Reservoir Engineer jobs in Colorado

Kimmeridge is an alternative asset manager focused on the energy industry. Through its flagship private funds, public i equity investments and carbon investments the firm aims to deliver reliable, low-cost energy at the lowest cost of entry with no net carbon footprint. Unlike traditional private equity firms, Kimmeridge invests directly in energy assets, leveraging the team’s in-house expertise and experience in innovation, geological evaluation, land acquisition, and engineering. Kimmeridge was founded in 2012 and is based in New York and Denver.

Responsible for providing Reservoir Engineering support to one of Kimmeridge’s in-house Denver-based regional teams.  These responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, new prospect generation, development planning & optimization, economic evaluations, flowback management, production forecasting, technical lookbacks, reserves estimation & competitor surveillance. This role will be expected to collaborate with other disciplines including finance, geoscience, land, accounting & field operations. 

• At any given time, this role will be focused on (i) new investment underwriting, (ii) direct asset management, (iii) collaborating with Kimmeridge portfolio companies, or some combination of the three.
• New investment underwriting: During periods of capital deployment, this role will be expected to work collaboratively with geoscience and finance to value new investment opportunities. This includes forecasting existing (PDP) production, identifying prospective reservoirs, recommending future well spacing and development strategy, developing type curves, conducting LOS analyses, and collaborating with finance to model future cashflows and run acquisition economics.
• Direct asset management: Once an asset is acquired, this role may be expected to help with day-to-day asset management until it can be dropped into one of Kimmeridge’s portfolio companies. Responsibilities may include recommending development strategies on an active rig program (completion design, landing zone, well spacing, etc.), managing flowback on new wells, leading reoccurring business processes (budget, reserves, production reporting), reviewing non-op AFE elections, etc.
• Collaborating with Kimmeridge portfolio companies: Once a newly acquired asset is dropped into a Kimmeridge portfolio company, this role will be expected to liaise with their peers at said portfolio company to lend resources/expertise and to ensure cross-pollination of ideas between the more asset-focused portfolio team and the broader focused (“regional”) in-house Kimmeridge team. This may entail participating in reoccurring meetings hosted by the portfolio company, providing them with technical support, collaborating on bolt on acquisition valuations, etc. 

• Must have BS in Petroleum Engineering or other Engineering disciplines
• A minimum of five years of onshore unconventional reservoir engineering experience
• Skilled with Aries and/or ComboCurve and Microsoft Office
• Strong analytical skills and ability to handle complex datasets
• Experience with Spotfire, PowerBI or other data visualization/analytical tools
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work well in teams
• One or more years of experience in business development and /or asset evaluation experience
• Experience conducting RTA and reservoir simulation analyses

Innovation, Integrity and Teamwork have been the guiding values of Kimmeridge since its inception.  Innovative teams with diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences enable the firm to develop creative strategies and achieve better outcomes.  Kimmeridge maintains integrity in all decisions and understands the long-term value of being environmentally and socially responsible.  Teamwork is essential at Kimmeridge and creates the internal and external trust and support needed to quickly respond and adapt to the changing world. These values provide the foundation for Kimmeridge’s culture of dignity, respect, and inclusivity.  We believe both strategy and organizational culture are critical to overall success; thus, Kimmeridge is not only committed to leading the global transition to net zero but is also committed to leading the industry with diversity and inclusion efforts. 

All employees are eligible to participate in health, insurance, and 401K plan benefits on their first day of employment. Kimmeridge pays 100% of the cost of the employees’ health/dental/vision insurance. During each fiscal year of employment, employees will be eligible to earn a discretionary annual incentive bonus, based on company and individual performance targets.