# Engineering College Hire at Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy)

- Company: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy)
- Location: Not listed
- Type: Full-time · Entry
- Posted: 2026-09-06
- Apply: https://oxy.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UniversityRelations/job/Engineering-College-Hire_JR110308
- Page: https://newgrad.ai/jobs/engineering-college-hire-32b406f9

## Summary by newgrad.ai

What you'll do:

- Work as production, drilling, or facilities engineer across oil and gas operations
- Apply expertise in horizontal drilling, automation, artificial lift, and hydraulic fracturing
- Contribute to CO2 recovery and water/steam flood management projects

What they're looking for:

- Bachelor's or graduate degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Petroleum Engineering
- Graduation date between December 2025 and May 2027
- Minimum 2.85 cumulative GPA on 4.0 scale
- Interest in pursuing oil and gas industry career

Pay and perks:

- $100,800 - $138,600 annual salary
- 14% company 401(k) matching starting day one
- Relocation assistance and furnished housing if applicable
- Alternating 3-day weekends with 9/80 schedule
- Pregnancy, bonding, and family care leave

## Posting

Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa.

Oxy 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 our communities where we do business.

Due to the increasing size and strength of our domestic operations, Oxy can offer individuals a broad range of experiences and technical challenges. Oxy is a leader in CO2 tertiary recovery technology as well as water and steam flood management. We daily push the technology envelope in areas such as horizontal drilling, production automation, artificial lift, acidizing and hydraulic fracturing. The talents of our production engineers, drilling engineers, and facilities engineers are required throughout all our work. These engineering disciplines are typically made up of graduates in petroleum or other related engineering disciplines.

### Qualifications

- Bachelor's/ Graduate Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Petroleum Engineering

- Must have a graduation date of Dec 2025 - May 2027

- Must maintain minimum cumulative 2.85 GPA on a 4.0 scale

- Desire to pursue career in Oil and Gas Industry

### Location

- Midland, Texas; Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado; The Woodlands, Texas; Various locations in West Texas, Southwest New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming or Offshore Gulf of America

### Benefits

- Competitive salary

- Begin investing to your 401(K) and Retirement on your first day with combined 14% company matching

- Relocation Assistance and/or fully-furnished Corporate Housing provided, if applicable

- 9/80 Work Schedule, if applicable. Enjoy a 3-day weekend every other week!

- Pregnancy/Bonding Leave and Family Care Leave

The salary range for this position is: $100,800 - $138,600 Annual

Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements may receive consideration for higher-level role given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs.

### 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 not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.

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 fees

- Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or

- Request 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

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