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Senior Reservoir Engineer

Citation Oil & Gas Corp.
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 6/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/17/2026

Position: Senior Reservoir Engineer (Waterflood Experience Required)

Citation is one of the largest privately held independent oil and gas acquisition, development and production companies in the United States. Founded in 1981 by Forrest E. Harrell, Sr., Citation has built a significant portfolio of mature, long-life producing properties through a combination of disciplined acquisitions, focused operations and subsequent development. The Company has an enviable track record in attracting and retaining high-quality talent. This is the result of a stable, long-term business model and a corporate culture that emphasizes working smart, “doing business the right way,” and rewarding both performance and technical achievement. We are looking for talented and driven individuals to join our team, where you will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact helping to shape the future of our company and industry.

Responsibilities:

This is the company's 5th technical level of reservoir engineering expertise. Provides standard reservoir engineering support functions such as economics in PHDWIN, Lookbacks, Project Generation, Reserves, Capital Planning and Execution. The key to this role will be to find value in our existing assets (Oklahoma Waterfloods and Conventional Fields) that, when executed, will lead to the enhancement of our oil and gas performance and reserve base at Citation.

  • Performs field studies with team members to identify upside reserve projects such as recompletions, drill well opportunities, and secondary waterflood recovery projects for Capital Allocation Committee (CAC) consideration.
  • Works in a team environment with other geologists, reservoir and production engineers, landmen, and field personnel to identify and manage the implementation and development of capital budget projects.
  • Fills the role of Project Leader on certain designated capital budget projects with the added responsibility of taking a leadership role and being accountable for the timely and cost-efficient implementation of these specific projects.
  • Monitors the performance of assigned properties to ensure production goals are met or exceeded.
  • Maintains an awareness of evolving industry practices and emerging technologies as they apply to maximizing the economic recovery of the company’s oil & gas assets.
  • Recognized by peers as a proficient engineer and as such becomes a mentor to less experienced engineers and other technical professionals in the team environment.
  • MUST HAVE WATERFLOOD EXPERIENCE
  • MUST BE PROFICIENT IN OFM SOFTWARE

Qualifications:

  • OFM Proficient / MS Teams / MS 360 Suite / PHDWin
  • Waterflood Experience is required

Education:

  • BS in Engineering (preferably Petroleum Engineering).
  • 15 years of reservoir engineering experience typically required.

Physical Requirements:

  • Typically works indoors in an office setting, with some traveling required to COGC’s region offices or other oil industry offices. Occasional travel to the field operation is required.
  • Required to temporarily move and handle as many as 20 heavy boxes to their office from the file room. These boxes contain large amounts of field & well files for their technical field study review.

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