Job Description

Job Location: Oklahoma City Office - Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: 4 Year Degree
Travel Percentage: Up to 25%
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: OperationsRole

Summary
The Engineering Supervisor provides technical engineering leadership and direct supervision for production operations across Flywheel’s assigned asset. This role drives safe, compliant, reliable, and optimized production through strong people leadership, process improvement, and data driven technical solutions. The position focuses on building high performing teams of engineers, and the team’s interactions with production supervisors, lease operators, and contract personnel.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Culture — Model Flywheel’s core behaviors in all interactions; act as a strong team player who is driven, humble, and people smart; promote positive behaviors, eliminate negative ones, and foster a collaborative, high accountability environment.
- Performance Management & Talent Development — Lead team performance through monthly one on one meetings, quarterly evaluations, and ongoing coaching; document clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for direct reports, linking them to business impact; identify skill gaps and provide training, mentoring, and development opportunities to build capability and engagement.
- Strategic Alignment & Measurement — Ensure team initiatives align with company priorities and adjust as needed based on real world conditions; define and track meaningful KPIs to measure team success and progress.
- Technical & Operational Leadership — Provide engineering guidance for daily production activities; oversee optimization of artificial lift systems (e.g., rod pump, ESP, gas lift), facility performance, well analysis, and mitigation of restrictions to maximize uptime, recovery, and efficiency; analyze production data, downtime, pressures, and expenses to develop and execute improvement plans.
- Project & Program Management — Prioritize and manage CAPEX projects based on value and return on investment; track execution to meet milestones, control scope,  schedule and budget.  Manage operations programs such as chemical, artificial lift, environmental, and workover.
- Collaboration & Compliance — Work closely with cross functional teams to execute strategies and improve communication between engineering and field operations; champion full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards; lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, audits, and reporting.
- Stakeholder & Integration — Maintain strong relationships with landowners, regulators, service providers, and local communities; support integration of new assets or acquisitions to align with Flywheel standards.
- Hybrid Work & Communication — Ensure direct reports understand hybrid work expectations; promote active collaboration across teams on goals and performance metrics.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive upstream oil & gas experience in production operations and/or production engineering, with at least 2–3 years in supervisory/lead role managing technical/field teams.
- Strong technical knowledge of upstream systems: artificial lift methods, facility operations, well performance analysis, production optimization, and field maintenance/troubleshooting.
- Proven leadership in multi site environments, including supervising production supervisors, lease operators, engineers, and contractors.
- Demonstrated safety leadership, regulatory compliance, and commitment to incident free operations.
- Analytical proficiency: Interpret production data, decline curves, pressure trends, and economics to drive improvements.
- Excellent communication/influencing skills to align field/office teams and build trust.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel frequently to remote Rockies locations.
Preferred

Qualifications
- Experience in referenced basins.
- Hands on expertise with SCADA/automation, real time surveillance, chemical programs, nodal analysis, and multiple artificial lift systems.
- Prior involvement in asset acquisitions, integration, or new developments.
- Bachelor’s degree in petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or related (advanced degree/P.E. license a plus).
- Familiarity with project economics, ROI prioritization, and program accountability (e.g., chemical, compression fleet).