Senior Reservoir Engineer / Aberdeen

The Client, a large independent O&G company, are looking for a Senior Reservoir Engineer to join their team onshore in Aberdeen, on a staff basis.

Purpose of Role:
• Reservoir Engineer within the NOV Assets multi-disciplinary subsurface teams.
• Deliver opportunities for production enhancement and resource additions through subsurface characterisation, reservoir geological modelling and opportunity generation & maturation.
• Support well planning & delivery programmes

Areas of Responsibility Competence Level:
• Responsible for all aspects of reservoir engineering, using predictive flow simulation models that incorporate geoscience, engineering and fluid property data.
• Identify, mature and deliver opportunities for production enhancement and resource growth.
• Independently define and complete reservoir engineering work programmes in support of business strategy and integrating results effectively with other subsurface disciplines.
• Maintain production forecasts in support of mid to long term business plans
• Communicate results and influence stakeholders appropriately to drive effective business decisions.
• Mentoring junior staff.
• Interface and leverage technical expertise within the wider G&RE organisation, influencing subsurface team priorities and work programmes.

Daily tasks include:
• Generation of production forecasts to support key business decisions.
• Construction of simulation and nodal analysis models.
• Maintenance (and history matching) of full field, material balance and sector simulation models.
• Analysis of reservoir engineering data e.g. pressure transient, fluid and production data.
• Evaluation of production enhancement and new well opportunities.
• Well planning and operational support.
• Reserves assessments.
• Monitoring and assisting with specialists and contractors to manage reservoir engineering projects.
• Reservoir engineering aspects of internal/external business approvals (Internal/Partners/OGA etc.).
• Sharing knowledge.

Critical Skills Qualifications Experience, etc.:
Core Technical Experience
• Fully developed technical skill set
• Expertise in delivering complex reservoir engineering projects incorporating uncertainty.
• Expert in several anchor skills. Thoroughly understands technology and how it supports the business.
• Expertise in different aspects of reservoir engineering e.g. field development, simulation, material balance, pressure transient analysis, fluid properties, decline curve analysis, reserve evaluations.
• Identifies, develops, executes and evaluates business opportunities
• The ability to work influentially in a multi-disciplinary team
• Sound working knowledge of industry software packages

Qualifications
• MSc in reservoir engineering or a related subject.

Personal Characteristics
• Accountable and proactive
• Consistent independent, effective and efficient problem solving
• Ability to foster new idea generation in functional area within the company
• Ability to prioritise workload and deliver results
• Good communication skills
• Mentoring skills