Reservoir Engineer

• Job Summary
  The Reservoir Engineer must have a good knowledge of technical practices and principles of reservoir engineering including but not limited to reservoir analysis, field development economic performance optimization, planning, evaluation, production forecasting, and reserves evaluation.  The candidate must also be able to manage multiple concurrent projects and work in a team environment.

Main Responsibilities
•    Plans and directs all aspects of reservoir engineering/field studies regarding the identification, evaluation, and development of oil and gas reserves.
•    Oversees the process of estimating, assessing, and planning oil and gas production and development projects.  A reservoir engineer ensures all projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization’s established policies and objectives.
•    Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget.
•    Manages all reservoir engineering functions within the company.
•    Provides leadership within multi-disciplinary teams to ensure adequate reservoir management of the company’s assets.
•    Leads activities to optimize producing assets from a reservoir perspective leading to improved recovery, increased production, and reserves addition.
•    Develop reservoir performance prediction and prepare estimates of in-place hydrocarbon volume.
•    Review surveillance, analysis, and dynamic models and provide direction on subsurface engineering required for proper reservoir management of assets
•    Supports/Updates company-wide standard reservoir management practices
•    Quantifies risk and uncertainty and understands the impact on production forecasts and decisions
•    Supports reservoir and production due diligence on potential farm-ins and acquisitions
•    Reviews and Approves year-end Asset reserves figures for regulatory authority’s endorsement.

Educational Qualifications and Skills
•    University Degree in Petroleum Engineering or other relevant Engineering Degree.  A master’s degree or equivalent will be an added advantage.
•    A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in Reservoir Engineering and Engineering Operations in the oil industry 
with an operator with a track record in Reservoir Engineering Management.
•    Strong quantitative and analytic skills 
•    Excellent carriage and representation of the company with regulatory and government agencies.
•    Must be able to contribute to technical knowledge in the form of technical paper presentations at conferences.
•    Ability to support/update company-wide standard reservoir management practices.