Reservoir & Production Development Engineer (Hybrid)

Pennhills Resources; State College (Centre County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennhills Resources in State College, PA is seeking a Development Engineer – Reservoir & Production with 3–5 years of upstream oil and gas experience to identify and execute development and production optimization opportunities across our growing asset base.

The role combines reservoir analysis, economic evaluation, production data analysis, and field operations while partnering with geology, land, drilling, operations, finance, and senior management to maximize asset value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or related field
• 3–5 years of upstream oil & gas engineering experience
• Strong reservoir engineering fundamentals (DCA, forecasting, reserves, EUR)
• Experience evaluating development, drilling, recompletion, or workover opportunities
• Exposure to production operations and field optimization
• Strong Excel, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate technical analysis into practical business recommendations
• U.S. work authorization

Responsibilities

• Evaluate producing and undeveloped assets to identify drilling, recompletion, workover and other development opportunities.
• Perform decline curve analysis, production forecasting, EUR estimation, reserve evaluations, and type-curve development.
• Generate and mature development prospects in coordination with geology, land, drilling, and operations.
• Develop multi-year development plans and rank opportunities based on production, reserves, capital requirements, risk and economic return.
• Develop technical assumptions for new projects including IP, decline parameters, EUR, production profiles, CAPEX and LOE.
• Track actual well performance and incorporate lessons learned into future plans.
• Develop cost-effective reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs; May include data collection and PTA characterization.
• Cross-functional leadership to align engineering with geology, land, operations and management.

Skills

Reservoir engineering fundamentals

DCA (decline curve analysis)

Production forecasting

Reserves estimation

EUR estimation

Excel

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or related engineering

Job description

Pennhills Resources in State College, PA is seeking a Development Engineer – Reservoir & Production with 3–5 years of upstream oil and gas experience to identify and execute development and production optimization opportunities across our growing asset base.

The role combines reservoir analysis, economic evaluation, production data analysis, and field operations while partnering with geology, land, drilling, operations, finance, and senior management to maximize asset value.