Production Specialist - Bakken at ConocoPhillips in Dunn Center

Job description

Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here. Who We Are We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization. We’re grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it’s not just what we do – it’s how we do it – that sets us apart. Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success. Job Summary Bakken Overview The Bakken trend is a sequence of liquids-rich sand and shale layers in the Williston Basin, which stretches across western North Dakota and into Canada. We hold approximately 799,000 net acres in the Williston Basin, located in North Dakota and eastern Montana. The primary producing zones are the Middle Bakken and Three Forks formations. We operated three rigs and one frac crew on average during 2025, resulting in 72 operated wells drilled and 98 operated wells brought online. During 2025, net production averaged 204 MBOED. Position Overview If you are selected as the Production Specialist, you will be in a leadership role that will provide mentorship to multi-skill operators (MSOs) and provide support to the team for the purpose of optimizing production for both down hole and surface operations. This position can be based in Dunn Center, ND. Candidates must reside or be willing to relocate within 50 miles of Dunn Center, ND. This is a Safety Sensitive position. Your responsibilities may include: Represent operations by participating in the project activities Assist with enforcing proper policies and procedures Provide support to team as needed for preparing recommendations; beam pump designs, and down hole configurations, i.e., collecting data, fluid levels, weigh wells Serve as liaison between support team (PE, RE, FE, Projects, I&E) and Operations. Effectively communicate Operation’s questions/concerns to the support team Ensure MSOs are adequately trained as per curriculum and address technical training needs Cygnet, XSPOC and Avocet for monitoring well performance data FDM opportunities and objectives Loss production reporting system (LPRS) ensuring accuracy and address downtime reduction opportunities Well optimization/chemical meetings to maintain an optimum fractional flow reserve (FFR) Lease reviews to identify and track optimization opportunities Handover processes and pre-startup safety review (PSSR)/commissioning of wells and facilities as needed Safety leadership, stand downs, safety programs Assist in the development of the SOPs (safety operating procedures) Promote SPIRIT values in all dealings with Ops and Project teams Field Specialist shall be trained to assist PE's and Engineering Tech in writing pre pulls Responsible for trouble-shooting operations problems, housekeeping and record keeping Monitor daily production inputs into electronic data gathering software and comparing input data with output data for correctness Monitor and optimizing production and costs within area of control for new wells and facilities Minor hands on production equipment repairs Operating a company-provided vehicle to perform job duties Adhere to all safety, environmental, and company policies and procedures outlined in the ConocoPhil