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Gaffney, Cline & Associates, a division of Baker Hughes, has an immediate opening for a Principal Production Technologist.
As a leader in the hydrocarbon consulting sector, GCA offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high performance organization. GCA is an international advisory firm focused on providing integrated technical and managerial services to all sectors of the oil and gas industry.
For over 50 years GCA has provided both broad-based and detailed advice resulting in solutions-orientated, commercially viable and practical results designed to meet our client's specific requirements. In addition to reservoir engineering, GCA advises a wide group of clients in exploration, reservoir evaluation, field development, drilling and production, pipeline, refining and LNG projects throughout the world.
GCA has principal offices in London, Houston, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Sydney.
Responsibilities
· Provide petroleum engineering input to multi-disciplinary projects including field development planning, reservoir and well performance evaluation, production forecast and optimization, well placement, decision and risk analysis.
· Advises clients on petroleum engineering matters and manages integrated projects:
· Should be able to create overall plans, which are optimized to the needs of the client.
· Manage plans to cover technical, operational and financial elements of the projects with assessments of associated risks on behalf of the Client if required.
· Apply sound business judgment in several areas, such as the use of technology, economic evaluations, strategic thinking and contractual work to help client with complex projects
· Manage multi-discipline projects for GCA.
· Develop an extensive industry network from which new business for GCA can be realized.
· Serve as an advisor to the staff and management on Petroleum Engineering matters.
· Mentor and develop talent, actively participate in recruiting new talents.
· Increase profile and drive introduction of new technology. Present GCA capabilities at senior levels within the client organization
· Provide peer review of deliverables to clients
· Manage some of the more complex projects for delivery of solutions and reports to clients
· Drive proactive customer service initiatives, conducting regular customer visits related to his/her projects, and identifying & developing new business opportunities.
· Lead project delivery teams in creating and implementing competency standards and operational procedures in order to ensure technical and service excellence
Experience
· A broad Petroleum Engineering background and with good Management Skills that can be applied to integrated projects.
· Provide petroleum engineering input to multi-disciplinary projects including field development planning, production optimization and forecasting, decision and risk analysis.
· The role demands that close links are developed and maintained with other Subsurface disciplines such as Reservoir Engineering, Production Technologist, Drilling and Completions, Geomechanics and Production Chemistry.
· Should be able to conduct petroleum engineering studies using appropriate state of the art techniques. This includes Nodal Analysis, PVT, Integrated Asset Modelling, Pressure Transient Analysis and Production Logging, Material Balance, Decline Curve Analysis, production allocation, well monitoring, flow modeling and assurance. Possess strong knowledge of well completion and design.
· Experience in stimulation design (e.g. hydraulic fracturing) and artificial lift evaluation and design is an advantage.
· Experience with leading petroleum engineering applications is essential. Should have experience of presenting data, interpretations, and reports to clients either individually or as part of the larger project team. Some experience related to cost/benefit estimates, achievability, practicality, economical impact is desirable.
Candidate profile and other skills
· Must have strong Communication Skills along with an ability to work in a team environment, as well as an ability to work unsupervised and exercise initiative to resolve potential problems
· Must have the ability to coach or mentor team members.
· Must be able to understand & anticipate customer needs in subsurface area and be a key player in developing internal (across Baker Hughes Group companies) & external relationships. Must have a track record of converting such relationships into new revenues (business development).
· Must have a clear customer focus and be able to understand the variety of people and business cultures in different areas of the business, and respond to them accordingly.
· Must be able to use the right information and/or systems and/or technology, and be able to identify and implement improvements as appropriate.
· Must have demonstrated an ability to effectively utilize dedicated resources, and the ability to plan, control, and take responsibility for own work.
· Demonstrate high level computer skills.
· Experience of consultancy work and delivery of premium advisory services is an advantage but not requirement
· Understanding of the commercial aspects of the upstream industry is an advantage.
· Demonstrate the ability to solve problems without previously established company procedures; additionally design procedures which others may utilize.
· Fully conversant with capabilities in other disciplines (e.g. Reservoir Engineering, Production Technology and Drilling, Surface facility engineering) able to contribute actively to integrated studies and can create overall plans which are optimized to the needs of the client
Baker Hughes is an Equal Employment Affirmative Action Employer.
 Desired Skills:
Employment Type: PERMANENT
Hours: FULLTIME
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