The Senior Corporate Development Engineer will use the combination of strong reservoir engineering skills with a business aptitude to evaluate acquisition opportunities including asset, multi-field, and corporate acquisitions within the framework of Talos Energy’s policies and procedures and in compliance of applicable regulations.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Senior Corporate Development Engineer is responsible for reserves determination and discounted cash flow analysis of conventional domestic and international opportunities. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Screen multiple opportunities and quickly identify the pros and cons of an acquisition.
- Facilitate approval of an acquisition or merger by coordinating the collection of support data, including reserves, production forecasts, costs, capital, overhead and economics.
- Support corporate development modeling efforts by providing detailed discounted cash flow analysis to the planning team.
- Guidance of multidisciplinary team members, as necessary, during evaluation and due diligence.
- Create and maintain the corporate opportunity database.
- Establish and maintain a network of industry peers to assure exposure to acquisition opportunities.
- Support other technical and financial disciplines within the corporation with ad hoc requests and projects.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or related engineering field. MBA preferred.
- 10+ years’ experience as a conventional reservoir engineer.
- Experience working GOM Deewater assets. International experience preferred.
- M&A experience is desired.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
- Proficient in reservoir engineering skills including decline curve, volumetric, material balance, nodal, and pressure transient analyses. Engineer should also have basic open and cased hole logging analysis experience.
- Proficient in economic evaluations of drilling, recompletion, and facility projects.
- Exposure to and understanding of geophysical/seismic concepts.
- Ability to identify potential production and reserve upside early in an evaluation.
- Project management skills enabling the facilitation of multidisciplinary team during an evaluation.
- Ability to effectively communicate opportunities with peers and senior management.
- Ability to effectively communicate with industry peers and investment bankers.
- Able to organize and prioritize a diverse and heavy workload.
- Have a strong sense of integrity and the ability to deal with ethical situations effectively.
CERTIFICATES & LICENSES:
- There are no certificates, licenses or registrations required for this position.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Employee must be able to sit for extended periods of time and have use of arms and hands in repetitive motion. A fair amount of standing and walking is also required for the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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