What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optimization Engineer position at ChampionX?
Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.
We are looking for an Optimization Engineer located in Midland, TX. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.
What’s In It For You
ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century.
We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.
For more news and information, visit SLB.com
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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.
We are looking for an Optimization Engineer located in Midland, TX. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.
What’s In It For You
- You will join a growing company offering competitive pay and benefits
- Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology
- Opportunity for a long term, advanced career path
- A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
- Support the sales team and client end users for the purpose of optimizing production for both downhole and surface operations by preparing artificial lift recommendations.
- Participate in project activities.
- Serve as liaison between support team and operations to effectively communicate operational questions & concerns to the Sales Engineers and Application Support Team.
- Utilize LOOKOUT for monitoring well performance data.
- Ensure accuracy and address downtime reduction opportunities.
- Monitor daily production inputs into electronic data capturing software and compare input data with output data for correctness.
- Generates effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical.
- Work is performed in shifts and may require working on a weekend or holiday.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering ( Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical) or equivalent field experience.
- Field operations exposure with Electric Submersible Pumps and/or Multiphase Flow meters
- High computer application literacy ( including Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn internal software systems)
- Remote operations exposure
- Programming skills ( python, sql, java)
- Prior experience that required excellent communication and organizational skills
- Prior experience that demonstrates strong ethics, effective time management, ability to multitask, adaptability, autonomy and self-motivation
- Working knowledge of other Artificial Lift methods, Completions and Production Fundamentals
ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century.
We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.
For more news and information, visit SLB.com
Follow us on Facebook at @WeAreSLBGlobal, LinkedIn: SLBGlobal, or Instagram at @SLBGlobal.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.