Reservoir Engineer Job

Location:

Houston, Texas, US

Job Skill Group: Reservoir Engineering

Date: May 23, 2025

HYBRID ELIGIBILITY

This position works a hybrid schedule, spending time remotely and in the office in Houston, TX. The current hybrid schedule provides flexibility to collaborate in the office Tuesdays through Thursdays and work from home Mondays and Fridays. With our 9/80 feature you get time off every other Friday when you work at least 80 hours over the preceding nine days.

Employer	Hess Corporation
Job Title	Reservoir Engineer
Salary	$160,368.00 per Year
Job Location	HOUSTON, Texas
Job Duties	Provide Reservoir Engineering (RE) and Production Engineering (PE) support to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Area Optimization team. Apply knowledge of reservoir engineering principles, production forecasting, reserves estimation and classification, fluid and rock characterization, and economic analysis to support field development and optimization. Combine analytical reservoir engineering methods with reservoir simulation for subsurface studies, uncertainty analysis, and business planning. Identification of well and reservoir production enhancement and optimization opportunities, by providing a broad range of engineering, scientific, and operational inputs. Model reservoir & well performance using Mbal, Prosper, and Gap tools. Conduct Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA), interpret and design Well tests. Utilize industry-leading reservoir simulators to maintain evergreen models for uncertainty analysis and prediction of hydrocarbon recovery ranges. Assist in estimation and reporting of reserves for deepwater assets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and corporate guidelines. Participate in annual budget submission and support preparation of AFE. Participate in technical reviews to facilitate quality assurance of reservoir engineering technical work for opportunity maturation, leading to Field Development Plan (FDP) optimization. Implement best practices for reservoir and production engineering workflows that lead to efficiency and quality improvement. Support the design and execution of well treatments and interventions to meet asset EHS targets through risk assessments, hazard identification and operability studies. Establish the Well Operating Envelope (WOE), integrate surveillance into production system modeling to provide well management guidelines (WMG) to the Offshore Operations Team. Domestic travel is required. May telecommute part-time.
Job Requirements	Employer will accept a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a Reservoir Engineer-related occupation. Position requires experience in the following: 1. Reservoir engineering or production engineering principles and industry-leading applications as well as Reservoir Simulation and Modeling. 2. Reservoir simulation software (e.g., Eclipse, CMG, Petrel RE) and reservoir engineering tools (MBAL, PTA software, DCA software). 3. Well and Reservoir Performance Optimization, Uncertainty Analysis, Reserves Estimation and Reporting, Production Forecasting Fluid and Rock Characterization. 4. Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA), Well Test Design and Interpretation skills. 5. Regulatory Standards Compliance. 6. Economics software and principles to evaluate project profitability, such as prospective wells, workovers, and stimulations, leading to inclusion in budget & plan for project maturation.
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WHAT WE OFFER

Hess provides a comprehensive range of compensation and benefit programs that help you to take care of your health, protect your income, and build savings for the future. Our compensation philosophy is simple – we pay for performance. The better you and the company perform, the more you can earn. Here are a few highlights:

Base Salary

Base salaries are competitive, and market based, with pay increases based on objective measures and upward moves.

Annual Incentive Plan

Every employee participates in our Annual Incentive Plan, which awards a bonus based on how well we fare as a company on our annual performance scorecard and the person’s level of contribution.

All Employee Share Plan

All employees are Hess stockholders, so they share in the success they help create for the company. Shares are granted to new employees who do not receive stock as part of their compensation package.

Benefits

Hess cares about your well-being and wants to help you be your best self. That’s why we offer a compelling benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. Highlights include: medical, dental, and vision coverage; a health savings account; 401 (K) and pension plan; a nationally recognized wellness program; and company paid basic life and disability insurance.

Learn more about our programs at https://hessbenefits.com/.

Learning & Development

We believe in lifelong learning and provide a suite of on-demand and instructor-led learning opportunities, in addition to a tuition reimbursement program, designed to help you achieve your professional goals. Learning encompasses on-the-job interaction with highly skilled colleagues, self-guided study, training, mentoring and participation in formal networks (e.g., technical and employee resource groups.)

WHY HESS?

We aim to be the world’s most trusted energy partner. Modern life and continued human prosperity depends upon access to affordable and secure energy and all forms of energy are required for an orderly and just future. Hess is ideally positioned to provide low-cost oil and gas reliably to help meet the world’s growing energy needs in a way that protects the health and safety of our people, safeguards the environment, and makes a lasting positive impact in the communities where we do business.

Everything we do is guided by six core values - Integrity, People, Performance, Social Responsibility, Value Creation, and Independent Spirit, from how we treat our employees to how we interact with our neighbors, suppliers and business partners. They are the basic building blocks of our culture and represent our company's collective conscience. While our strategy changes over time based on business conditions, our values are enduring.

We are an industry leader in the Bakken shale play in North Dakota, one of the largest producers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and a critical natural gas producer and supplier to Malaysia and Thailand. Our exploration and appraisal activities are offshore Guyana, one of the industry’s largest oil discoveries in the past decade, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname.

We are recognized around the world as an industry leader in environmental, social and governance performance and disclosure.

Hess provides challenging and rewarding opportunities for personal growth. We are always looking for talented professionals who share our values and are passionate about making a difference in the world and in their careers. Unlike much larger companies, we are agile and every member of the team, regardless of level or position, plays an important role.

We invite you to learn more about what makes us a special place to work. Click here (www.hess.com)

Hess is committed to maintaining a culture that’s inclusive and we are an equal opportunity employer. For our complete EEO and Pay Transparency statement, please visit Inclusion | Hess Corporation. To request reasonable accommodation, click here or send an email to MyHR@Hess.com.

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