Job Description
Title:
Reservoir Engineering Manager / Petroleum Engineering Manager
Position Title: Reservoir Engineering Manager / Petroleum Engineering Manager
Department: Reservoir Management / Subsurface / Technical
Reports To: Asset Manager / Technical Director
Location: Basra, IraqEmployment Type: Full-time, Contract
Rotation: 28/28
Role Purpose
The Reservoir/Petroleum Engineering Manager leads the subsurface engineering discipline to maximize asset value through strategic reservoir management, production optimization, reserves assurance, and development planning. This role oversees multi-disciplinary teams, ensures technical excellence, and aligns engineering activities with corporate objectives for safe, reliable, and profitable hydrocarbon recovery.
Key Responsibilities
1. Reservoir Management & Field Development
+ Lead reservoir surveillance, performance evaluation, and reservoir modelling activities.
+ Direct the creation and updating of static and dynamic reservoir models.
+ Oversee development plans, depletion strategies, reservoir stimulation programs, and IOR/EOR initiatives.
+ Ensure optimization of production and recovery factors across assets.
2. Technical Leadership & Governance
+ Provide technical assurance on reservoir engineering work, simulations, forecasts, and reserves estimates.
+ Establish best practices, workflows, and standards across the reservoir engineering discipline.
+ Guide and coach engineers, ensuring continuous capability development.
3. Production Optimization
+ Oversee production forecasting, decline curve analysis, material balance, and nodal analysis.
+ Collaborate with production and operations teams to diagnose well performance and propose interventions.
+ Support short- and long-term hydrocarbon production strategies.
4. Reserves Management
+ Manage annual reserves certification (1P/2P/3P) and SPE-PRMS compliance.
+ Interface with internal and external auditors for reserves reporting.
+ Ensure robust documentation and auditable technical justification.
5. Project & Asset Integration
+ Collaborate closely with geology, geophysics, petroleum engineering, drilling, and operations teams.
+ Provide subsurface input for well planning, workovers, and drilling campaigns.
+ Evaluate project economics and support business planning and investment decisions.
6. Data & Technology
+ Champion use of advanced reservoir management technologies, digital tools, and AI/ML integration.
+ Oversee data quality assurance, interpretation, and integration into models.
7. HSE & Risk Management
+ Ensure all activities comply with corporate HSE and regulatory standards.
+ Lead subsurface risk assessments and ensure mitigation plans are in place.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
+ Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, or related field (mandatory).
+ Master’s degree or PhD in Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering (preferred).
Experience
+ Typically 20+ years in reservoir or petroleum engineering.
+ Minimum 5 years in a leadership or managerial role.
+ Demonstrated experience with major oil & gas reservoirs (carbonate/clastic, conventional/unconventional).
+ Strong background in field development, simulation, and reserves evaluation.
+ Site experience in the middle east and any specific experience in the Iraqi southern Oil Fields would be advantageous.
Technical Skills
+ Expertise in reservoir simulation (e.g., Eclipse, tNavigator, CMG).
+ Proficiency in production optimization tools (e.g., Prosper, GAP, MBAL).
+ Strong reservoir surveillance and modelling capability.
+ Solid understanding of well testing, pressure-transient analysis, and flow assurance.
Soft Skills
+ Leadership and team development abilities.
+ Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
+ Strong analytical, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills.
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