Senior Reservoir Engineer
Diamondback Energy · Midland, TX · 1 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Job Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical authority for unconventional reservoir engineering, providing guidance on well performance, spacing, and development optimization.
- Lead advanced RTA and diagnostics to evaluate DSU optimization, interference, depletion, and completion effectiveness.
- Perform and oversee PVT, pressure, DFIT, and fracture data analysis to characterize reservoir properties, stress regimes, and fracture behavior.
- Apply fracture modeling, reservoir simulation, and forecasting to support completion design, spacing decisions, and development planning.
- Leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, SQL, and structured data workflows to identify performance drivers and screen opportunities across large datasets.
- Develop and maintain Spotfire dashboards and analytical tools to support surveillance, diagnostics, and asset-level decision making.
- Provide economic evaluation and clear technical recommendations, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor reservoir engineers while communicating insights to leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of reservoir engineering experience, including at least 5 years focused on unconventional reservoirs.
- Demonstrated technical mastery of RTA, PVT, DFIT, CPG, fracture modeling, and reservoir simulation.
- Strong analytical capability with hands-on experience working with production, pressure, and completion data.
- Proven ability to independently evaluate complex reservoir problems and influence development decisions.
- Proficiency with industry-standard reservoir engineering tools, workflows, and data analytics.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Proficiency in SQL-based data analysis and working with large, structured subsurface datasets.
- Advanced experience with Spotfire (or similar platforms) for visualization, surveillance, and analytics.
- Experience with Aries and economic evaluation.
- Experience working in the Midland Basin.