Production Engineer Jobs in Texas
Production Engineer jobs in Texas are among the most active in the country, concentrated in oil and gas extraction, petrochemicals, semiconductor manufacturing, and aerospace, with openings from entry-level process roles through senior principal positions. Houston, San Antonio, and Austin anchor most of the hiring, with major employers like ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips Chemical, and Texas Instruments maintaining large engineering workforces across the state. The most consistent demand is for production engineers with experience in upstream oil and gas operations, process optimization, and advanced manufacturing environments. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
About the Permian
Straddling West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and the engine behind the country’s energy renaissance. Nationally, it provides about 40% of oil and 15% of gas production and plays a critical role in making the U.S. a leading energy exporter.
The merger of ExxonMobil and Pioneer creates an Unconventional business with the largest, high-return development potential in the Permian Basin. The combined company’s more than 1.4 million net acres in the Delaware and Midland basins have an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil equivalent resource. In 2023, we produced, on average 612,000 barrels a day in the Permian Basin, and we're aiming to produce 1 million barrels per day from our Permian assets by the end of 2027. Investments in infrastructure from New Mexico to the Gulf Coast enhance logistics and integrated value. We've advanced gathering and processing facilities, including the Cowboy central delivery point. Integration maximizes resource development through to fuels, lubes, and chemicals. The Permian Basin business unit also has the distinction of being the first at ExxonMobil to unveil and execute a plan for net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in operated assets by 2030, as part of the Corporation’s broader 2050 net zero ambition.
Over 1800 employees work and live in Midland, Odessa, Carlsbad, and the surrounding areas, all of which offer easy access to national parks and unrivaled outdoor recreational opportunities. Employees in the area also get to enjoy the world-renowned Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which ExxonMobil has proudly sponsored since 2019. As a major operator in the Permian Basin, ExxonMobil invests heavily in local community development through the Permian Strategic Partnership, an industry consortium that works to enhance quality of life by improving infrastructure, healthcare, housing, education and workforce development.
What role you will play in our team
We are looking for experienced production engineers who will be responsible for production optimization efforts focused on maximizing asset value through integrated production surveillance, optimization, and well work opportunity evaluation in unconventional oil and gas assets spread across the Permian.
What you will do
- Provide production surveillance support for assets in the Permian
- Actively engage with Foremen/Lease Operators/Wellwork Team, traveling routinely to well pads & tank battery facilities
- Evaluate well work opportunities from a design/economic standpoint while supporting the well management engineers during execution
- Analysis of data to diagnose/troubleshoot/predict potential production and artificial lift issues
- Work closely with Operations personnel to implement any required changes in artificial lift operation/Wellwork procedures
- Track well related costs and analyze lease operating expenses for forecasting and optimization efforts
- Ensure compliance with business controls & SOPs.
About you
We are looking for someone who has a strong production engineering background and has the following qualifications:
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum of BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering discipline
- 5-15 years of relevant experience preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Self-directed with the ability to recognize/pursue solutions required to solve problems
- Ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, as well as adapt to tight deadlines and frequent shifting of priorities (ability to support active development)
- Ability to work in a fit-for-risk environment
- Ability to work independently as well as work collaboratively in a team with other disciplines, including operations, SSHE, regulatory, permitting, accounting, reservoir, wells, facilities and land
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to lead and facilitate meetings and group discussions; good public speaking skills
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Demonstrated work experience in upstream unconventional operations
- Ability to support an active development via frequent engagement with cross functional teams
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
- 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.
Stay connected with us
Learn more at our website
Follow us on LinkedIN and Instagram
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Employer equal opportunity
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
Alternate Location:
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso and Mobil. For convenience and simplicity, those terms and terms like corporation, company, our, we and its are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. Abbreviated references describing global or regional operational organizations and global or regional business lines are also sometimes used for convenience and simplicity. Similarly, ExxonMobil has business relationships with thousands of customers, suppliers, governments, and others. For convenience and simplicity, words like venture, joint venture, partnership, co-venturer, and partner are used to indicate business relationships involving common activities and interests, and those words may not indicate precise legal relationships.
Job Id: 85385
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
About the Permian
Straddling West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, the Permian is the most prolific oil and gas basin in America and the engine behind the country’s energy renaissance. Nationally, it provides about 40% of oil and 15% of gas production and plays a critical role in making the U.S. a leading energy exporter.
The merger of ExxonMobil and Pioneer creates an Unconventional business with the largest, high-return development potential in the Permian Basin. The combined company’s more than 1.4 million net acres in the Delaware and Midland basins have an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil equivalent resource. In 2023, we produced, on average 612,000 barrels a day in the Permian Basin, and we're aiming to produce 1 million barrels per day from our Permian assets by the end of 2027. Investments in infrastructure from New Mexico to the Gulf Coast enhance logistics and integrated value. We've advanced gathering and processing facilities, including the Cowboy central delivery point. Integration maximizes resource development through to fuels, lubes, and chemicals. The Permian Basin business unit also has the distinction of being the first at ExxonMobil to unveil and execute a plan for net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in operated assets by 2030, as part of the Corporation’s broader 2050 net zero ambition.
