Sr. Reservoir-Corporate Planning Engineer
Houton
Description

Position Summary

The Senior Reservoir Corporate Planning Engineer is responsible for integrating reservoir engineering expertise into corporate planning, forecasting, and strategic decision-making processes. This role supports asset valuation, reserves estimation, production forecasting, short and long-term development planning across the company’s portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and financial targets.


Key Responsibilities 

Corporate Planning & Strategy

  • Lead development of short-, medium-, and long-term production forecasts across operated and non-operated assets
  • Support corporate business planning cycles (BP, LRPs, budgets, re-forecasts)
  • Provide technical inputs to corporate strategy, portfolio optimization, and capital allocation decisions
  • Evaluate growth opportunities, acquisitions, and divestitures from a reservoir perspective
  • Evaluate and sensitize development schedules to ensure operationally executable and minimize or mitigate operational risk
  • Lead inventory scheduling and drive success of asset teams development program.

Reservoir Engineering & Forecasting

  • Generate and validate decline curve analysis (DCA), type curves, and simulation-based forecasts
  • Integrate subsurface, drilling, and facilities data into field-wide production models
  • Ensure consistency and quality control across asset forecasts
  • Support uncertainty analysis and probabilistic forecasting (P10/P50/P90)

Reserves & Resource Management

  • Contribute to reserves estimation and reporting (SEC, PRMS)
  • Work closely with reserves auditors and internal teams to ensure compliance

Economic Evaluation

  • Perform economic analysis, including NPV, IRR, breakeven pricing, and sensitivities
  • Assess capital efficiency and project ranking to guide investment decisions
  • Collaborate with finance teams on cash flow projections and valuation models

Cross-Functional Integration

Collaborate with: 

  • Asset team (Land, Geology, Drilling, Completions & Production)
  • Finance & commercial  groups
  • Corporate strategy and leadership
  • Ensure alignment between technical evaluations and financial outcomes

Data Management & Reporting

  • Maintain high-quality data for corporate planning tools and dashboards
  • Prepare reports, sensitivities and presentations for executive leadership
  • Support digital initiatives and  automation in forecasting workflows and dashboards


Requirements

 Qualifications· ARIES proficiency required· Spotfire and/or Power BI proficiency required· Enersight or Planning tool proficiency preferred· Execute – Ops Schedulers experience preferred· SQL experience preferred· A minimum of 5+ years of Reservoir Engineering experience with a demonstrated focus on reserves, corporate planning, and acquisition analysis· Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Petroleum Engineering 

  • High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as part of a team.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements• Job is classified as light physical work in an office setting involving sitting, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing.• Occasionally may be required to lift, carry, push, or pull 10-25 pounds.