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Engineer II at ONEOK in Dallas, TX
Entry LevelOn-siteFull-timeDallas, TX$90k–$136k/yr
Skills
hydraulic modelingpipeline designanalysisprocess simulation softwarecompression modeling softwarebi/analytical toolsmathematical analysisproject managementteam collaborationeffective communicationproblem-solving
Job Description
Summary: ONEOK is a Fortune 500 company with over 100 years in business, specializing in midstream services. The Engineer II role focuses on enhancing the performance of the Permian gas gathering system through hydraulic modeling, project evaluation, and collaboration with operations teams to improve efficiency and safety.
Responsibilities:
- Build, maintain, and validate system hydraulic models
- Use hydraulic, process, and compression software to evaluate existing assets and future growth opportunities
- Perform field assessments to ensure systems are operating as designed
- Collect and analyze data to identify business opportunities, then prepare project plans, such as new pipelines and compressor relocations, to capture the
- Evaluate potential projects to determine the value to ONEOK including economic modeling, process mapping, user stories, or other required documentation
- Secure funding for small projects and progress them to completion
- Engage with project teams and construction foremen through evaluation and execution of larger projects
- Support planning of field operations projects and activities
- Work with various teams including Gas Supply, Commercial Optimization, Infrastructure Planning, and Business Development Engineering to ensure alignment on current and future growth strategies
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical or Mechanical specification, or a closely related field
- Design and analysis of pipeline systems, reciprocating compressors, and/or glycol dehydration packages, typically attained with 1-5 years of progressive development in an engineering role
- Knowledge of: hydraulic modeling concepts, software, and tools
- Knowledge of: pipeline operations and commercial functions with the ability to understand and analyze business impacts
- Ability to: apply math, algebraic formulas, hydraulic equations, and statistical methods for detailed analysis
- Ability to: analyze and resolve complex issues and/or questions concerning engineering design and calculations
- Ability to: read and interpret governmental regulations, contracts, manuals, specifications, surveys, charts, and other relevant reports and correspondence
- Ability to: identify, plan and organize projects to completion
- Ability to: lead groups effectively
- Ability to: manage and prioritize multiple assignments with competing deadlines
- Ability to: use logic and reasoning to identify alternate solutions or approaches to a problem
- Ability to: interact, collaborate with teams and communicate effectively
- Ability to: operate office tools and equipment required
- Ability to: communicate thoughts, ideas, information, messages, and other written information, which may contain technical material, in a logical, organized, and coherent manner
- Ability to: navigate and work in sparsely populated rural areas
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hydraulic modeling software including or similar to Synergi Gas, SPS, Fathom, etc
- Process simulation software including or similar to ProMax, VMG Sim, Hysys, etc
- Compression modeling software including or similar to Ariel Performance Program, D-R Size, etc
- BI/analytical tools such as PI, Spotfire, Seeq, Anaplan, etc
- Management of small capital, operational, or business projects
Required Skills: Hydraulic modeling, Pipeline design, analysis, Process simulation software
Important Skills: Compression modeling software, BI/analytical tools
Nice-to-Have Skills: Mathematical analysis, Project management, Team collaboration, Effective communication, Problem-solving