Optimization Operator

At Devon, we will offer you a career full of energy and unmatched opportunities to solve today’s greatest challenges. Innovation, creative problem-solving and positive change happen when people step out of their comfort zone and think differently. Our values, workplace practices, wellness programs, benefits and compensation are aimed at helping employees manage their unique personal life and care for their families so they can focus on contributing to the fullest.

The Optimization Operator, working under limited supervision, is responsible for driving analysis of real-time data through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring. The role leads collaboration with engineers, operators, and foremen for wells and lease activities, and optimizes producing and underperforming wells. The operator drives subsurface well maintenance, performs dynamometer, fluid shots, and Formation Bottomhole Pressure (FBHP) surveys, and maintains regulatory, environmental, and safety compliance. The role leads the identification of opportunities for operations cost reductions, reducing production variance, and improving job efficiency and safety based on subject matter expertise in field operations. The operator assists with orientation and training of lower-level employees and maintains a contact role for field operations, serving as a point of communication for all personnel during emergencies or significant occurrences, ensuring effective response and coordination.

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Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.