Director of Operations Engineering

Director of Operations Engineering

Adamas Energy is seeking an accomplished Director of Operations Engineering to provide enterprise-level leadership across operated assets and advance strategic engineering priorities.

This executive-facing role will lead Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Engineering Technology while partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to drive operational performance, capital efficiency, technical excellence, and long-term asset value.

Executive Leadership Scope

• Set and execute Operations Engineering strategy to support production growth, operational reliability, disciplined capital allocation, and sustained asset value creation.
• Provide senior leadership across Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, engineering analytics, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive production optimization, surveillance, forecasting, decline analysis, workovers, intervention planning, and production enhancement activities.
• Oversee facilities engineering for gathering systems, compression, gas treating, water infrastructure, facility expansions, and capital projects.
• Champion technology-enabled operational excellence through dashboards, predictive analytics, automation, AI, machine learning, and decision-support systems.
• Develop and lead high-performing engineering teams with a focus on safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, technical rigor, and enterprise impact.

Key Leadership Priorities

• Partner with Operations, HSE, and Field Leadership to reinforce safety culture, reduce operational risk, and strengthen asset reliability.
• Ensure engineering designs, project execution, operational decisions, and business plans reflect disciplined safety, integrity, and risk management principles.
• Support field engagement, incident learnings, operational readiness reviews, Management of Change processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish clear expectations for performance, accountability, operational discipline, and engineering excellence across the organization.

Executive Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within the oil and gas industry, including demonstrated leadership across complex operating environments.
• 3–5+ years of engineering leadership, management, or senior technical leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Strong knowledge of production engineering, facilities engineering, compression systems, gathering systems, gas treating, water infrastructure, and engineering economics.

Preferred Experience

• Haynesville Shale experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with analytics, automation, AI, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Prosper, GAP, Pipesim, Aries, Enverus, Power BI, SQL, Python, SCADA, and Azure technologies.

Strategic Opportunity

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to shape engineering strategy, elevate operational performance, and advance technical transformation across a growing energy organization. The ideal leader will bring strategic judgment, operational credibility, and a collaborative leadership style to influence outcomes across the enterprise.