Subsurface Risk Specialist

Company Overview

ProSidian is a Management and Operations Consulting Services firm providing tailored solutions in Risk Management, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, Engineering, Environmental, Sustainability, and Human Capital. We help forward-thinking clients solve problems and improve operations by leveraging a multidisciplinary team of global professionals.

Job Description: Subsurface Risk Specialist | Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation

ProSidian seeks a Subsurface Risk Specialist to support the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) through its Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program. This role entails providing Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services, focusing on Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation for upstream oil and gas exploration and production projects. This is a remote Exempt 1099 Contract position, with the expectation of on-site meetings as needed, operating within the CONUS.

Job Overview

As a Subsurface Risk Specialist within the Technical Due Diligence & Engineering Validation for Upstream Oil & Gas (Exploration / Production) swim lane, you will deliver bankable, technically defensible Independent Engineering advisory services. Your expertise will be crucial in evaluating reservoir and exploration risks, including subsurface uncertainty, reserves risk, production risk, and development risk assessment. You will convert discipline-specific findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, and certification outputs.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide Independent Engineering advisory support for EDF Program technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities.
• Emphasize geological, reservoir, geophysical, resource, and development uncertainty assessments.
• 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 subsurface risk registers, resource validation, basin analysis, uncertainty ranges, and development risk summaries.
• Coordinate with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders to support timely decision-making.

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 a related technical field.
• PE, PMP, CSP, API, NACE/AMPP, PMI, or discipline-specific credentials are preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience as specified.

Skills Required:

• Independent engineering review.
• Proficiency with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) style documentation.
• Technical due diligence and risk assessment.
• Expertise in geological, reservoir, geophysical, resource, and development uncertainty.
• 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

• Ancillary role detail: may participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports for DOE, LPO, credit, and program governance stakeholders.
• Supports the DOE Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program, which oversees large-scale U.S. energy infrastructure projects to protect government lending interests throughout their lifecycle.
• The LPO evaluates projects from Technical, Engineering, Financial, Commercial, Environmental, Regulatory, Construction, and Operational perspectives before financing decisions are made.
• Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services are crucial for complex energy projects, similar to reviews conducted by commercial lenders.

Other Details

• Role supports NAICS 541330 Engineering Services for the EDF Program/LPO energy infrastructure financing.
• Work performed for high-impact oil and gas, power, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• Outputs must be independent, traceable to source evidence, suitable for lender review, and aligned with technical due diligence, construction monitoring, EPC oversight, completion certification, operations monitoring, and long-term debt-service viability assessment needs.

Additional Information

• As a condition of employment, all employees must meet the requirements of their roles, including achieving 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.