Project Lead

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Job Summary:

Job Description:

Delaware Basin Overview

Spanning West Texas through Southeast New Mexico, ConocoPhillips holds approximately 709,000 total net acres in the Delaware Basin, which includes approximately 699,000 unconventional net acres. ConocoPhillips began exploring and appraising the basin’s stacked pay potential in 2012 and has gained extensive technical expertise to optimize development. Entering 2023, the company now operates over 2,800 wells throughout the Basin.

In 2022, the company operated an average of 10 drilling rigs, including one electric rig, and 153 new operated wells were brought online. Net production in 2022 averaged 321 MBOED.

Quality of Life Incentives

ConocoPhillips offers additional benefits to support employees living and maintaining a primary residence in the Loving/Carlsbad, NM area. For more details visit: Living in Loving/Carlsbad and view the A Diamond in the Desert video.

Description

The DBW Project Lead provides leadership and direction for construction, installation, and maintenance activities. We work together with members of the Operations and Engineering to safely execute our plans and support our zero-incident culture.

Responsibilities may include:

• Onsite supervising and coordinating of facility construction, pipeline construction, location and road construction, compressor installation and pipeline repair in an assigned geographical area
• Being able to work independently without supervision, guiding contractor on daily work activities
• Directing all assigned construction, pipeline, and maintenance activities to ensure that work is performed in compliance with ConocoPhillips Safety Policies and Procedures as well as applicable environmental and regulatory requirements
• Coordinating with Engineering and Operations to achieve established objectives and to minimize interruptions to operations
• Be able to write applicable permits as needed, work SIMOPS with Operations as needed on “Brown Field “projects
• Be able to review LOTO packages for correctness, walk out process piping for LOTO accuracies
• Involved in identifying, applying, and verifying the construction to ConocoPhillips design criteria and specifications
• Review daily work tickets, invoices, verify billing, expenditures, and cost-control on assigned projects. Responsible for daily reporting in Caps Pad
• Assist in the development of Project Execution Plans
• Participate in P&ID and other instrument and control drawing reviews
• Participate in process hazard analysis and constructability reviews
• Complete all required documentation within the work packet and participate in project close outs
• Training and/or auditing contract personnel on policies and procedures
• Hold contractor accountable, be willing to “STOP” any unsafe acts
• Be a Safety Leader

Basic/Required:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Valid driver's license
• 5 years of experience in the oil and gas industry
• 3 years of experience in direct maintenance or construction activities
• Intermediate proficiency with P&ID and isometrics
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft O365 applications: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Word

Preferred:

• 7 years of construction/operation experience
• 5 years of project management experience
• Understanding of Well Control theories and techniques
• Understanding of field operations and construction operations
• Technical training, or equivalent operations and maintenance experience
• Extensive operational, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance experience in Construction Base work settings
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what is right
• Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical

Job Posting End Date:

August 21, 2023

Sponsorship:

ConocoPhillips’ sponsorship for employment authorization in the U.S. is NOT available for this position.

EEO:

In the US, ConocoPhillips is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.