Sr. Staff Planning Engineer

Expand Energy•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

This senior-level, team-lead position performs detailed engineering assignments to provide technical and specialized solutions to petrotechnical engineering challenges. The role leads asset development planning, optimizes capital allocation, and integrates considerations across oil and gas disciplines into comprehensive development plans. It supports investment and growth decisions through financial modeling, scenario analysis, technical evaluations, and recommendations.

Requirements

At least 8 years of related work experience.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
Meet one of the following engineering qualification paths: a bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC)-accredited program; a Professional Engineer (PE) license; or a master's degree in engineering from an accredited university where the corresponding bachelor's degree is ABET EAC-accredited.
Expertise in economic analysis and financial modeling, including Aries software.
Advanced knowledge of practical petroleum engineering concepts and their application to oil and gas design and production.
Advanced knowledge of oil and gas operations.
Advanced knowledge of midstream systems, hydraulics, and commercial contracts.
Advanced knowledge and practical application of volumetric calculations, decline-curve reserve determinations, analogue techniques, and material-balance assessments.
Advanced knowledge of high-pressure/high-temperature environments.
Advanced knowledge of formation evaluation.
Advanced knowledge and application of reservoir simulation techniques.
Advanced knowledge of unconventional resource development.
Ability to use rigorous logic and critical thinking to solve difficult problems effectively.
Ability to integrate considerations from all oil and gas disciplines into optimal development plans and decisions.
Ability to communicate technical analysis effectively.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary asset development teams.
Ability to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to facilitate analysis and decision-making.

Responsibilities

Lead asset development planning and optimize capital allocation.
Define well selection and drill-schedule sequencing.
Analyze alternative development scenarios in detail.
Analyze midstream and commercial opportunities and ensure infrastructure investments support development plans.
Define optimal long-term asset development strategy.
Integrate considerations from all disciplines into a comprehensive development plan.
Run detailed financial models to evaluate investment decisions and opportunities across the business.
Support the recurring forecast process.
Build development models to evaluate future growth opportunities.
Evaluate non-operated proposals.
Analyze acquisition and divestiture (A&D) opportunities.
Conduct peer analyses and comparisons.
Perform detailed technical evaluations and recommend ways to optimize asset development.
Perform other duties as assigned.