UTS Associate Surface Operations Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

UTS Associate Surface Operations Specialist

Location : Midland, TX

Pay Rate : $40 per hour

Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8 : 00 AM-5 : 00 PM

Employment Type : Temp-to-Hire

Position Overview

Dean's Professional Services is seeking a UTS Associate Surface Operations Specialist to enhance the value and sustainability of University Lands (UL) by ensuring oil and gas lease compliance and fostering responsible land stewardship. This role collaborates with multiple internal departments and external Oil & Gas operators to oversee lease terminations, ensure proper well plugging and equipment removal, and return surface sites to native land. The Specialist will also monitor low-producing wells and coordinate plugging, abandonment, and surface restoration to maintain Permanent University Fund (PUF) lands in a safe and sustainable condition.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships internally and externally to ensure lease compliance, environmental sustainability, and professional management of PUF lands
• Identify non-productive, low-producing, abandoned, or terminated wells and oversee proper plugging per Texas RRC requirements
• Schedule and conduct oil and gas lease inspections; generate reports and restoration letters for operators and stakeholders
• Document field observations and maintain status records for UL departments including Surface Ops, Environment, Land, Legal, Regulatory, and Commercial Surface
• Inspect drilling, completion, production, and storage operations to ensure compliance with federal and state laws
• Record and report field observations, focusing on preventing environmental, livestock, and wildlife damage
• Coordinate field audits and educate UL Audit and Regulatory Department on production and storage operations
• Conduct aerial surveillance using helicopters and drones to collect field observations
• Provide solutions for abandoned equipment removal in collaboration with reclamation service companies
• Oversee contract service providers and engage with operators and regulatory agencies to ensure lease compliance

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Why Join Us?

About Dean's Professional Services

Dean's Professional Services is a national, award-winning staffing solutions firm. Since 1993, we have placed over 50,000 professionals across the nation. We focus on matching talent with opportunity through skill, experience, and culture fit.

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