Upstream Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineer

Company Overview

ProSidian is a Management and Operations Consulting Services firm dedicated to delivering tailored solutions grounded in industry-leading practices across various sectors, including Risk Management, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, Engineering, Environmental, Sustainability, and Human Capital. We partner with clients to solve complex problems and improve operations, drawing on a multidisciplinary team of global professionals.

Job Description: Upstream Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineer | Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation

ProSidian seeks an experienced Upstream Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineer to provide expert support for the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO). This role is crucial for conducting technical due diligence, engineering validation, and lifecycle monitoring of upstream oil and gas exploration and production projects seeking debt financing. The position is primarily remote within the USA, with occasional on-site meetings required, and is structured as an Exempt 1099 Contract.

Job Overview

As an Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services specialist, you will focus on the Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation for Upstream Oil & Gas (Exploration / Production) functional area. Your work will support Risk Management solutions for clients like the DOE, specifically within the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program. You will be responsible for reservoir analysis, production forecasts, reserves/resource validation, and assessing debt-service production assumptions.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide Independent Engineering advisory support for EDF Program technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities.
• Focus on reservoir characterization, reserves, decline analysis, development planning, and production sustainability.
• Review project documentation, evaluate technical and commercial interfaces, and identify risks and mitigations.
• Validate assumptions and support conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews.
• Prepare defensible work products, including reservoir models, reserve reports, type curves, production forecasts, and field development evaluations.
• Coordinate with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders.

Qualifications

Desired Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience.
• Demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients.

Education / Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geoscience, petroleum engineering, mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, environmental, or related technical field.
• PE, PMP, CSP, API, NACE/AMPP, PMI, or discipline-specific credentials are preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience as detailed above.

Skills Required:

• Independent engineering review.
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) style documentation discipline.
• Technical due diligence and risk assessment.
• Expertise in reservoir characterization, reserves, decline analysis, development planning, and production sustainability.
• Data room review, information request tracking, and report writing.
• Excel-based analysis and stakeholder coordination.
• Clear presentation of findings for credit, construction, monitoring, and certification decisions.

Competencies Required:

• Technical judgment, independence, objectivity, analytical rigor, attention to detail, defensible documentation, client service orientation, cross-functional collaboration, issue escalation, quality mindset, schedule discipline, and the ability to translate technical evidence into actionable risk, compliance, and financing implications.

Ancillary Details

• May participate in data room reviews, interviews, site observations, monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and report preparation.
• The role supports the DOE Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program, overseeing large-scale U.S. energy infrastructure projects to protect government lending interests.
• The LPO provides loans, loan guarantees, and credit assistance for energy and infrastructure projects, evaluating them from multiple perspectives.
• Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services are critical for complex energy projects, similar to reviews conducted by commercial lenders.

Other Details

• Role supports NAICS 541330 Engineering Services for the EDF Program/LPO.
• Work involves high-impact oil and gas, power, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• Outputs must be independent, traceable, suitable for lender review, and aligned with due diligence, monitoring, and assessment needs.

Additional Information

• Employees must achieve annual goals aligned with ProSidian's Eight Global Competencies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and other business tools is required.