Remote Reservoir Engineer for Forecasting & Reserves

Fervo Energy; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Incentive stock options

Bonus program

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking a Reservoir Engineer focused on production forecasting and resource evaluation to link subsurface performance with corporate planning. You will build and maintain production forecasts for long-term planning, support Finance with inputs for budgeting, and lead economic evaluations across the portfolio.

The role requires translating complex subsurface data into clear, defensible numbers for capital allocation, working with Finance, Development, and Executive teams, and

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline).
• 5+ years of reservoir engineering, reserves evaluation, or production forecasting.
• Strong understanding of decline curve analysis, type curve development, and forecasting workflows.
• Experience with reserves estimation and reporting standards (SPE-PRMS).
• Experience building economic models (NPV, IRR, cash flow) and sensitivity/scenario analyses.
• Strong financial modeling skills (advanced Excel) and familiarity with reservoir forecasting or simulation tools.
• Ability to assess subsurface and forecast uncertainty and communicate risk clearly to financial and executive audiences.
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain portfolio-wide production forecasts for long-term planning.
• Develop and update type curves and decline/analytical models.
• Translate reservoir performance and uncertainty into probabilistic forecast ranges (P10/P50/P90).
• Maintain the long-range plan (LRP) production forecast in coordination with Development and Corporate Finance.
• Partner with Corporate Finance to translate forecasts into cash flow models and investor materials.
• Support financing processes with technical forecast inputs and asset-level due diligence.
• Conduct economic evaluations of new prospects, development scenarios, and capital projects (NPV, IRR).
• Own recoverable resource estimates and HIIP; promote standard forecasting methodologies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Synthesis

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

Python

Forecasting tools

Job description

Fervo Energy is seeking a Reservoir Engineer focused on production forecasting and resource evaluation to link subsurface performance with corporate planning. You will build and maintain production forecasts for long-term planning, support Finance with inputs for budgeting, and lead economic evaluations across the portfolio.

The role requires translating complex subsurface data into clear, defensible numbers for capital allocation, working with Finance, Development, and Executive teams, and