Reservoir Engineer

Dallas, United States | Posted on 03/14/2025

CSI Recruiting is working with a well-established and highly regarded upstream petroleum consulting firm in Dallas on their immediate need for an experienced and capable Reservoir Engineer. Our client is a stable, privately-owned firm that has grown since its inception into one of the top oil & gas consulting firms in the world.

Overview

The reservoir engineer role is a crucial role within this company's organization. The firm's clients place immense trust in their technical staff to provide the highest quality engineering services, on which their staff, boards of directors, and investors rely heavily. The Reservoir Engineer will join a Team, which typically consist of 2 to 4 engineers and 3 to 6 analysts. The firm's Teams maintain a talented pool of analysts to assist in data loading, data manipulation, and report preparation; typically there is a ratio of at least one analyst per engineer in the firm. The Reservoir Engineer will also work closely with the geoscience teams as needed on specific projects. Travel requirements, both domestic and international, vary by team and by the types of clients each team cultivates. The Engineer's desire for travel will be strongly considered.

The firm's Reservoir Engineers thrive on learning new skills and working on diverse projects. Moreover, the candidate will learn and develop the "soft skills" that make for an effective consultant such as interpersonal skills, managing client relations and expectations, judgment on appropriate reserves categories and classifications, commercial awareness, and business savvy. They should be comfortable working with and presenting to all levels of professionals from technical and financial experts to senior executives and board members.

Responsibilities

• Technical and economic evaluation of oil and gas assets using a variety of engineering and economic methods.
• Reserves estimation using performance analysis, analogy, volumetric calculations, and material balance techniques, as appropriate.
• Presentation of evaluations to all levels (from asset engineer to CEO) within client company, with a focus on the data used to support his/her estimates and opinions.
• Preparation of reports ranging from simple letter reports to annual reports for SEC filings to complex Competent Persons Reports for international filings or IPOs. Requires adherence to internal company guidelines and industry standards.
• Educating clients on requirements and limitations of specific reserves definitions (PRMS, SEC, COGEH, etc.), and making recommendations regarding additional data that could justify additional reserves volumes or categorization upgrades.

The successful Reservoir Engineer candidate will be an independent, entrepreneurially-driven, motivated engineer, who wants to build and run their own business within the firm's overall structure. They will have the opportunity to develop their career in a variety of challenging assignments and will develop at a much faster pace than is typical of most E&P companies. The candidate's career and responsibilities will develop towards a lucrative track as an officer and shareholder in the firm over time. A career with the firm can be very rewarding, technically challenging, and financially superior to typical major E&P company career paths and compensation programs.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate engineering degree from a recognized institution with a minimum of 5 years experience in upstream oil and gas exploration and production, ideally gained at a major oil and gas company or large independent. At least 3 years of reservoir engineering experience with some time devoted to reservoir simulation and exposure to oil field operations. Considered a high performer by management, consistently exceeding expectations and ranked in the top 25% of peers.
• Experience involving: oil and gas field surveillance (volumes forecasting, production analysis, evaluation of workover opportunities).
• Development planning for oil and gas fields, including selection, planning, and execution of drilling programs, evaluation of recovery factors, construction of depletion plans, analysis of improved recovery projects, and project economics.
• Reserves estimation using performance analysis, analogy, volumetric calculations, reservoir simulation, and material balance techniques.
• Single-well and multi-well reservoir simulation in conventional and unconventional assets using industry-standard software packages.
• Economic analysis of well-level and field-level projects, with a focus on investment decisions, project risk, and outcome uncertainty.
• An MBA and/or other advanced degree would be a plus but is not a prerequisite.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a team environment with colleagues across reservoir engineering, geology and geophysics, petrophysics, operations engineering, and technical support.
• Rising, intelligent, hands-on, driven professional who understands the total business process and enjoys both technical work and project management.
• Sense of urgency, integrity, strong ethics, and sound judgment.
• Inquisitive, quantitative, analytical thinker who can translate data into relevant information.
• Credible, competent, and trustworthy communicator with strong client-facing skills.
• Team-oriented leader who can mentor, coach, and work with others to achieve buy-in and success.
• Passion and enthusiasm for work, with a drive to get the job done right.
• Strong technical competence and track record of applying appropriate tools to tasks.
• Creative thinker who generates ideas and delivers results, with ability to convey concepts to clients and develop client relationships.
• Willingness to present opinions and defend them with evidence, while supporting final decisions and strategies.

COMPENSATION:

The compensation package is designed to attract and retain the top people in the industry and includes a competitive base salary and bonus package that includes an annual bonus (tied to each person’s contribution to the firm and its clients), Christmas bonus and April 15th bonus, and ultimately a potential "partnership" as an officer and shareholder in the firm.