Senior Petroleum Engineer

Senior Petroleum Engineer — Job Description

Summary

Lead technical design, planning, and optimization of oil & gas exploration and production activities to maximize recovery, ensure safety, and meet project economics across onshore and offshore assets.

Key responsibilities

• Reservoir engineering: Develop reservoir models, perform decline-curve analysis, material-balance and reservoir simulation; estimate reserves and recovery factors.
• Well planning & design: Lead design of well trajectories, casing/tubing programs, completions, stimulation (e.g., hydraulic fracturing) and workover plans; optimize well placement and spacing.
• Production optimization: Analyze production performance; design and implement nodal analysis, artificial lift (ESP, gas lift, rod pump) selection and optimization, and well intervention strategies.
• Field development planning: Prepare field development plans, production forecasts, economic evaluations (NPV, IRR), and phased development strategies.
• Drilling & completions support: Provide technical oversight during drilling and completions; review drilling programs, tripping procedures, and well testing; advise on downhole tools and logging.
• Reservoir surveillance & monitoring: Implement and interpret well tests, pressure transient analysis, production logging, and surveillance data to inform reservoir management.
• Enhanced oil recovery (EOR): Evaluate and design EOR projects (waterflood, gas injection, chemical/EOR) including pilot design and performance monitoring.
• Reserves & reporting: Prepare and review reserves and resources estimates in line with PRMS/SPE/SEC guidelines; contribute to regulatory and management reporting.
• Risk & HSE: Identify operational and subsurface risks; ensure engineering activities comply with HSE standards and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-functional leadership: Coordinate with drilling, completions, production operations, geoscience, procurement, and commercial teams; provide mentorship to junior engineers.
• Budget & contractor management: Support budgeting, cost estimates, procurement specifications, and manage consultants/contractors and technical contracts.
• Technology & continuous improvement: Promote new technologies, workflows, and best practices; lead technical audits and post-job reviews.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline; Master’s preferred for complex roles.
• Experience: Typically 8+ years in upstream oil & gas with progressive responsibility; experience across reservoir, wells, and production operations.
• Technical skills: Reservoir simulation (Eclipse, CMG), well performance tools (IPR, nodal analysis, Prosper), well design software, production chemistry, and data analysis (Python/Matlab/Excel).
• Standards & regulations: Familiarity with reserves reporting standards (PRMS/SPE/SEC) and industry HSE regulations.
• Certifications (optional): SPE membership, Chartered Engineer (where applicable), well control certifications (IWCF/IMCA).
• Soft skills: Strong technical judgment, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management.

Competencies & attributes

• Strategic reservoir and production problem-solving.
• Strong quantitative and modeling ability.
• Decision-making under uncertainty and operational pressure.
• Effective team leadership and mentoring.
• Commercial awareness and cost-conscious engineering.

Pay: QAR512.13 - QAR830.15 per hour

Work Location: In person