Asset Integrity Compliance & Systems Specialist

Our client an oil and gas Operator is seeking an experienced Asset Integrity Compliance & Systems Specialist for a 2- year contract position based in Aberdeen/Barrow location. This role has 1 day hybrid working.

Purpose of Role:

The Compliance & Integrity Systems Specialist is responsible for maintaining and continuously improving the company’s asset integrity management framework, ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements and industry standards. The role provides technical leadership in integrity management systems, Risk Based Inspection (RBI), digital solutions and governance, driving consistency across business units while introducing innovative technologies and processes that improve safety, compliance, operational efficiency and asset performance.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

Provide subsurface decision support for non-operated assets, framing key decisions, identifying critical uncertainties and providing clear recommendations to management.
Provide independent technical assurance and challenge of operator evaluations, focusing on uncertainties and assumptions material to value and decision quality.
Develop and maintain client’s technical position through integrated subsurface evaluation.
Build technical alignment between client, operators and co-venturers to enable effective decision making and maximise value to Harbour.
Define and deliver reservoir engineering work programs in support of business strategy across multiple assets.
Identify, mature and influence the operator to deliver opportunities for production enhancement and resource growth .
Maintain production forecasts in support of mid and long term business plans
Monitoring junior staff
Interface and leverage technical expertise to influence subsurface team priorities and work programs.

Daily tasks include:
Development of technical recommendations to support subsurface, asset and investment decisions
Generation of production forecasts to support key business decisions using the appropriate tools e.g. analogue, DCA, material balance, simulation models
Review, challenge and assurance of operator reservoir engineering evaluations and recommendations
Analysis and integration of production, pressure, fluid and surveillance data to identify opportunities, risks and key uncertainties
Evaluation of production enhancement and new well opportunities.
Reserves assessments.
Monitoring and assisting with specialists and contractors to manage reservoir engineering projects.
Reservoir engineering input to internal and external business approvals, partner engagements and technical committee meetings.

Core Technical Experience
Fully developed technical skill set
Expertise in delivering complex reservoir engineering projects incorporating uncertainty.
Expert in several anchor skills. Thoroughly understands technology and how it supports the business.
Expertise in different aspects of reservoir engineering e.g. field development, simulation, material balance, pressure transient analysis, fluid properties, decline curve analysis, reserve evaluations.
Identifies, develops, executes and evaluates business opportunities
Experience of critically reviewing and assuring technical evaluations
Demonstrated ability to influence technical and business decisions across multidisciplinary teams and joint venture environments
Ability to integrate subsurface, wells, facilities, operational and commercial considerations into technical recommendations.
Sound working knowledge of industry software packages

Qualifications
MSc in reservoir engineering or a related subject.

Personal Characteristics
Puts forward own views credibly and persuasively, linking communications with desired outcomes
Takes accountability for the success of both their own and others’ projects, considering and integrating a wide range of information and views in making decisions. Recognises the importance of framing and strong multi-disciplinary narratives
Works to build trust with a multi-disciplinary team. Proactively finds opportunities to assist others and provide guidance, promotes a teamwork-based collaborative approach
Able to solve complex problems by balancing different needs, displaying creativity and considering innovative approaches when solving problems while looking for business efficiencies in their solutions
Consistently completes tasks on time and to a high standard, taking responsibility for both personal and collective goals.