Staff Engineer – Business Development

Job Summary

Continental Resources is an efficient organization with a rich asset base where talented, motivated individuals thrive. The Business Development Group works on highly visible, strategic initiatives including acquisitions, mergers, capital investment programs, and divestitures. The ideal candidate will possess a high level of professionalism and maturity.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform and lead evaluations for transaction opportunities and present recommendations to executive management.
• Key player in acquisitions, divestitures, or other corporate development projects.
• Conduct research to identify acquisition opportunities, emerging market trends, and changes in the competitive landscape.
• Create relevant technical, operational, and/or financial models and analysis.
• Prepare internal management and board of directors reports and presentations.
• Monitor and summarize developments and performance of competitors.
• Present findings and make recommendations related to potential acquisition targets and other opportunities for investment.
• Build and maintain database of transactions and operational metrics.
• Willingness to work evenings and occasional weekends.

Skills And Competencies

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Able to effectively manage and prioritize multiple objectives.
• Strong quantitative abilities, acute business judgment, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Independent and motivated self-starter with advanced problem-solving and issue-resolution skills.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience.
• An acceptable pre-employment background and drug test.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or other advanced degree from an accredited college or university.
• Knowledge of the upstream oil and gas industry.
• International oil and gas experience, including evaluating assets, transactions, or investment opportunities outside the United States.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with Microsoft Access, ARIES, business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Spotfire, GIS, or statistical programming tools such as SAS, SPSS, Stata, or R.
• Experience in corporate development, business development, investment banking, private equity, business strategy, or management consulting.