Reservoir Engineer at ExxonMobil Corporation

ExxonMobil Corporation is one of the world’s largest publicly traded companies, an industry leader in the petroleum and petrochemical business and operates in virtually every region of the world. Mobil Producing Nigeria and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria are affiliates of ExxonMobil Corporation and have operated in Nigeria for over 60 years and form one of the largest sources of revenue for the Nigerian government and economy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Reservoir Engineer

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

What role you will play in our team

• Come be part of the Reservoir Engineering Department of Exxonmobil Nigeria with more than 50 years of presence in the country, with offices located in Lagos and Abuja, FCT
• Provide reservoir engineering technical support and expertise to Deepwater Oil & Gas development projects and production operations
• Work with multi-discipline teams to support optimal asset development and reservoir management
• Leverage fundamental reservoir engineering skills in reservoir characterization, development and depletion planning, opportunity generation, and production optimization.

What you will do

• Planning, evaluation and/or execution of field development / drill well programs
• Identifying key reservoir uncertainties and providing recommendations to address financial and operations risks and improve decision quality
• Improving reservoir description through fluid analysis, core evaluation, well testing interpretation, and production performance analysis
• Conducting production forecasts and reserves assessments to support development / depletion planning and production optimization opportunities
• Developing and/or leveraging new reservoir engineering technologies to support business solutions

About you
Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required - preferably Petroleum or Chemical; Advanced Degrees (Master’s / PhD) in PE an added advantage
• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering
• Previous experience in reservoir analytical performance prediction, asset development and depletion planning, reserves assessment, reservoir surveillance & optimization, volumes forecasting, economic analysis and data management
• Candidates should be self-motivated and focused on achieving business results while working in a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and leadership skills are essential.

Preferred Qualifications / Experience:

• The candidate should be competent in skills listed below:
• Reservoir Simulation
• Pressure Transient Testing
• Fluid sampling and analysis
• Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Core Analysis
• Petrophysics 
• Fluent in both written and spoken English, have good organizational and coordination skills, and be able to work well with others
• Open to Flexible work hours

Behavioural expectations:

• Behavioural expectations: in addition to strong interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal), candidate should possess:
• Innovative: produces/promotes novel ideas
• Courage of Conviction
• Prioritizes and manages risk
• Creates business value to increase competitive advantage
• Develop others by demonstrating ownership and influencing others to take initiative
• Develop/deploy long-term, effective strategies
• Ability to work in challenging environments, including extended stay at offshore facilities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.