Staff Reservoir Engineer - Identification

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ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key accountabilities will be to:

Provide reservoir engineering leadership in order to maximize the value of development projects.

Update plans and forecasts (production and reserves) for developments.

Developing strong working relationships with technical members of partner teams.

Communicate with JV partners and regulatory bodies on engineering technical issues, as requested.

Foster teamwork and maintain a positive work environment to achieve job satisfaction and, consequently, contribute effectively.

Develop technical and leadership capabilities.

KEY DELIVERABLES/KEY DIMENSIONS

Key Dimensions

Revenue N/A

EBIT N/A

Revenue Capital and operating budget N/A

Total Asset Value N/A

Annual Production N/A

Other Key Measures Team & Functional KPIs

Number of Employees (staff & contract) N/A

Member of: Develop. Subsurface

Engineering





BEHAVIOURAL & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

 

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Contribute to developing budgets, plans and contingency plans, as appropriate and ensure key project milestones and objectives are realized.

2. Develop production forecasts, reserve estimates, and engineering input into well plans/operations.

3. Participate in HSE and quality activities/initiatives.

4. Develop and maintain technical expertise.

5. Develop, maintain and manage networks and relationships with key individuals, other BHPB development and JIU/PU teams, government bodies (e.g. MMS), key consultants (e.g. regulatory staff) and joint venture partners.

6. Guide and mentor less experienced reservoir engineers on the team.

7. Foster active participation by team in well planning/execution teams and provide advice on well locations, well data collection, and contingency planning

8. Ensure that necessary documentation for appropriate regulatory submittals to the MMS is done accurately and meets requisite deadlines.

9. Facilitate communication of the team's technical results, technical position, conclusions and recommendations to development teams, joint venture partners and BHP Billiton management in both formal and informal forums.

10. Ensure effective handovers occur when Devs transition to Production Division.

AUTHORITY & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The incumbent will be the senior reservoir engineer in the team, responsible for technical coordination and mentoring of less senior REs on the team (one RE and one Graduate Engineer). The reservoir engineer will work closely with all subsurface team members. External stakeholders should be engaged in a positive manner.

Other teams and relationships:

Subsurface Project Teams

Integrated Project Teams

Geological Operations Team

Drilling and Completions Team

Functional Chiefs

Joint Venture partners

PDE (for Appraisal related activities)

Operations teams (for incorporating learnings into development plans)



EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS



Experience and technical competencies

The candidate should have at least fifteen years or more of relevant experience.

Experience is desired with

- operated and non-operated developments

- geological modeling, reservoir characterization, production assurance, well planning and drilling operations.

- deepwater offshore developments and/or production, with both oil and gas developments, and with secondary recovery processes.

The candidate should have strong capabilities in reservoir simulation, integrated production modeling, fluid analysis, and integrated reservoir characterization.

Good technical communicator (written and spoken) and influencing skills

Excellent collaboration skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in relevant Engineering or Science discipline required

A minimum of fifteen years (for outstanding candidates) relevant experience in the upstream petroleum industry.

A strong background in field development is required in addition to partner relationship building skills.





 

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This position is eligible for the BHP Billiton Employee Referral Program.



Internal employees and their referrals will be given first priority until candidate pool is narrowed and second round interviews have commenced. The position will be filled as soon as a qualified candidate is identified (this may be prior to the posted "close date").  Please apply or make your referral ASAP.