Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Expert – IT Field Network within our IT Field Network EOR Midland group based in Midland, Texas.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and or transport our products, as our highest priority. Act as a technical leader within the field network team providing forward thinking designs, mentorship for junior staff, and participate in forming strategic direction for field network. Responsible for the architecture and overall operations of secure, performant, reliable, and efficient end-to-end network services for ICS, Automation, Drilling, and any other critical business unit network services. Deeply engage with business units to ensure deadlines and objectives are well understood and met. Responsible to ensure the successful implementation of field network projects and the lifecycle including initiating, planning, budgeting, executing, procurement, documentation, closing, and continuous improvement. Set and achieve goals necessary for the optimization of field network focusing on people, processes and technology. Utilize IT Service Management tools to manage and resolve operational, infrastructure or hardware incidents and request items. Working continuously on a task until completion or escalating to the next level support. Prioritizing and managing many open cases at one time. Schedule formal change requests to field network systems for firmware updates, security changes, and other configuration changes. Documentation and knowledge transfer, such as maintaining and providing solution documentation to other team members, IT and business areas, detailing hardware installations, logically storing project files, and cross training. Provide solutions to complex problems on the integration of various technologies including connectivity issues Collaborate with IT, managers, and other stakeholders to develop an action plan for improved operations Prepare written and verbal presentations and reports. Provide management with timely and accurate status reports. Keep customer base informed of changes and issues within the field network environment. 24/7 availability while on-call, including use of a cell phone off hours support and weekend on-call status. Model a strong work ethic and take the lead on a variety of initiatives. Be flexible and willing to adapt to changing business requirements.

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Expert – IT Field Network within our IT Field Network EOR Midland group based in Midland, Texas.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and or transport our products, as our highest priority. Act as a technical leader within the field network team providing forward thinking designs, mentorship for junior staff, and participate in forming strategic direction for field network. Responsible for the architecture and overall operations of secure, performant, reliable, and efficient end-to-end network services for ICS, Automation, Drilling, and any other critical business unit network services. Deeply engage with business units to ensure deadlines and objectives are well understood and met. Responsible to ensure the successful implementation of field network projects and the lifecycle including initiating, planning, budgeting, executing, procurement, documentation, closing, and continuous improvement. Set and achieve goals necessary for the optimization of field network focusing on people, processes and technology. Utilize IT Service Management tools to manage and resolve operational, infrastructure or hardware incidents and request items. Working continuously on a task until completion or escalating to the next level support. Prioritizing and managing many open cases at one time. Schedule formal change requests to field network systems for firmware updates, security changes, and other configuration changes. Documentation and knowledge transfer, such as maintaining and providing solution documentation to other team members, IT and business areas, detailing hardware installations, logically storing project files, and cross training. Provide solutions to complex problems on the integration of various technologies including connectivity issues Collaborate with IT, managers, and other stakeholders to develop an action plan for improved operations Prepare written and verbal presentations and reports. Provide management with timely and accurate status reports. Keep customer base informed of changes and issues within the field network environment. 24/7 availability while on-call, including use of a cell phone off hours support and weekend on-call status. Model a strong work ethic and take the lead on a variety of initiatives. Be flexible and willing to adapt to changing business requirements.

Required Qualifications:

5 years of experience designing supporting, deploying or designing networks.Recognized by many peers and managers as results oriented and creative in applying expert technical knowledge across multiple disciplines to solve diverse problems and is able to advise management and peers. Also recognized outside the company as a key SME that is sought out by vendors and peers.Collaborative with peers in learning expert-level knowledge proactively across many disciplines and in emerging fields. Is able to communicate complex knowledge. Collaboration with peers to solve highly complex business and technical problems. Strong strategic influence on team goals. Takes risks by proactively applying opportunities for innovation or emerging technology across multiple disciplines.Mastered the concepts of scope, procurement, time/resource management and can proactively lead complex project work that involve multiple disciplines and customers in senior management and be accountable for the results. Seeks out and successfully participates, collaborates, and advises others on highly complex assigned project work that spans different technical domains that result is projects being consistently delivered on time and within budget.Listens well and is able to communicate effectively with others on complex issues in multiple disciplines. Proactively keeps others informed and asks probing questions to proactively elicit information from others in challenging environments. Resolves conflicts with others outside of his/her team Understands complex documents and effectively composes and delivers documentation and presentations and strategies on complex subjects spanning multiple disciplines to all audiences. Effectively communicates complex problems and resolutions in simple terms to different types of audiences including senior management and helps lead the team’s communication efforts. Knowledgeable about detailed business and IT strategies and how numerous teams and departments are aligned to support business objectives. Creates IT strategies .

Desired Qualifications:

College graduate in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field preferred; Equivalent work experience pertaining to information technologies and / or telecommunications may be acceptable.Experience designing supporting, deploying or designing networks.Experience with RF, communications towers, and / or any telecommunications facilities design, construction, and start up/commissioning processes.Experience working on structured cabling and fiber optic infrastructure including design and installation best practices, and industry standardsExperience working with internet networking technologies (TCP/IP, routing, switching) and optical transport technologiesExperience with process improvement and automating repetitive workflows with software.Track record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, and executing tactically Track record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, and executing tacticallyExperience working with on-site construction teams and managing general contractor and vendor relationships.

Relocation will not be provided.

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Recruitment Fraud

It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do no originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other feesUse recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind orRequest personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don’t know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

Required Qualifications:

5 years of experience designing supporting, deploying or designing networks.Recognized by many peers and managers as results oriented and creative in applying expert technical knowledge across multiple disciplines to solve diverse problems and is able to advise management and peers. Also recognized outside the company as a key SME that is sought out by vendors and peers.Collaborative with peers in learning expert-level knowledge proactively across many disciplines and in emerging fields. Is able to communicate complex knowledge. Collaboration with peers to solve highly complex business and technical problems. Strong strategic influence on team goals. Takes risks by proactively applying opportunities for innovation or emerging technology across multiple disciplines.Mastered the concepts of scope, procurement, time/resource management and can proactively lead complex project work that involve multiple disciplines and customers in senior management and be accountable for the results. Seeks out and successfully participates, collaborates, and advises others on highly complex assigned project work that spans different technical domains that result is projects being consistently delivered on time and within budget.Listens well and is able to communicate effectively with others on complex issues in multiple disciplines. Proactively keeps others informed and asks probing questions to proactively elicit information from others in challenging environments. Resolves conflicts with others outside of his/her team Understands complex documents and effectively composes and delivers documentation and presentations and strategies on complex subjects spanning multiple disciplines to all audiences. Effectively communicates complex problems and resolutions in simple terms to different types of audiences including senior management and helps lead the team’s communication efforts. Knowledgeable about detailed business and IT strategies and how numerous teams and departments are aligned to support business objectives. Creates IT strategies .

Desired Qualifications:

College graduate in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field preferred; Equivalent work experience pertaining to information technologies and / or telecommunications may be acceptable.Experience designing supporting, deploying or designing networks.Experience with RF, communications towers, and / or any telecommunications facilities design, construction, and start up/commissioning processes.Experience working on structured cabling and fiber optic infrastructure including design and installation best practices, and industry standardsExperience working with internet networking technologies (TCP/IP, routing, switching) and optical transport technologiesExperience with process improvement and automating repetitive workflows with software.Track record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, and executing tactically Track record of solving problems, setting strategic direction, and executing tacticallyExperience working with on-site construction teams and managing general contractor and vendor relationships.

Relocation will not be provided.

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Recruitment Fraud

It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do no originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other feesUse recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind orRequest personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don’t know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.