Production Engineer

Lead production optimization across Flywheel's Eagle Ford asset, turning complex well challenges into measurable results.

Why this role matters

Flywheel's Eagle Ford position is a mature, PDP-heavy asset where disciplined production engineering directly protects and grows cash flow. This role sits at the center of that effort, owning well performance, artificial lift strategy, and workover execution for a critical part of the portfolio. A strong engineer here creates compounding value by reducing failures, lowering LOE, and keeping new wells on the right trajectory from day one.

Flywheel Energy is looking for a seasoned Production Engineer to own optimization and well performance across its South Texas Eagle Ford asset. Based in Houston or Gonzales, TX, with roughly 25% travel to field locations, this role covers the full production engineering lifecycle: daily surveillance, artificial lift design and conversion, workover planning and AFE preparation, root cause failure analysis, and rapid-response troubleshooting alongside field teams. The right person brings at least 7 years of upstream production or operations engineering experience, a track record of tying engineering recommendations to economic outcomes, and the field presence and communication skills to work effectively with both office and operations teams.

Location: Houston or Gonzales, TX

Department: Production - Eagle Ford

Reports to: Engineering Supervisor to Eagle Ford

Qualifications

What you'll own

Well Performance and Surveillance

• Lead production optimization and well performance for assigned Eagle Ford wells, including forecasting and intervention planning
• Analyze daily production data to identify underperforming wells and recommend corrective actions
• Provide rapid-response engineering support to field operations to troubleshoot production issues as they arise
• Maintain a strong field presence to support operations teams and manage vendor relationships

Artificial Lift Strategy and Design

• Develop and implement artificial lift strategies across the well lifecycle, covering lift selection, design, and conversions
• Collaborate with Asset Development teams to optimize artificial lift planning for new wells
• Ensure mechanical integrity of downhole equipment to extend wellbore and lift system life

Workover and Intervention Execution

• Design and execute workover and intervention programs from budgeting through field handover
• Prepare AFEs with clear economic justification and complete post-job lookbacks against AFE
• Lead project execution across cross-functional teams from design through post-appraisal

Reliability and Cost Management

• Drive failure reduction through root cause failure analysis and reliability engineering practices
• Manage LOE and workover costs, identifying opportunities for savings and performance improvement
• Track and report on well performance trends to surface systemic issues before they escalate

Safety, Compliance, and Collaboration

• Uphold safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance in all engineering work
• Partner with field and development teams to align engineering recommendations with operational realities
• Communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly to both engineering and non-engineering audiences

What you bring

Must have

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 3+ or more years of experience in Production or Operations Engineering in upstream oil and gas
• Production engineering experience within the last 3 years.
• Demonstrated experience in production surveillance and artificial lift, including gas lift, GAPL/PAGL, rod pump, and jet pump
• Experience designing and executing workover and intervention programs
• Experience preparing AFEs and economic evaluations that connect engineering recommendations to cash flow
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects from design through execution
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel approximately 25% to Eagle Ford field locations

Bonus points

• Recent Eagle Ford operating experience, ideally within the last 2 years
• Operator experience in an unconventional play
• Experience with production system optimization and root cause failure analysis
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot to automate engineering workflows
• Proficiency with well data and production systems such as WellView, ProCount, and SCADA
• Ability to simplify complex technical topics for diverse audiences
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and extracting insights from incomplete or messy data

What success looks like

• First 30 days: Complete onboarding, get read-in on the Eagle Ford asset portfolio, shadow field operations on at least one site visit, and build working relationships with key field supervisors and the Asset Development team
• First 90 days: Own daily surveillance for your assigned well set, complete at least one AFE-backed intervention recommendation with economic justification, and demonstrate a clear understanding of the artificial lift mix and top reliability risks across your wells
• First year: Have delivered measurable improvement in well performance and LOE on your assigned wells, completed post-job lookbacks that hold up against original AFEs, and established yourself as the go-to production engineering resource for your portion of the Eagle Ford asset

How we work: 100% Awesome Teammates

High-performing, self-directed teams made up of 100% awesome teammates: people who are very good at their jobs and who live our core behaviors every day. Every new hire should raise our ability to reach our goals, so we are ridiculously selective about who joins us.

• Do the Right Thing. Responsible development, honest feedback and doing what we said we would. In this role: In this role, Do the Right Thing looks like preparing AFEs with honest economic assumptions, completing post-job lookbacks even when results disappoint, and never cutting corners on mechanical integrity or safety compliance to hit a short-term cost target.
• Do it as a Team. No silos. Information moves between teams as freely as it does within one. In this role: In this role, Do it as a Team looks like staying in close contact with field operators, sharing surveillance findings early so the broader asset team can act, and treating vendor and development partners as collaborators rather than order-takers.
• Get Results. Disciplined execution and value creation. We measure ourselves by outcomes. In this role: In this role, Get Results looks like measurably reducing well failures through disciplined RCFA, keeping LOE and workover costs on budget, and delivering artificial lift and intervention programs that improve production and hold up in post-job lookbacks.

Is this you?

Successful Flywheelers are hungry, humble and people smart.

• Hungry: A hungry engineer in this role proactively hunts for underperforming wells in the daily data before anyone asks, brings intervention ideas with economic backing already done, and looks for ways to apply new tools or AI workflows to get more insight faster.
• Humble: A humble engineer in this role listens to field operators who know these wells intimately, updates their assumptions when the data says they were wrong, and gives credit to the cross-functional team when a workover or lift conversion goes well.
• People Smart: A people-smart engineer in this role reads when a field supervisor needs a quick answer versus a full technical briefing, adjusts their communication style accordingly, and builds the kind of trust with operations teams that makes rapid-response troubleshooting actually work.

About Flywheel Energy

Flywheel Energy is a private exploration and production company founded in Oklahoma City in 2017. We acquire large, producing onshore U.S. assets and maximize their value, and today we operate across the Anadarko, Eagle Ford, Rockies and Fayetteville. With 950+ teammates, we are one of the largest private oil and gas producers in the United States.

Our purpose: Building momentum where it matters: for the people who use our product, our investors, our teammates and the environment.

Our mission: Rapid, responsible growth to become a top-three producer in the United States.

Flywheel Energy is an equal opportunity employer.