Petroleum Engineer

General Summary

Responsible for assisting with technical economic valuations for oil and gas clients in support of the Community National Bank's commercial banking activities, ultimately striving to meet the strategic goals as outlined by the Bank's Board of Directors. Shares responsibility for the Bank's oil and gas collateral-based loan portfolios. Responsibilities include the overall growth, quality, and profitability of said portfolios.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for staying up to date on and complying with all applicable banking laws and regulations as well as CNB policies and procedures.
• Provide accurate oil & gas reserve evaluation analysis in support of the energy lenders.
• Perform engineering specific workflows such as: forecasting, type curve generation, LOS analysis, and sales differentials and ratio calculations.
• Prepare economic analyses of client oil and gas assets based on independent engineering and/or in- house engineering reports.
• Complete due diligence of reserves, operating costs, and other financial/technical information.
• Provide solid technical interface with clients/colleagues by interacting with borrower's technical staff.
• Identify risk factors for borrowing base accounts.
• Ensure that potential risks are accurately conveyed to the appropriate lender.
• Responsible for knowing, understanding, and complying with all Bank and risk tolerances that apply.
• Understand the rules and regulations that apply to working in a regulated environment.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Work cooperatively with others and share in responsibilities in support of the energy lending team.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties in this job classification.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Must be a self-starter, organized, and excellent with time management and multi-tasking.
• Commitment to task and attention to detail with a high level of integrity and work quality.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment toward shared objectives.
• Able to think analytically, ask questions, and seek information to gain understanding of an asset and improve quality of evaluation and analysis.
• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with 2-5 years experience in an E&P company working for at least 2 years as a reservoir engineer.
• Thorough understanding of reserves reporting and financial analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of operations of conventional and unconventional plays. Some operations experience preferred.
• Excellent analytical and computer skills (Excel, PHDWin v2, Microsoft Office).
• Professional conduct and written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable utilizing video meetings to schedule and participate in remote learning, supervision, and collaboration.

Travel

• Occasional travel within the bank's service area is required to meet with customers.

Working Conditions

• Indoor, in an office environment, with a typical 40-hour workweek.
• Considerable effort and eyestrain from continuous computer use.
• Occasionally exposed to outside conditions when meeting with customers.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally move office equipment, and files weighing 10+ pounds.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Ability to use auditory senses for answering telephone and hearing alarms.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time to process work.