Senior Reservoir Engineer (A&D)

Energy Talent Search•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•$180,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Energy Talent Search is working with an energy company seeking an experienced Senior Reservoir Engineer for its Pittsburgh operations. The role combines reservoir engineering with acquisitions and divestitures (A&D), joint ventures, leasing opportunities, and strategic asset evaluation. The engineer will evaluate existing assets and potential growth opportunities across the Appalachian Basin, providing technical and economic analysis to support investment and development decisions. The ideal candidate has unconventional reservoir engineering expertise, a commercial mindset, and experience evaluating upstream transactions and growth opportunities. The role requires independently analyzing opportunities, developing recommendations, and presenting conclusions to technical teams and senior leadership. The engineer will also provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering.
7–20 years of reservoir engineering experience.
Strong background in unconventional oil and gas reservoir engineering.
A&D and upstream asset evaluation experience.
Demonstrated experience evaluating acquisitions, joint ventures, leasing opportunities, and/or other upstream transactions.
Ability to evaluate upstream assets from both technical and economic perspectives.
Strong experience with decline curve analysis, type curves, reserves, volumetrics, production forecasting, and reservoir performance analysis.
Experience evaluating development plans, well spacing, inventory, and capital investment alternatives.
Strong understanding of upstream economics and asset valuation.
Strong working knowledge of ARIES.
Strong analytical skills and experience working with large technical datasets.
Ability to translate complex reservoir and economic analysis into clear business and investment recommendations.
Strong commercial mindset and ability to work effectively across technical and business disciplines.
Highly independent and proactive, with the ability to take ownership of complex projects with limited supervision.
Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder; the role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Appalachian Basin experience.
Prior experience presenting technical or investment recommendations to senior management.

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate potential acquisition, joint venture, leasing, and other strategic growth opportunities.
Perform reservoir engineering and economic evaluations of producing assets and potential investments.
Provide technical reservoir support for A&D and asset evaluation activities.
Analyze well performance, production trends, reserves, recovery potential, and development economics.
Develop type curves and production forecasts to support asset valuation and investment decisions.
Evaluate development scenarios, including well spacing, inventory, drilling plans, and completion strategies.
Build economic models and recommend asset values, capital allocation, and development strategies.
Analyze large technical and commercial datasets to identify trends, risks, and potential opportunities.
Collaborate with geology, land, operations, and other disciplines on transaction evaluations and development planning.
Monitor industry activity, asset transactions, and development trends across the Appalachian Basin.
Prepare technical and economic recommendations for management review.
Own projects from initial evaluation through final recommendation.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers.