Senior Reservoir Engineer at Ralds and Agate Limited

Ralds & Agate (R&A) is an Organizational Effectiveness Firm focused on providing People and Process related solutions to businesses, communities and organizations within and outside Africa. We bring to the table a versatile & cumulative business and professional experience of over 4 decades. Multifaceted industry experience across Oil & Gas, Research & Technology, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Financial services etc.We work to support C suite clients to ensure that they derive value from their very valuable asset: their Employees. We are focused and committed towards building partnerships and mutually beneficial long term relationships with our clients.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Reservoir Engineer

Location: Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Mission / Purpose of the Job

• The Senior Reservoir Engineer provides technical leadership in reservoir management, production optimization, and dynamic reservoir modeling to maximize hydrocarbon recovery across the company’s assets.
• The role serves as the critical link between subsurface reservoir behavior and surface production performance, delivering reservoir simulation, forecasting, and well performance analysis to support field development planning, production targets, and operational excellence in line with world-class hydrocarbon maturation and well delivery practices.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the reservoir management and Production Data Management for the Petroleum Engineering Department and Champion Hydrocarbon Accounting Implementation / Reconciliations
• Deliver reservoir simulation, forecasting, dynamic modelling and overall reservoir management within the company’s assets by working with the geomodeller and production geologist
• Deliver well & completions designs for all wells, Production optimization and multi‐discipline projects in accordance with World Class Hydrocarbon Maturation and Well Delivery and Intervention projects in accordance with World Class Hydrocarbon Maturation and Well Delivery and Intervention Processes, and the deliverables set by client requirements to optimize Oil & Gas recovery.
• Monthly Production Targets: Assist in driving the Production Target by working with the field production Staff
• Significantly contribute to/ lead the delivery of quality reservoir development studies, field development plan (FDP), the Identification of production improvement opportunities and production optimization studies in conjunction with reservoir engineers, petrophysicists and production geologists.
• Well surveillance - Well Performance monitoring, Monitoring and follow-up/resolution of Production deferment issues, Bean-up candidates identification/ follow-up for execution.
• Coil Tubing job planning, well stimulations. Low production/Off-Production monitoring (wells).
• Reservoir Engineering contribution to Field Review.
• Well Performance Review: Identification of wells for Coil Tubing re-entry and Rig re-entry for repairs.
• Conceptual Completion Design, understanding of a completions design and their services interfaces•MER Coordination and Interface Management with DPR.
• Reservoir Engineering input (Well histories and well performance review/ update. production performance plots generation, well performance (NODAL analysis) to Field review.
• Provide analysis of well and reservoir performance base on production data, statutory pressure surveys (BHPs), Build up pressure analysis (PBU), and MPLT.

Job Specifications: Minimum & Preferred Requirements
Education / Business Degree:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 15-years' core experience in Production Technology / Engineering
• Strong working knowledge of IPM-GAP, Prosper, OFM and SAPHIR
• Skill sets in Well surveillance, Nodal Analyses, Inflow and outflow performances.

Competencies, Skills & Attributes
Knowledge:

• In-depth understanding of reservoir engineering principles and dynamic modeling.
• Strong knowledge of well surveillance, production optimization, and pressure transient analysis.
• Advanced understanding of completion concepts, sand control, and intervention techniques.
• Familiarity with world-class hydrocarbon maturation and well delivery processes.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and hydrocarbon accounting practices.

Skills:

• Reservoir simulation and forecasting
• Nodal analysis and well performance evaluation
• Production optimization and surveillance
• IPM-GAP, PROSPER, Eclipse, OFM, SAPHIRE
• Pressure transient analysis (PBU, BHP surveys)
• Well and completion design support
• Technical reporting and presentations
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Risk assessment and decision support.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Leadership and technical mentoring skills
• Sound decision-making and accountability
• Attention to detail and technical rigor
• Proactive and results-driven mindset
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement
• Team-oriented and collaborative
• Safety-conscious and compliance-focused.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.