Production Engineer I - Artificial Lift

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Job Title : Production Engineer I - Artificial Lift

Specific Responsibilities

This entry-level Production Engineer I role provides technical support to Apache's Production Operations group in Midland with a focus on artificial lift. The engineer will gain practical experience across plunger-assisted gas lift (PAGL), gas lift, electrical submersible pumps (ESP), and rod pump systems, with significant field exposure at well sites. The position will also support well servicing, workovers, and facility operations as part of early-career development.

• Support artificial lift selection, installation, and optimization (PAGL, gas lift, ESP, and rod pump)
• Spend a significant portion of time at the wellhead, working alongside field personnel and vendors.
• Assist in troubleshooting and root cause analysis of artificial lift failures.
• Provide support in workover and well intervention planning, including artificial lift conversions.
• Gain exposure to production facility operations, workover rigs, and servicing practices.
• Collaborate with Reservoir, Facilities, Workover Engineering, and Operations teams to deliver safe and reliable production.
• Work closely with vendors to optimize artificial lift designs, support service quality initiatives, and ensure best practices are implemented in field operations.
• Assist in basic economic assessments and cost management for production operations.
• Support cost center and lease-level income reviews for assigned Apache assets, ensuring wells and leases remain economically viable.
• Assist in preparing and maintaining cost and production data for periodic asset performance reviews, providing input to P&L management.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience :

Internship or prior exposure to oil and gas production operations preferred.

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

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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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.

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