Senior Petroleum Engineer

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BENEFITS OF WORKING AT IOGC:

1. Performance pay
2. Market allowance
3. Family Day stat
4. Free parking
5. Flexible work arrangements/Telework option
6. Work-life balance
7. Banked Time program
8. A small agency with many exciting opportunities
9. Located on the Tsuut'ina First Nation with views of downtown Calgary and the Rocky Mountains

Duties

1. Contribute to regulatory excellence by providing guidance and unbiased engineering advice on high impact files and technically challenging files.
2. Leads IOGC’s interactions with industry, academia, and other jurisdictions to stay abreast of emerging technologies and unconventional resource plays; evaluate applicability to First Nations lands.
3. Provide strategic and expert engineering advice as requested by First Nations, IOGC senior management and the Ministry.
4. Lead reservoir engineering studies and provide technical advisory services on all First Nation mineral interest lands and presenting the results to senior management and band councils.
5. Identification of potentially inequitable production and reservoir depletion that could be detrimental to First Nations; recommending and implementing strategic approaches to remedy these situations.
6. Forecast production and prepare annual reserves reporting on First Nations’ oil and gas assets; evaluate production allocation agreements and prepare annual royalty revenue forecasts to First Nations.

Work environment

IOGC is an organization committed to managing and regulating oil and gas resources on First Nation reserve lands. It is a non-unionized special operating agency within Indigenous Services Canada. IOGC is responsible for the administration of oil and gas resources on First Nation reserve lands across Canada, primarily south of the 60th parallel. Most of IOGC's work is in Western Canada in the area of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Intent of the process

This is a full-time indeterminate position. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar term and/or indeterminate positions.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
1. Bachelor of Science in engineering from a recognized university (chemical or petroleum engineering) or equivalent degree in a field related to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

CERTIFICATION:
1. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) or other Canadian equivalency is a requirement.

EXPERIENCE:
1. A minimum of 10 years of experience as a reservoir engineer in the oil and gas industry with experience in unconventional resource plays (e.g. shale and/or heavy oil).

2. A record of collaboration with multiple public and private organizations and stakeholder on complex technical issues that lead to positive results.

3. Strong technical knowledge of reservoir engineering principles, enhanced oil recovery and resource play development strategies.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

1. Post graduate degree in engineering (chemical or petroleum engineering) or other equivalency.

Degree equivalency

2. Experience working and leading technical committees and professional organizations to advance technical excellence and stay abreast of changing technologies and the energy transition.

3. Experience with industry and government to champion innovation.

4. Experience in engineering focused programming, data analytics and machine learning.

5. Regulatory experience.

6. Experience in reservoir characterization, reserves evaluation and operating strategies for thermal heavy oil plays.

7. Experience in reservoir characterization and reserves evaluation for shale gas and tight oil.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
1. Knowledge of reservoir engineering as it relates to oil and gas industry practices and the development of conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

COMPETENCIES:
1. Create Vision & Strategy
2. Uphold Integrity & Respect
3. Collaborate with Partners & Stakeholders
4. Achieve Results
5. Communication

ABILITIES:
1. Ability to integrate geological and engineering data to generate well forecasts. Able to incorporate uncertainty and statistical analyses into forecasts leading to full field development planning.
2. Ability to construct subsurface empirical models and apply analytical methods to characterize the reservoir and well performance.
3. Ability to apply reservoir engineering fundamentals to heavy oil and shale plays to understand system behavior, fracture geometry, radius of drainage, impact of relative permeability and use gas/oil analyses to calculate yields and shrinkage. Able to interpret PVT reports and understand fluid behaviour at different conditions.
4. Ability to forecast performance and reserves using variety of methods such as material balance, decline curve analysis, rate transient analysis or type well curve generation. Knowledgeable of reserves booking practice, reporting requirements and economics.
5. Ability to analyze a reservoir surveillance or development plan in order to identify opportunities that will increase the recovery factor as well as factors that can impair performance. Examples of considerations include interwellbore communication/frac hits, competitive drainage, well productivity and pattern balancing.
6. Ability to present and communicate complex technical information, recommendations and decisions to a variety of audiences, demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as a member of the following designated Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Candidates must apply online in order to answer the screening questions. When answering these questions, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. Please specify when, where and how you gained this experience using specific examples, including dates and the role you played at that time. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. Failure to provide the above information may result in your application being rejected from the process.

All communication and information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to the close of process, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. Your ability to communicate effectively in writing may be evaluated through your responses to the screening questions, your covering letter, and/or your résumé.

Interviews will be conducted. Written test(s) will be administered. Reference checks will be conducted. A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or an organizational need. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.