Job Description
Job Title Reservoir Engineer / Advisor II or III
Compensation Level II – $130/hr
Level III – $150/hr
Location Spring, TX
Schedule Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week with approved overtime
In office
Target Start Date ASAP
Scope Main Functions - Provide guidance to support the Reservoir Leadership Team in achieving performance objectives and maintaining high technical standards.
- Develop plans and programs required by the Reservoir Management Team.
- Guide reservoir engineers in establishing and implementing plans that meet reservoir engineering requirements.
- Perform or guide detailed reservoir simulation studies.
- Build, run, and evaluate dynamic models to assess depletion schemes and investigate technical issues.
- Perform or guide supporting studies involving:
- Pressure, Volume, Temperature (PVT)
- Inflow and outflow
- Relative permeability
- Special Core Analysis Laboratory (SCAL)
- Other reservoir evaluations
- Perform depletion-plan assessments supporting asset acquisition evaluations.
- Lead or participate in peer reviews to ensure high technical standards.
- Provide reservoir engineering input to drilling, facilities, and other project groups.
- Mentor less-experienced reservoir engineers in simulation and related studies.
- Document results in clear written and graphical formats.
- Provide timely and focused updates to management, partners, and other stakeholders.
Tasks and Responsibilities - Develop project-specific strategies with the Project Team to address identified risks and challenges.
- Support risk assessments and studies defined in the Project Risk Management Plan.
- Ensure study findings are addressed during relevant field execution.
- Support uncertainty analyses and value-of-information assessments for data-acquisition plans.
- Facilitate Reservoir Team meetings when assigned.
- Complete additional services or studies assigned by the Reservoir Leadership Team.
- Maintain a high degree of ethical conduct.
- Work effectively in an environment with changing priorities.
- Develop and deliver technical presentations.
- Provide regulatory compliance support as required.
Skills and Qualifications - University degree or equivalent.
- Demonstrated reservoir engineering experience in the oil and gas industry.
- At least five years of unconventional shale experience involving reservoirs that require hydraulic fracturing to produce.
- Approximately seven or more years of unconventional oil and gas experience preferred.
- Exceptional knowledge of reservoir engineering fundamentals.
- Experience building, running, and evaluating dynamic reservoir models.
- Experience conducting reservoir simulation studies efficiently and within required timelines.
- Ability to identify technical issues, develop solutions, and conduct reservoir evaluations independently.
- Working knowledge of reservoir management practices, processes, and expectations.
- Ability and willingness to direct, guide, and mentor less-experienced engineers.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate with and influence personnel at multiple organizational levels, from senior management to field personnel.
- Ability to work effectively within an integrated project-team environment.
- Flexible and capable of responding to unforeseen conditions and changing priorities.
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining confidentiality, ethical conduct, and high customer-service standards.
- Willingness to travel or live away from home for extended periods.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and related computer applications.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- No training will be provided other than company-specific safety standards and procedures.
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Immediate start, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours