Senior Reservoir Engineer

lywheel Energy is a private E&P company focused on acquiring and maximizing the value of large, producing onshore U.S. oil and gas assets. The portfolio spans multiple basins—including the Fayetteville, Rockies, Mid-Continent, and Eagle Ford—where the team delivers operational excellence and strong financial performance through disciplined execution and data‑driven decision making.  

Role Summary 

As a Senior Reservoir Engineer, you will lead subsurface evaluations and development planning across Flywheel’s operated assets, integrating technical, operational, and commercial inputs to support high quality execution. You’ll own type curve creation, reserves modeling, undeveloped inventory management, technical workflows, and economic evaluations, while collaborating closely with geology, drilling & completions (D&C), production operations, and finance to optimize value and ensure capital discipline.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead integrated development planning by building and maintaining well schedules, capital forecasts, and production outlooks that meet business and economic objectives. 

• Resource progression by identifying optimization opportunities, new prospects, and appraisal strategies that increase reserves and production; This includes optimizing well design, spacing, completion, and depletion to maximize field value 

• Establish and integrate reservoir and well surveillance practices that support performance assessment, improve estimates of hydrocarbons in place, and guide optimization of development strategies 

• Analyze drilling, completion, and production operations performance to inform future planning and design adjustments. 

• Drive organizational improvement by elevating asset knowledge, standards, and capabilities through the standardization, maintenance, and optimization of subsurface processes 

• Own and improve cross functional workflows that connect planning, execution, and performance tracking to enable efficient, consistent, and data driven decisions. 

• Support accurate and compliant reserves bookings by providing high quality technical inputs, documentation, and collaboration in accordance with standards. 

• Own performance monitoring against production, capital, schedule, and economic targets, investigate variances, and lead corrective actions with clear visibility across teams. 

Qualifications 

• Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to understand and analyze complex issues, manage uncertainty and risk, integrate multiple data sources, and make data-driven decisions. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly and effectively to diverse audiences 

• Growth-oriented mindset with a track record of embracing innovation, adaptability, and perseverance in the face of change 

• Ability to work autonomously while also contributing effectively within interdisciplinary teams 

• Proven ability to set clear objectives, manage competing priorities, and consistently deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines 

• Commitment to health, safety, environmental stewardship, and adherence to regulatory and ethical standards 

Education and Experience: 

• B.S. in Petroleum Engineering or other relevant engineering fields 

• 7 years of reservoir engineering experience, including time in asset‑team environments with ownership of budgets, forecasts, and development planning. 

• Eagle Ford, Anadarko, Fayetteville, and Piceance experience preferred but not required 

• Experience in data visualization software (Power BI and Spotfire preferred) 

• Experience in Economic Modelling software (Aries preferred) 

• Experience with Rate Transient Analysis (Whitson preferred) and other unconventional reservoir evaluation and surveillance techniques.