Over 1800 employees work and live in Midland, Odessa, Carlsbad, and the surrounding areas, all of which offer easy access to national parks and unrivaled outdoor recreational opportunities. Employees in the area also get to enjoy the world-renowned Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which ExxonMobil has proudly sponsored since 2019. As a major operator in the Permian Basin, ExxonMobil invests heavily in local community development through the Permian Strategic Partnership, an industry consortium that works to enhance quality of life by improving infrastructure, healthcare, housing, education and workforce development.
What role you will play in our team
We are looking for experienced production engineers who will be responsible for production optimization efforts focused on maximizing asset value through integrated production surveillance, optimization, and well work opportunity evaluation in unconventional oil and gas assets spread across the Permian.
What you will do
- Provide production surveillance support for assets in the Permian
- Actively engage with Foremen/Lease Operators/Wellwork Team, traveling routinely to well pads & tank battery facilities
- Evaluate well work opportunities from a design/economic standpoint while supporting the well management engineers during execution
- Analysis of data to diagnose/troubleshoot/predict potential production and artificial lift issues
- Work closely with Operations personnel to implement any required changes in artificial lift operation/Wellwork procedures
- Track well related costs and analyze lease operating expenses for forecasting and optimization efforts
- Ensure compliance with business controls & SOPs.
About you
We are looking for someone who has a strong production engineering background and has the following qualifications:
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum of BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering discipline
- 5-15 years of relevant experience preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Self-directed with the ability to recognize/pursue solutions required to solve problems
- Ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, as well as adapt to tight deadlines and frequent shifting of priorities (ability to support active development)
- Ability to work in a fit-for-risk environment
- Ability to work independently as well as work collaboratively in a team with other disciplines, including operations, SSHE, regulatory, permitting, accounting, reservoir, wells, facilities and land
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to lead and facilitate meetings and group discussions; good public speaking skills
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Demonstrated work experience in upstream unconventional operations
- Ability to support an active development via frequent engagement with cross functional teams
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
- 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.
Stay connected with us
Learn more at our website
Follow us on LinkedIN and Instagram
Like us on Facebook
Subscribe our channel at YouTube
Employer equal opportunity
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
Alternate Location:
Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso and Mobil. For convenience and simplicity, those terms and terms like corporation, company, our, we and its are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. Abbreviated references describing global or regional operational organizations and global or regional business lines are also sometimes used for convenience and simplicity. Similarly, ExxonMobil has business relationships with thousands of customers, suppliers, governments, and others. For convenience and simplicity, words like venture, joint venture, partnership, co-venturer, and partner are used to indicate business relationships involving common activities and interests, and those words may not indicate precise legal relationships.
Job Id: 85385
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Production Engineer Job Market in Texas
A snapshot from current Texas openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Texas New Mexico Power8
- Garver6
- Amazon3
- Jensen Hughes3
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories3
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services17
- Energy12
- Electronics & Hardware5
- Technology & Software5
- Construction & Real Estate4
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in production engineer jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's degree in petroleum, chemical, mechanical, or industrial engineering from an accredited program
- Professional Engineer (PE) license issued or recognized by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors preferred for senior roles
- Hands-on experience with production optimization, process control, or manufacturing systems in Texas-relevant industries
- Proficiency with industry software such as Petrel, AspenTech, AutoCAD, or SAP production modules
- Familiarity with Texas Railroad Commission regulations for oil and gas production engineers
- Strong data analysis skills with experience using PI System, Python, or similar tools to drive yield and efficiency improvements
Production Engineer Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a production engineer in Texas?
A bachelor's degree in petroleum, chemical, mechanical, or industrial engineering is the standard starting point for production engineer roles in Texas. Engineers working in licensed design or public-safety capacities can pursue licensure through the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors by passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam followed by the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam after gaining qualifying experience. For oil and gas production roles, deep familiarity with Texas Railroad Commission compliance expectations gives candidates a clear edge.
Which companies hire production engineers in Texas?
Employers hiring production engineers in Texas right now include Texas New Mexico Power, Garver, and Amazon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Texas's concentration of upstream energy, petrochemical, and semiconductor operations means large integrated companies and specialty contractors are both active hirers throughout the year.
Which Texas cities have the most production engineer jobs?
Houston, Austin, and Dallas account for the largest share of production engineer openings in Texas. Houston leads because of its density of energy majors, refineries, and petrochemical facilities along the Gulf Coast, while San Antonio and Austin draw production engineers into manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication, and defense operations anchored by employers with major campuses in those corridors.
Are there remote production engineer jobs in Texas?
Yes, but they're rare. Production engineering is fundamentally a hands-on discipline tied to plant floors, wellsites, and manufacturing lines, so most roles require a physical presence. About 9% of production engineer openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, and those tend to concentrate in planning, reporting, and data analysis functions rather than active field or floor operations.
How can I get hired as a production engineer in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to structured new-graduate rotational programs run by major Texas energy and manufacturing employers, where candidates cycle through field, process, and planning functions before settling into a specialty. ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips Chemical, and Texas Instruments all run well-known new-hire engineering development programs in Texas. Entry-level titles like process engineer, manufacturing engineer, or field engineer associate are common starting points, and passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam early signals seriousness to hiring managers.
Where can I find and apply to production engineer jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to production engineer jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state right now. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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