Senior Geologist

Job Summary

The Senior Geologist will drive growth in the region by originating, maturing, and championing exploration and development opportunities across the Appalachian Basin. This is a senior, self-directed technical role for a seasoned geoscientist who brings a proven track record of identifying and advancing successful growth and exploration opportunities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Originate, risk, and mature exploration and play-extension opportunities that grow the region's resource base and inventory
• Lead regional geological risk and resource analyses across a variety of play types, integrating geologic, geophysical, petrophysical, and production data
• Serve as an exploration technical leader and mentor within the subsurface team, elevating the group's exploration capability
• Map, model, and clearly communicate resource potential and its business value to technical peers and leadership
• Partner with reservoir engineering to assess prospect economics and prioritize opportunities against the broader portfolio
• Collaborate with corporate exploration, technology, and machine-learning teams to accelerate evaluation and appraisal workflows

Skills And Experience

• Demonstrated track record of successfully identifying and advancing growth/exploration opportunities in onshore unconventional resource plays; Appalachia/Marcellus and/or broad multi-basin experience strongly preferred
• Strong technical leadership presence able to influence, mentor, and elevate a team without relying on formal authority
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to translate technical work into clear business-relevant recommendations for leadership
• Advanced integration of geologic, geophysical, petrophysical, and production data
• Proficiency in industry mapping/interpretation software (e.g., Kingdom); familiarity with data analytics/visualization tools (e.g., Spotfire and ArcPro) a plus
• Strong command of well logs and petrophysics; experience with seismically-informed characterization a plus
• Highly ambitious and self-motivated individual that thrives in deep technical work, and comfortable operating with autonomy and ambiguity
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Power Point

Education Requirements

• Minimum: Graduate degree; Master’s degree in geology or geophysics highly preferred
• Years Of Experience: 10+ years of upstream oil and gas experience, with a substantial portion in exploration/growth and onshore unconventional plays; senior-level technical judgment and demonstrated impact required

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

• Work is typically performed indoors in an office environment.
• Incumbents must be able to perform work which includes typing, sitting, and standing.
• In the event that incumbent visits operations worksite, personal protection equipment, including head protection, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame resistant clothing is required.
• Safety rules including OSHA and DOT requirements are strictly enforced.
• Employees must be willing to travel and work extended hours on short notice.

Travel Requirements

Percent of Travel Required: 10% - 15%; Travel will be required for mandatory meetings, training, and visits to field locations