Laboratory Professional

About Houston

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

What role you will play in our team

• Provide technical and administrative support to research and technical staff in developing, operating, and conducting special core and fluid analysis experiments. 

• The open position is located at ExxonMobil Houston Campus in Spring, Texas and reports through Research Lab Operations Supervision 

What you will do

• Understand and conduct two phase relative permeability experiments at reservoir conditions. Perform plug preparation, composite assembly, fluid transfers, and material balance of composite fluids, in-situ composite cleaning, and final measurements including permeability, fluid expansion factors, and live oil/gas-oil/gas-brine ratios. 

• Complete pre and post test preparations and measurements including flow through cleaning, measuring basic properties on core material                

• Understand and conduct centrifuge experiments, including capillary pressure, relative permeability, and driving core samples to Swi

• Conduct maintenance of pumps and various other equipment

• Coordinate with research and engineering staff and business partners to plan work studies.

• Assist research staff with data collection, quality checks, and data input/extraction.  

• Troubleshooting: Be able to determine issues with equipment or workflows and collaborate within the team to identify and implement creative solutions.

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Capable of independent, safe, reliable laboratory work.

• Must be mechanically inclined and can work hands on.                                                                                                                                                                        

• Knowledge of fluid properties such as viscosity, density, bubble points, and other various characteristics. Additional experience with PVT a plus. 

• Experience using super critical CO2 for core permeability measurements preferred.

• Have in-depth knowledge of laboratory equipment required for special core analysis. Including hands on experience with acoustic separators, Quizix pumps, ISCO pumps, various pressure transducers, density-meters, viscometers and Dispatch/ Blue M ovens.

• Must have experience in handling high temperature, high pressure operations.

• Must have experience in handling and maintenance of various pressure vessels, syringe pumps, and pressure transducers. 

• Operate experiments outlined in the research program safely. Effectively communicate any immediate observations to the research staff for rapid adjustment in the testing program, as needed.  Flexibility is required as much of the testing performed is unique world-class research, and results are not always anticipated.

• Creative problem solver.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Education: Four-year college degree in science, technology, is desired. Direct experience can be used in place of education

• Technical & Laboratory Experience: A minimum of 3 years of industry laboratory experience is required

• Computing and Information Technology: Proficient in Microsoft Office. Ability to use data acquisition software programs

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. 

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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