Job Description

Vermilion has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Reservoir Engineer based in the Calgary office reporting to the Manager, Saskatchewan Assets. The Senior Reservoir Engineer will be responsible for managing recovery potential, providing technical justification for development activity and delivering on budget targets and long range plan goals as to maximize the value of Vermilion's Saskatchewan assets. This position will also be the lead role for the management and optimization of existing waterflood patterns along with the implementation of new waterflood schemes. The role will require collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team consisting of: production and exploitation engineering, geology, geophysics, finance/accounting, facility, D&C, land and field staff.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in Vermilion's Health, Safety and Environmental program
• Work within multi-discipline team to identify opportunities to increase recovery factors and asset value through infill drilling, waterflood, and optimization
• Provide technical evaluation assessments on productivity, reserves and risks for new drill prospects
• Collaborate with Engineers and Geoscience to coordinate well placements as it relates to spacing requirements, surface considerations, drilling limitations and pool management
• Hold lead role in management of existing waterflood schemes through tracking of injection volumes, pattern allocations, VRRs and overall performance
• Identify, design and execute strategy to implement new waterflood pilot areas and expand existing schemes
• Apply new technologies and techniques to manage waterflood conformance, increase efficiency and maximize recovery factors in existing pools
• Work closely with Production and Exploitation Engineers to set ongoing injection targets and optimize water injection/disposal volumes
• Identify and project manage opportunities for fluid/reservoir studies, lab work and simulations
• Manage well testing requirements and collection of fluid, pressure and field data as required
• Provide engineering support for new play concept and acquisition evaluation including the application of practical reservoir and exploitation concepts in the assessment of cores, logs, PVT, completions and production/reserves
• Monitor competitor and analog activity outside of existing land base and identify opportunities for new technology applications
• Prepare and deliver presentations to executive management on technical aspects of development opportunities
• Collaborate with and present technical data to working interest and unit partners
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

First Year Deliverables

• Utilize static geomodel for Ratcliffe pool(s) and collaborate with Asset Team to build dynamic model to match historical data
• Use reservoir simulation methods on Ratcliffe pool(s) to identify drilling, waterflood and optimization opportunities in order to generate a five year development plan
• Continually monitor the performance of existing waterfloods and work with Asset Team and Field Operations to optimize results
• Work within Asset Team to support to development and maturation of high quality drilling, optimization and waterflood projects

Essential Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant oil and gas industry engineering experience is required
• Waterflood experience/oil experience in conventional reservoirs is required
• Strong technical reservoir engineering skills are required
• Proven ability to identify technical opportunities and successfully implement value added projects
• Experience owning all aspects of the budget and long range plan
• SE Saskatchewan experience is an asset
• Previous experience running or managing reservoir simulation studies is an asset
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in well and reservoir analysis and petroleum economics, Microsoft Office applications, Geoscout, ProdView and Mosaic
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, capable of presenting ideas to others in both formal and informal settings
• Possess the ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision
• Possess the ability to think creatively with 'outside-the-box' thinking and can create ideas and ultimately value that others may have missed

Education

University Degree in Engineering or Petroleum Engineering Diploma

Professional APEGA Member is preferred

Attributes & Characteristics

Open and honest team player

Positive and engaging personality

Flexible, influential and assertive when required

Vermilion Attractions

• International company, headquartered in Alberta, Canada
• Diverse asset base in Europe, Australia, US and Canada
• 20-year history of market outperformance
• Ranked among the Top 10 Best Workplaces in Canada and The Netherlands
• Challenging and inspiring environment that embraces teamwork and collaboration
• Strong community investment and committed to giving back to the communities where our people live and work

Vermilion is committed to ensuring we conduct our activities in a manner that will protect the health and safety of our employees, contractors and the public. Our HSE vision is to fully integrate Health, Safety and Environment into our business, where our culture is recognized as a model by industry and stakeholders, resulting in a healthy workplace free of incidents. All positions at Vermilion require a commitment to high levels of excellence in respect to HSE, reinforcing our corporate Core Values of Excellence, Trust, Respect, and Responsibility.

Outstanding People. Outstanding Opportunities.

Posting Close Date Open until a suitable candidate is found