Reservoir Engineering Manager

CSI Recruiting is working with a Fort Worth-based oil company in their need to hire an experienced Reservoir Engineering Manager.  Our client is a well established E&P company, with plans to grow via drilling and development, and is actively evaluating significant bolt-on acquisitions. 

This is a growth role – not a back-fill, but a newly created position supporting development planning and acquisition evaluation. Our client maintains a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.  As such, the client would prefer a candidate who has worked in a similar style company, and in a similar role.  The position is first and foremost a technical role, however the right candidate will contribute to strategic decisions, vendor selection, project management initiatives and work as a leader in the organization.

For the Reservoir Engineering Manager role, our client is seeking an innovative and results-driven Reservoir Engineering professional specializing in the following:

• A development-focused reservoir engineer who can implement and complete a project, and a professional who can lead the conversation.  
  
• Able to develop, communicate and defend technical recommendations and drive projects through execution
  
• Substantial unconventional experience required and Permian experience strongly preferred
  
• Client needs this person to employ sound decision making methods to complex projects, including economic analysis.
  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate ability to solve complex problems.
  
• Evaluate and monitor well performances
  
• Generate production well forecasts
  
• Work closely with other departments
  
• Must have strong knowledge of economic evaluation and financial metrics.
  
• Improve efficiency in data analysis
  
• Support reserve estimates, forecast updates and coordination with independent reserve engineers
  

Requirements

• Extensive exposure to unconventional resources, ideally having worked in multiple resource plays with a focus on the Permian
  
• Minimum education: Bachelor's Degree required - Petroleum Engineering is preferred
  
• Well versed in economic modelling software (ARIES, ComboCurve)
  
• Experience utilizing information from multiple public data sources
  
• A minimum of 10 years of working as a reservoir engineer for an independent E&P company focused on unconventional assets in the Lower 48 in the US