Tourmaline Oil Corp. is a Canadian senior crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
We are focused on long-term growth through an active exploration, development, production and
acquisition program in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
We are currently looking for an Operations Engineer to join our team, supporting field operations and
production facilities across our asset teams. Reporting to the Operations Team Lead, the successful
candidate will work closely with production, process engineering, maintenance, and HSE teams to help
ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for or assist with the following duties but not be limited to:
Area Optimization
- Monitor facility and gathering system production performance data, identify opportunities and
develop reporting for management
- Identify bottlenecks and recommend changes to maximize throughput and recovery working
with process engineers
- Monitor uptime, efficiency, losses, and downtime causes
OPEX
- Manage OPEX budget and forecast in partnership with Production Operations team
- Evaluate and implement OPEX improvement opportunities
Maintenance and Operations Support
- MOC evaluation and recommendations
- Support Operations in following Process Safety program
- Plan maintenance outages to minimize downtime and support in turnaround planning
- Evaluate preventive/predictive maintenance plans for critical equipment
- HAZOP participation as required
New Pad On streaming
- Plan and implement tie in strategy for new production with development team
- Provide input to facility engineering team on possible design changes and improvements
- Liaise across teams – Coordinate operations, maintenance, process engineering, and HSE teams
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering from a recognized University (P.Eng
preferred)
- Preferred 5-15 years of experience in oil and gas operations, production, or process facilities
- Direct experience with process equipment such as separators, compressors, pumps, and heat
exchangers
- Familiarity with SCADA, and other real-time monitoring and reporting systems
