Geothermal Engineer
Geothermal Engineer
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Fueling Your Passion
As a Geothermal Engineer, you will be responsible for
- Conducting geothermal resource assessments, including reservoir characterization, temperature evaluation, permeability analysis, and uncertainty assessment.
- Developing and maintaining 3D static and dynamic geothermal reservoir models to forecast thermal and hydraulic performance.
- Performing reservoir simulations to evaluate production and injection strategies, well spacing, thermal breakthrough, and long-term heat recovery.
- Conducting geothermal play fairway analysis (GPFA), site screening, and opportunity maturation activities.
- Estimating sustainable power generation potential and reservoir life under various development scenarios.
- Evaluating reservoir risks, including temperature decline, pressure depletion, recharge potential, and reservoir connectivity.
- As project manager, leading, managing, and driving multi-disciplinary projects to completion within budget while ensuring quality delivery
- Collaborating with geoscientists, well engineers, drilling teams, and surface facility engineers to optimize field development plans.
- Designing and evaluating exploration, production and injection well strategies to maximize thermal recovery and field economics.
- Analyzing well test, pressure, temperature, tracer, and production data to update reservoir models and improve forecasts.
- Conducting techno-economic assessments, project due diligence, and investment decision processes.
- Preparing technical reports, client presentations, and development recommendations.
To be successful in this role you will
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Geoscience, or related discipline.
- Have 3 to 5 years' experience in geothermal reservoir simulation and subsurface modeling.
- Have knowledge of fluid flow in porous media, heat transfer, pressure transient analysis, and uncertainty quantification.
- Have experience with reservoir simulation software such as CMG, Eclipse, Petrel, tNavigator, or equivalent.
- Have understanding of geothermal systems, EGS, sedimentary geothermal, or subsurface energy systems preferred.
- Have strong analytical, problem-solving, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Have proficiency with 3D geomodelling applications such as Petrel, Jewelsuite, Leapfrog a plus
Preferred Experience for Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineers Transitioning to Geothermal
- Have Master's or PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Geoscience, or related discipline.
- Reservoir characterization and field development planning.
- Waterflood and injection management.
- Production forecasting and decline analysis.
- History matching and reservoir surveillance.
- Integrated subsurface modeling, including 3D structural/geological modeling is a plus
- Techno-economic evaluation, wellfield design and reserves/resource assessment.
- Minimum of 2 year experience in managing and leading multi-disciplinary geothermal projects
Key Performance Indicators
- Accuracy of geothermal resource forecasts.
- Sustainable thermal energy recovery.
- Reservoir model quality and uncertainty reduction.
- Development plan optimization.
- Project economics and value creation.
- Multi-disciplinary project completion within budget and achieving client expectations
- Technical contribution to geothermal project execution and business development.
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What You Can Expect
- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Comprehensive private medical care options
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
- Tailored financial programs
- Additional elected or voluntary benefits
This position requires valid work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to sponsor work authorization for this role at any time.
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here , and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Principal, Geoscience & Petroleum, Disciplinary Engineering and Science
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