Geoscience Advisor - New Ventures

NES Global is a leading global technical recruitment company providing professional contract and permanent staff to a diverse world-wide client base within the oil & gas Industry. Our client, a leading independent owner/operator is recruiting for a Senior level Geoscience Advisor to work in their exciting New Ventures division, reporting to one of the VP ENV, located in Calgary, AB.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 20 years of experience including; 5-10 years experience in areas of deepwater exploration, development and production, 3-5 years experience in international conventional exploration as either a geological or geophysical interpreter.

Responsibilities of this position include: a demonstrated track record of 5+ years of bringing the most recent advances in deepwater interpretation and evaluation and applying along with excellent technical judgment in data rooms as well as regional evaluations. The position requires the ability to quickly collect and synthesize regional geologic data to create play fairway maps in order to high grade the hydrocarbon potential of a basin, often under time pressure in a data room setting; to be comfortable and effective working with varying degrees of data coverage; to identify and generate high quality opportunities for investment consideration; and to balance sound business judgment with excellent technical skills. Experience in creating and guiding team members to development of exploration strategies is a requirement. The position requires mentorship of less experienced team members in seismic interpretation.

Experience:

A university post graduate degree in geosciences. The candidate should have good working knowledge relating to petroleum systems and subsurface risk assessment, geochemistry, sedimentology, deepwater stratigraphy, seismic interpretation (using GeoFrame) in deepwater settings, AVO, deepwater drilling and completions techniques. Exposure to pore pressure prediction, fracture prediction and/or geomechanics would be an asset. Practical experience in petrophysics and/or computer mapping through Unix and/or PC based systems (e.g., Geographix, ArcGIS) is critical. Selected candidates will display exceptional interpersonal, oral, written and presentation skills. Previous experience leading a team of geoscience professionals would be an asset.