (API, NEC, NFPA, IEEE, ISA, etc.)
  • Basic knowledge of maintaining PLC programs in function block, ladder logic, and structured text
  • Basic knowledge of maintaining local HMI operator interfaces
  • Intermediate knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and Windows Operating Systems
  • Bachelor's degree in Automation with GPA of 3.0 or higher (or foreign equivalent)
  • 5+ years of Oil Field experience
  • 1+ years of upstream oil and gas automation experience

Skills

  • The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role
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