Field Production Engineer

Meet Vermilion

Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V. (Vermilion) is a Dutch company that started operations in 2004. We are active in small fields gas production. The natural gas we extract is provided to Dutch residential and business customers. Vermilion has grown into a reliable employer in the Netherlands since inception, with in total, more than one hundred people currently working for us. This includes employees and contractors.

Our parent company is Vermilion Energy Inc. This is a publicly traded company in Canada founded in 1994 near the Vermilion Lakes, where our name originated from. Shortly after its founding, Western Europe became an important growth area for Vermilion. In addition to Canada and the Netherlands, Vermilion Energy Inc. currently operates in 8 other countries. Vermilion's core values are the same everywhere in the world: Excellence, Trust, Respect and Responsibility.

The Opportunity

Vermilion Energy has an exciting opportunity within the Netherlands Business Unit seeking a Field Production Engineer. The Field Engineer will assist the engineering team in efficient production and exploitation of assets in the Netherlands, based in Garijp Treatment Center (Friesland).  The primary focus of this role will be to monitor and optimize production systems while maintaining compliance in areas associated with well integrity, production allocation and fluid sampling. The candidate will have a hands-on approach and be self-driven to achieve results.

The successful candidate will join a team that values its people and provides work with purpose.

What you will do

Production Operations and Monitoring

• Monitor daily gas or fluid production and pressure from individual wells and identify well problems as they develop.
• Identify opportunities for optimization of production such as well optimization or removal of system constraints
• Ensure that appropriate fluid or gas samples are taken and analysis is captured into a database.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings at a field level.
• Provide support for projects where required such as well intervention, well start up or well test activities.

Well Integrity

• Ensure compliance of VEN’s well stock in accordance with VEN Well Integrity Management System.
• Monitor well integrity status and report changes or failures.
• Track periodic testing to ensure maintenance is completed on time.
• Understand well architecture, diagnose well integrity issues in the field and utilize acoustic fluid shot techniques in the event of equipment failure or anomalies
• Initiate, perform and lead risk assessments of well integrity anomalies and ensure mitigation measures are implemented

Production Allocation, Accounting and Metering

• Review and report weekly production events, downtime and allocated volumes.
• Review production allocation calculations, monitor and ensure that metering issues are resolved.

Operations and HSE Safety Training

• Complete and maintain provided training to meet the competency profile of the position (e.g. VOL-VCA, Well integrity, Gas metering, NORM, H2S, ATEX etc)
• Driving license required

Perform all other duties as required by the Team Lead Engineering.
What you will bring

• Location: Frequent travel in Friesland and Drenthe provinces (in the South when required)
• Education: Engineering degree
• Certifications/Licenses: Driving license
• Work / Industry Experience:  Preferred practical oil & gas experience
• Judgment:  You make responsible decisions despite ambiguity.
• Communication:  You are concise and articulate in speech and writing
• Impact:  You accomplish tremendous amounts of important work
• Adaptable: You are willing to go outside your knowledge boundaries
• Innovative:  You create new ideas and challenge existing assumptions
• Courage:  You make tough decisions without excessive agonizing
• Passionate:  You care tremendously about Vermilion’s success
• Honesty:  You are quick to admit mistakes

What we offer

You are worth a lot to us, so we offer you:

• A competitive salary and furthermore attractive secondary conditions. You are an important part of our progress. Our success depends on our company's success and on your personal success, so you should also benefit from this in the form of an attractive annual bonus, stock options, discounts on various insurances and, additional ''Vermilion days'' (days off)
• Contract with intention to convert to permanent employment
• Your health is close to our heart: We support you with a wellness benefit.
• The possibility to work ''hybrid''.
• We support your bright mind: Training and development opportunities are an integral part of our culture.
• We celebrate our successes: Team spirit and collaboration are important to us, which is why we focus on workshops, team events.
• Strong community investment presence and we are committed to giving back to the communities where our people live and work

Why you will love us

• We care for each other, the environment, and the company and aim to enrich the communities in which we live and work
• We work with the Great Place to Work Institute® as a Best Workplace® in many of our locations around the globe
• We embrace new solutions across the business, allow space for creativity, and invest in innovation and technology
• We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness and can be counted on to do what we say we will
• We invest in our employees providing meaningful work, opportunities for training and professional development.

Vermilion is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employee’s unique contributions to our company’s success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applications to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live and work.

Outstanding People. Outstanding Opportunities.