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Job Title: Facilities Operations Engineer II
Req Id: 12764
Specific Responsibilities
We are seeking a Facilities Operations Engineer II or Senior Facilities Operations Engineer to serve as a critical interface between Facilities Engineering, Production Operations, and Production Engineering in the Permian Basin. This role is highly field-oriented and is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving real operational problems, troubleshooting facilities in partnership with field teams, and driving fit-for-purpose solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, and execution. This position will spend significant time in the field working directly alongside operations personnel to identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot issues, support facility optimization efforts, and help ensure practical execution of projects and modifications. The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals with operational awareness, construction knowledge, and a pragmatic mindset.
Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary liaison between Facilities Engineering and Production Operations teams
• Establish strong field presence supporting operations and facility troubleshooting efforts
• Proactively identify operational bottlenecks, reliability issues, and optimization opportunities
• Work closely with Production Operations and Production Engineering to develop practical, fit-for-purpose solutions
• Support the design, modification, startup, troubleshooting, and optimization of upstream oil and gas facilities
• Provide engineering support for oil gathering systems, compression, tank batteries, centralized facilities, gas lift systems, and related infrastructure
• Support facility startups, operational upsets, and brownfield modifications
• Participate in project execution activities including scope development, field walkdowns, vendor coordination, construction support, and commissioning
• Ensure facility designs and modifications are constructible, operable, maintainable, and aligned with field realities
• Help drive a culture of practical engineering, cost awareness, operational partnership, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate across disciplines including operations, production engineering, construction, automation, and EHS teams
• Utilize operational and production data to support troubleshooting and performance improvement efforts

Skills

• Confident and field-oriented
• Pragmatic and solutions-focused
• Comfortable making decisions in fast-moving operational environments
• Curious, open-minded, and eager to improve existing processes
• Able to communicate effectively with both engineers and field personnel
• Motivated to solve operational problems quickly and efficiently
• Focused on delivering fit-for-purpose solutions rather than unnecessary complexity

Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required
• Petroleum Engineering degree preferred
• Upstream oil and gas operator experience required
• Strong understanding of upstream production facilities and field operations
• Experience supporting or troubleshooting oil and gas production facilities in an operating environment
• Working knowledge of facility construction practices and field execution
• Ability to work effectively in field environments and active construction areas
• Valid driver's license and ability to safely operate a company pickup truck
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely with field operations personnel
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize issues, operate with urgency, and solve problems collaboratively

Preferred:

• Experience with oil gathering systems, compression, tank batteries, centralized facilities, and gas lift infrastructure
• Familiarity with SCADA systems, production data systems, and Power BI
• Experience supporting facility startups and commissioning activities
• Strong interdisciplinary understanding across facilities, production, operations, automation, and construction
• Experience balancing technical rigor with practical, cost-effective execution

Competencies
The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.
Nearly 3 billion people - roughly one-third of the global population - live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
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Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.