Reservoir Engineer

at Battelle Energy Alliance dba Idaho National Labora in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

The Geothermal Energy and Subsurface Systems Group in the Power and Energy Systems Department is seeking an early to mid-career Reservoir Engineer to augment its research team focused on enhanced geothermal systems, carbon sequestration, and hydrogen storage. We are seeking a colleague to join our team researching solutions to enable the transition to a low carbon economy.

The ideal candidate will have an oil and gas and/or carbon capture utilization and storage industry background as a Reservoir Engineer with excellent computational modeling skills, strong research and analytical skills, and a basic understanding of geology and subsurface science. The candidate should be able to design and analyze the impact of well placement and have a sound grasp of multi-phase flow in the subsurface. The candidate will be required to engage regularly with geoscientists and understand reservoir performance as a function of mechanical, geochemical, and microbial conditions.

The ideal candidate will have a publication record, experience writing competitive research proposals, and good interpersonal and written communication skills. In this role, the candidate will interface with federal government and industry sponsors, and the candidate will work to expand the group's research portfolio with new and existing sponsors.

The candidate will work in a multi-disciplinary team environment. Ideal applicants will demonstrate (1) a willingness to seek opportunities to learn new skills, (2) a self-motivated work ethic, and (3) a collaborative and teamwork attitude. This position will involve some travel and some work outside normal office hours.

If you are a Reservoir Engineer seeking to be part of the green energy transition, this position may be for you.

Responsibilities

- Independently analyze data from research experiments, field observations, and scientific literature, and integrate them into numerical models

- Create new and modify existing computational models using high performance computing assets

- Create and/or modify computational models of coupled thermo-chemical-mechanical (TCM) and thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in porous materials

- Contribute to the development of program plans and assist developing concepts for new business

- Extract and compile technical data and documentation as required and contribute to technical reports, publications, and presentations at national technical meetings and project reviews with program sponsors

- Support management and program leadership in meeting DOE/industry expectations, milestones, and deliverables, and INL internal reporting metrics

- Interface and develop relations with other labs and industry related to current work scope

Required Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Reservoir Engineering, computational modeling, engineering (mechanical/chemical/civil) or a related field and 4 years relevant experience, or PhD and 2 years of relevant experience.

- US citizenship or a current visa and eligibility to work in the US

- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in English

- Demonstrated computational modeling skills

Desired qualifications:

- Demonstrated ability to organize complex research activities and build multi-disciplinary teams

- Relevant research accomplishments documented by publications in scientific literature

- Experience developing models in a high performance computing environment

- Strong customer interaction and presentation skills

Job Information

Salary Grade220 ($107,520 - $177,336)

Chosen applicants are required to show a demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working environment.

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