Job Information
BP Americas, Inc. Lead Facilities Engineer - Wellsite Autonomous Operations in Denver, Colorado
Entity:
Production & Operations
Job Family Group:
Engineering Group
Job Description:
Role Synopsis
The Lead Facilities Engineer – Wellsite Autonomous Operations serves as the single enterprise authority for facilities system, compression, and flow network behavior supporting autonomous and semi‑autonomous wellsite operations. This role is accountable for ensuring that facilities architectures, compression strategies, and surface network designs enable safe, reliable, and value‑optimized autonomous operation at scale, while remaining aligned with enterprise governance, process safety, operating model standards, and lifecycle cost objectives.
The role holds authority within delegated limits for facilities standards supporting autonomy and escalates safety‑critical, system‑level, or cross‑discipline decisions as required. This position converts field‑level facilities innovation and modeling insight into repeatable, governed enterprise advantage.
Scope & Accountability
Own the enterprise facilities standards that underpin autonomous and semi‑autonomous wellsite operations.
Serve as the facilities counterpart to Automation, Production Engineering, and Operations leadership within the WAO governance model.
Ensure facilities system design enables:
Compression operability across variable operating envelopes
Stable, predictable flow under transient conditions
Autonomous control strategies that respect physical system limits
Economics supporting the impact in terms of discrete value and potential scale
Act as the authoritative voice on surface network behavior, including gas, liquids, and multiphase flow interactions across pads, trunklines, and compression stations.
Performance Management & Learning
Partner with WAO leadership to define success criteria, KPIs, and OKRs for facilities‑enabled autonomous operations.
Establish outcome‑based performance measures tied to:
Compression availability and unmanned auto restart, remote supported restart, and remote diagnostics for first-visit resolution
Flow assurance stability under transient operation
Constraint removal and debottlenecking effectiveness
Lead or support root cause failure analyses (RCFAs) for material facilities, compression, or surface‑network‑driven events.
Ensure RCFA outcomes are translated into:
Updated standards
Modeling assumptions and constraints
Deployment guardrails for autonomous operation
Standards & Governance
Define, steward, and maintain facilities standards supporting WAO, including:
Compression system control envelopes and operability limits
Surface network design criteria for autonomous and transient operation
Facilities integration requirements with automation and control strategies
Establish clear criteria for:
Standard application
Approved deviations
Required escalation for safety‑critical or value‑material decisions
Ensure facilities designs are consistent with:
Process safety and mechanical integrity expectations
Operability across steady‑state and transient conditions
Enterprise lifecycle cost and reliability objectives
Minimum Qualifications
Experience
12+ years of Facilities Engineering experience in US onshore oil and gas operations.
Demonstrated enterprise or multi‑asset technical influence.
Recognized internally as a technical authority in facilities systems, pipeline networks, and compression.
Technical Domain Expertise
Compression Systems
Deep expertise in gas compression technologies used in US onshore operations
Understanding of compressor performance envelopes, turndown limitations, recycle strategies, and failure modes
Ability to define compression requirements that enable autonomous and semi‑autonomous operation without compromising equipment integrity
Dynamic & Transient Modeling
Advanced experience with dynamic modeling of gas and liquid flowline networks
Ability to evaluate transient behavior during:
Startups and shutdowns
Rate changes
Equipment trips and restarts
Translate modeling outputs into practical design constraints and operational guardrails
Surface Network Optimization
Expertise in integrated well‑pad‑to‑facility‑to‑sales system behavior
Ability to identify system bottlenecks and constraint propagation under transient conditions
Application of modeling insight to optimize uptime, minimize instability, and enable scalable autonomy
Value Delivery
Enable measurable production, uptime, and reliability improvements through facilities designs that support autonomous control.
Reduce value erosion caused by:
Compression instability
Poor transient response
Misalignment between physical systems and automation logic
Accelerate replication of proven facilities architectures across business units.
Eliminate bespoke, non‑scalable facilities designs that limit autonomous performance.
Lessons Learned & Continuous Improvement
Capture positive and negative outcomes from facilities and compression deployments.
Convert lessons learned into:
Updated facilities standards
Refined modeling assumptions
Clear deployment constraints for WAO solutions
Ensure learning velocity outpaces deployment velocity to protect safety and value.
Enterprise Interface & Influence
Act as the trusted facilities authority for Business Unit teams, Production Engineering, Automation, and Operations leadership.
Influence outcomes without direct execution ownership.
Provide data‑based, technically rigorous recommendations to senior leadership.
Clearly articulate system‑level risk and opportunity arising from facilities and network behavior.
Competencies & Skills
System‑level thinking across wells, facilities, compression, and surface networks.
Comfort exercising final technical authority within delegation of authority.
Disciplined escalation of safety‑critical or system‑critical issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non‑technical audiences.
How much do we pay (Base) $200,000-$235,000. Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.
Why join us?
At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401(k) matching program.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.
Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Asking for Feedback, Asking for Feedback, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict Management, Construction, Delegation, Engineering codes, Engineering in Projects, Goal Setting, Inclusive Leadership, Influencing, Managing Performance, OMS and bp requirements, Presenting, Project execution planning, Project HSSE, Project Leadership, Quality, Risk Management, Safe design and operating limits, Schedule and resources, Stakeholder Management, standards and practices {+ 1 more}
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