Reservoir Engineer
Chicago, IL, United States
- Engineering
- Full-time
- Reservoir Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Hydrocarbon Energy
The Reservoir Engineer at Aramco is responsible for developing and delivering advanced training programs in Reservoir Engineering for petroleum professionals. The role involves curriculum enhancement, technical content creation, and collaboration with experts to support professional development in upstream oil and gas operations. Candidates must have extensive Reservoir Engineering experience and a background in petroleum or related engineering disciplines.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking a Reservoir Engineer to join the Upstream Professional Development Center (UPDC).
The UPDC is a corporate university that develops and delivers professional development courses to Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists.
Your primary role will be to develop and deliver Reservoir Engineering training programs and work closely with UPDC technical advisors from other disciplines in the development of multidisciplinary training programs.
Key Responsibilities
As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Enhance Reservoir Engineering (RE) curricula targeting all RE professional.
- Utilizing and teaching a variety of techniques, including: numerical simulation, analytical modeling, and experimental analysis to characterize the properties of the reservoir rocks and fluids.
- Predict fluid flow and pressure behavior.
- Design optimal well placement, completion, and production strategies.
- Develop technical content including but not limited to: existing RE-catalog curriculum, new courses, and E-learning delivery courses as needed.
- Participate in delivering upstream professional onboarding program.
- Develop and deliver RE curriculum courses per area of expertise.
- Perform administrative duties for RE job family including developing course schedules each year.
- Working with training coordinators to enroll participants.
- Meet with technical experts from the organization to maintain curriculum, and work with contracting department to source industry experts to deliver vendor courses.
- Collect and analyze post-course feedback to improve course content.
Minimum Requirements
As a successful candidate you will hold a:
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from an accredited university. Advanced degree in Petroleum Engineering is a plus.
- Other Engineering degrees combined with extensive experience in Reservoir Engineering will also be considered an advanced degree.
- 15 years’ experience in Reservoir Engineering, including 10 years or more recent active Reservoir Engineering technical roles that include mentoring of younger professionals.
Posting Duration
Posting Start Date: 12/09/2025
Posting End Date: 12/31/2026
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.
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