Senior Reservoir Engineer
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Proactively identify, evaluate, and champion acquisition, leasing, and joint venture opportunities to expand inventory in the Appalachian Basin. Lead multidisciplinary evaluations supporting drilling, completion, spacing, and field development decisions while conducting well performance analysis, pressure interpretation, and volumetric calculations. Perform economic analyses using ARIES, ComboCurve, and AI tools to create decision-ready technical and economic narratives for executive review. Mentor junior engineers and drive initiatives from concept through recommendation with minimal supervision. This highly visible role directly influences capital allocation and growth strategy for Devon's Marcellus Business Unit.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering or closely related field
- 8+ years of experience in reservoir engineering or related technical discipline
- Proven success supporting acquisitions, divestitures, acreage trades, joint ventures, and large-scale strategic transactions
- Demonstrated experience leading field development plans, optimizing well spacing and completion designs, and making capital allocation recommendations
- Strong understanding of upstream valuation methodologies and asset transaction processes
- Advanced use of ARIES, Spotfire, ComboCurve, Whitson+ and Excel for technical and economic evaluations
- Extensive experience with reservoir engineering methods, including material balance, rate transient analysis, volumetric calculations, and type curve generation
- Demonstrated ability to create executive-level investment recommendations for acquisition or capital allocation decisions
- Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and bias for action, with the ability to operate independently while building alignment across technical and commercial disciplines
- Must be based at site at our Marcellus Business Unit office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Desired Qualifications
- MS Finance, MS Economics or MBA
- Investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or business development experience
- Demonstrated understanding of Appalachian Basin geology, well performance, spacing, and competitive operator activity
- Advanced capability in analyzing large datasets with robust statistical and machine learning workflows
- Experience leveraging AI and machine learning tools to identify opportunities, accelerate asset evaluations, and improve decision quality
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