Reservoir Engineer

About Vermilion Energy Germany GmbH & Co. KG

We are a responsible energy producer committed to delivering long-term value to our stakeholders. Our team is fundamental to our success, and we prioritize health and safety, the environment, and profitability.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Reservoir Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining production within budgeted objectives, initiating and optimizing depletion strategies, and managing waterflood schemes.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain production within budgeted/forecasted objectives
• Initiate, monitor, and optimize depletion strategies of assets
• Dynamic reservoir simulation
• Management of existing waterflood schemes through tracking of injection volumes, pattern allocations, VRRs, and overall performance
• 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
• Provide estimation and evaluation of drilling opportunities and work overs, including productivity, reserves, costs, timing, and risk value determination
• Apply oil and gas asset evaluation experience to the evaluation of acquisition and divestiture opportunities and the preparation of associated business proposals, including economic evaluations

Requirements

• Graduated (Petroleum) Engineering or comparable education
• High technical proficiency in Engineering with 10+ years industry experience
• Well-rounded experience in both oil and gas reservoir/development
• Strong background in Exploration and field development projects
• High level of proficiency and experience with industry-standard software applications, i.e., Fekete Piper, Well Test, Petrel, Eclipse, MatBal Prosper
• Proficiency in English is required, German on a conversational level
• International experience and experience of German basins
• A strong team player, a good communicator who is self-confident and has the ability to take the initiative and show a creative approach

What We Offer

• Permanent full-time employment at one of the best workplaces with a high autonomy level
• Performance-based compensation with competitive short-term and long-term incentive programs aimed to recognize and reward
• Top-tier benefits program, including a generous flexible health spending account, pension plan, and bike leasing
• Time off, including vacation, flex days, and office closures
• Beverages, fresh fruits, a weekly company-provided breakfast, and other gadgets like a popcorn machine, grill, and smoothie maker
• Company-sponsored volunteer opportunities and volunteer grants, team events, and Family Days
• Several training and development opportunities

Why You'll Love Working with Us

• We care for each other, the environment, and the company, and aim to enrich the communities in which we live and work
• We are recognized by Great Place to Work Institute as a Best Workplace in many of our locations around the globe
• We embrace new solutions across the business, allow space for creativity, and invest in innovation and technology
• We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness, and can be counted on to do what we say we will
• We invest in our employees, providing meaningful work and opportunities for training and professional development
• We are recognized as a leader in sustainability by independent ESG rating agencies
• We are focused on the future: responsibly producing the oil and natural gas that is essential to energy security while exploring alternative energy options

Vermilion is committed to diversity and inclusion, and aims to create a healthy, accessible, and rewarding work environment that highlights our employees' unique contributions to our company's success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applications to help us build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work.