Principal, Disciplinary Engineering and Science - Geoscience & Petroleum

Role overview

Technical leadership and evaluation

• Lead integrated subsurface evaluations using geophysical, geological, petrophysical, reservoir engineering, and production data.
• Integrate seismic, well, and field performance data to assess hydrocarbon potential and asset value.
• Oversee evaluations of exploration, appraisal, development, and producing assets; review reserves and resources estimates against industry standards.
• Identify asset uncertainties, risks, opportunities, and value drivers.

Due diligence and project delivery

• Lead technical due diligence for M&A, farm-ins and farm-outs, investments, financing, and divestments.
• Evaluate development plans, reserves, production forecasts, subsurface risks, data quality, technical assumptions, development concepts, and economics.
• Prepare independent assessments for investors, operators, financial institutions, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Manage concurrent projects, execution plans, budgets, schedules, resources, risks, quality, governance, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and proactively manage technical and commercial risks.

Client and business development

• Serve as a primary client contact throughout project delivery; contribute to proposals, presentations, and client workshops.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities and maintaining client relationships.
• Contribute to thought leadership, technical publications, and industry conferences.

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in Geophysics, Geoscience, Earth Sciences, Petroleum Geoscience, or a related discipline.
• At least 15 years in oil and gas, energy consulting, or the upstream petroleum industry.
• Demonstrated experience in asset evaluation, due diligence, reserves assessment, field development planning, integrated subsurface studies, and multidisciplinary project management.
• Strong understanding of seismic interpretation, geophysical analysis, reservoir characterization, reserves evaluation, uncertainty and risk, petroleum economics, and upstream asset lifecycle.
• Familiarity with industry standards and reporting frameworks; experience with geoscience and integrated asset evaluation software.
• Proven project and team management, client-facing consulting, planning, budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• PMP or equivalent certification and relevant professional memberships are preferred.

Key competencies

• Strategic thinking, commercial awareness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Report writing, presentations, client relationship management, leadership, team coordination, negotiation, influencing, and clear communication of complex technical concepts.

Flexible working

• Flexible hours are available to help employees adjust their working times during the day.

Benefits

• Benefits include work-life balance policies, wellbeing activities, private medical care, life insurance and disability programs, financial programs, and additional voluntary benefits.

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