Senior Reservoir Engineer / Aberdeen

The client is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Reservoir Engineer, based in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities:
* 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
* Ensure that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and company's HSEQ procedures
* 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.
* 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.

Experience & Qualifications:
* 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
* MSc in reservoir engineering or a related subject.
* 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

Permanent position