Job Description

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Job Title: Remote Reservoir Engineering Technician (100% Work From Home)

Location: Remote from Latin America

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $3,000 USD/month (Subject to adjustment based on experience, technical qualifications, and demonstrated capabilities)

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM US Central Time (CT), featuring a structured 1-hour lunch break.

About our Client

Our Client is a premier, independent upstream oil and gas consulting firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. They provide expert reservoir engineering, reserves evaluation, acquisition and divestiture (A&D) advisory, production analysis, and high-level technical consulting services to operators, institutional investors, and mineral owners throughout North America. Operating in a highly specialized, technical vertical, they assist stakeholders with reserve evaluations, economic forecasting, and thorough technical due diligence across numerous asset types and prolific basins.

The Role

Our Client is seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented Reservoir Engineering Technician to support their consulting engineers across a diverse portfolio of upstream projects. This is a high-impact, data-dense position where the successful candidate will manipulate large datasets to assist with the evaluation of oil and gas assets. Operating as the technical engine behind client deliverables, this professional will analyze production histories, compile completion statistics, clean technical datasets, and support robust economic cash flow modeling.

Key Responsibilities

Data Analytics & Production Forecasting

• Prepares and structures raw production datasets, executing decline curve analysis (DCA) and type curve development to generate accurate production forecasts.
• Compiles, normalizes, and validates comprehensive well history datasets, including historical production, completion configurations, and lease operating expenses (LOE).
• Performs rigorous quality control (QC) and cross-system validation on raw engineering data to ensure the absolute integrity of downstream reports.
• Researches regional basin activity, macroeconomic industry trends, and localized infrastructure constraints to benchmark asset performance.

Engineering Evaluation & Economic Support

• Assists consulting reservoir engineers with annual reserve evaluations, audits, and formal reserve report compilation.
• Supports acquisition and divestiture (A&D) evaluations and asset transactions by executing structured technical due diligence.
• Assists with financial and economic evaluations, including discounted cash flow modeling, net revenue interest calculations, and payout assessments.
• Builds, tracks, and maintains engineering models inside advanced petroleum analytics and database programs.
• Generates clear, high-fidelity dashboards, interactive data charts, technical memorandums, and corporate client presentations.

Qualifications, Skills, and Key Competencies

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or a closely related STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).
• Quantitative Foundations: Strong analytical and mathematical skills, with full comfort auditing large technical datasets and structured databases.
• Language & Communication: Elite written and verbal English communication skills, equipped to draft technical summaries and collaborate smoothly with US-based engineering consultants.
• Self-Management: Highly organized with a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, learn new software stacks quickly, and execute work independently in a remote layout.
• Hardware & Infrastructure: Ownership of a reliable Windows 10 or 11 workstation with a minimum of 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred), a backup computer (strongly preferred), a high-quality webcam/mic setup, and a stable, high-speed internet connection.

Preferred Technical Stack

Prior hands-on experience or exposure to some or all of the following specialized applications is highly desirable:

• Advanced Data Tools: Microsoft Excel (Advanced formulas, Pivot Tables, Power Query), Power BI, Spotfire, SQL, or Python.
• Petroleum Economics & Industry Software: ComboCurve, PHDWin, Aries, or Enverus (DrillingInfo).
• Domain Knowledge: Previous experience in the upstream oil and gas sector with familiarity in reservoir engineering mechanics, structural geology concepts, and petroleum reserves terminology (SEC/PRMS).

Benefits

• Highly Specialized Market Exposure: Gain elite, multi-basin exposure to reservoir engineering, reserves estimation, and mid-market A&D evaluations across North American asset profiles.
• Predictable Monthly Compensation: A stable monthly salary of $2,500 USD with scalable adjustments aligned directly with your technical qualification depth and software proficiencies.
• 100% Remote Infrastructure: Long-term, stable full-time contractor engagement operating directly with a premier Houston consulting firm from your dedicated home office.

Application Disclaimer: Please Read Before Proceeding

To ensure a fair and efficient hiring process, all applications must meet the mandatory requirements listed in the job description.

Voice/Video Recording is REQUIRED

Your application CANNOT be considered without a voice or video recording. It must be at least 30 seconds long and in English. Submissions in any other language or missing a recording will be automatically disqualified.

Mandatory Knockout Questions

Each application includes knockout questions designed to verify minimum qualifications required by the client. If you answer "NO" to any of these, you will be immediately disqualified from the hiring process for not having the experience requested for the role. Please note that the citizenship question is also a knockout if you answer "YES" as we are only able to hire Latin American talent based in Latin America.

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