Reservoir Engineer

1 week ago


Calgary, Alberta, Canada Parex Resources Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Why work at Parex Resources Inc.?

The Parex team is always looking to add top talent to our organization, who share our values and bring capabilities to deliver our business safely and with integrity, aligned with our Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) commitments in the areas where we operate. Parex is grounded in making the right decisions for all stakeholders, employees, the communities where we live and work, and our investors.

Parex Resources is a publicly-traded exploration and production company. With its headquarters in Calgary, Canada, and its operations in Colombia, the company has a 15-year history of delivering shareholder value. Highly profitable, the company possesses a strong balance sheet and is extremely well positioned to continue growing organically.

We offer a robust Total Rewards package for all of our employees, to ensure that we continue to attract and retain top talent. Be part of an exciting and growing team that is transformative, driven to exceed expectations, and keeps pace with the ever-changing global industry.

Learn more about our company and culture at:

How do you fit in?

The Reservoir Engineer in the Putumayo Exploitation group will be responsible for, but not limited to: production forecasting, historical characterization and analog analysis, operations support, reservoir simulation, and field development plans on our operated assets in the Putumayo basin - working across a variety of reservoirs. We are seeking an individual with a proactive and learning mindset who is eager to continuously expand their knowledge and skills. In this fast-growing department, you'll play a key role in driving innovation and adapting to new challenges as we scale and evolve, impacting the company's continued success.

What you will do:

  • Provide reservoir engineering support for Putumayo fields.
  • Facilitate active drilling and completion operations, with up to two drilling rigs and completion rigs.
  • Work within timelines and present to partners, to ensure budget approvals and that Parex meets its operational and production targets.
  • Participate in reservoir engineering studies that include historical assessment of analog fields, reservoir simulation and modeling, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) scoping, and production characterizations/forecasting methods.
  • Provide robust forecasts for our fields and participate in planning and optimizing production estimates for corporate decisions.
  • Prepare reservoir engineering inputs for drilling and work-over proposals.
  • Provide production engineering support to monitor and optimize well performance.
  • Analyze well performance on a regular basis.
  • Develop and utilize a broad understanding of our reservoirs, rock and fluid properties, drilling and completion techniques, production practices, facility requirements, testing, and production and project economics.
  • Work in a multi-disciplinary team to meet base business objectives and work in collaboration with the team to identify performance improvement opportunities.

What you must have:

  • Minimum of Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Reservoir or Petroleum Engineering preferred).
  • 5 to 10 years of progressive technical oil and gas experience within an exploration and production (E&P) company.
  • Previous international work experience is an asset.
  • Demonstrable experience developing and managing assets supported by waterflood operations.
  • Combination of major and intermediate operating oil and gas experience preferred.
  • Working knowledge of geology, operations, production, wellbores, pipelines and facilities.
  • Familiarity in various software environments.
  • Strong aptitude for working with computers/database systems and ability to learn new applications quickly.
  • Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy and efficiency.
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
  • Ability to follow specific processes and instructions, and work independently.
  • Ability to be innovative and solve problems effectively with an end goal of improving processes to increase efficiencies.
  • Proven aptitude to effectively manage multiple tasks and changing priorities, often under pressure and within time constraints.
  • Spanish written and verbal language skills are an asset.

Where you'll be working:

This position is located in our Corporate Headquarters at 2700 Eighth Ave Place, West Tower in Calgary, Alberta T2P 1G1, Canada.

Parex has an in-office work schedule Monday to Thursday (in support off fostering team integration and cross-functional collaboration), with the option to work remotely from home on Friday.

Posting Closes: November 19, 2025

Posting Number: PXT

Please apply to the posting via LinkedIn.

We appreciate your interest in working with us, however, only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.



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