Senior Reservoir Engineer - Light Oil Development

Obsidian Energy Ltd.

Calgary

On-site

CAD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings plan
Attractive annual bonus plan
Long term incentive plans
Attractive personal time-off plan

Job summary

Obsidian Energy Ltd. is seeking a Senior Reservoir Engineer to join our Light Oil Development team in Alberta.

You will analyze well and reservoir performance, develop production forecasts for drilling opportunities, and support waterflood management while identifying and executing new drilling inventory. The role requires a strong grasp of reservoir engineering fundamentals, project management across priorities, and the ability to present technical recommendations to senior leaders in a

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and P.Eng. with APEGA eligibility.
  • Senior reservoir engineering experience with strong fundamentals.
  • Experience with production-data analysis, decline analysis, type-curve development, and waterflood surveillance.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze well performance and build forecasts for inventory locations.
  • Apply reservoir fundamentals to development decisions and optimization.
  • Support waterflood surveillance and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Collaborate with geology and geophysics to rank opportunities.
  • Assist with annual reserves and present findings to leadership.
  • Improve workflows and analytical methods for asset optimization.

Skills

Reservoir engineering
Decline analysis
Waterflood surveillance
Type-curve development
Production-data analysis
Geology collaboration
Senior leadership communication
Independent prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical, or related discipline
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA (eligible)

Tools

GeoScout
ValNav

Job description

Obsidian Energy Ltd. is seeking a Senior Reservoir Engineer to join our Light Oil Development team in Alberta.

You will analyze well and reservoir performance, develop production forecasts for drilling opportunities, and support waterflood management while identifying and executing new drilling inventory. The role requires a strong grasp of reservoir engineering fundamentals, project management across priorities, and the ability to present technical recommendations to senior leaders in a

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