Oxy
Automation Specialist II
Denver City, Texas · Mid
No sponsorshipDetected 12 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
This listing is sourced directly from Oxy's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.