Senior Petrophysicist

Norway
Salary: £110K+

Please note you should be willing and eligible to relocate and work in Norway

Our client is looking for an experienced Petrophysicist to provide technical and business development leadership in their Stavanger Office. Any successful candidate would have to demonstrate a capability for developing new business and creating opportunity across the entire portfolio of their technical services. The successful candidate will manage all of their petrophysical services in Norway and will be responsible for:

Building and managing a team of petrophysicists

Technical quality assurance and

New business development

You will form part of the leadership team working closely with the Global Technical Head of Petrophysics to consolidate and enhance their reputation of technical excellence in petrophysics.

Key Requirements:

• Recognized industry expert in petrophysics with a track record of publication and /or presenting conference papers.

• North Sea Experience (UK/Norway).

• Familiarity with advanced petrophysical methods and technology, In particular we would welcome applications from petrophysicists with any combination of the following experience: Norwegian fields, Carbonate petrophysics, Unconventional resources (e.g. tight gas, shale oil), Image logging and integration, Well and reservoir management and surveillance logging, Production logging, Cased hole logging, North African/Middle East oil and gas fields, Understanding of fluid properties and dynamics, fractures and faults systems, and Risk and uncertainty analysis and volumetric estimates.

• Experienced in both a service company and operator environment.

• Capability to coach and mentor junior staff.

• An active professional network within and beyond petrophysics.

• The capability to identify opportunities and generate new business.

• Be prepared to run training courses and from time-to-time

• Capable of managing technical projects.

• Capable of conducting technical consultancy, either stand-alone or working as part of an integrated team.

• Multilingual skills would be an advantage, particularly Norwegian/French.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree (e.g. Petroleum Geology, Physics, etc.) and preferably a Masters

• High levels of energy.

• Strong level of commitment.

• Team focus.

• Detail focus.

• Client facing skills.

• Problem solving skills.

Behaviours & Key Skills

• Combination of technical excellence and strong interpersonal skills.

• Project management skills.

• Good presentation and communication skills.

• Ability to work in a consultancy environment is essential, ideally helping to develop new and existing clients.

• Willingness to travel at times.

• Ability to influence both internally and externally.

• Self-motivated with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

• Commercial acumen and the ability to appreciate the ‘bigger picture’ and manage/work to a budget.

• Entrepreneurial approach.

• Ability to work in a fully-integrated team and also independently.

• You will be expected to be able to work independently but support will be available from a large team of Global Petrophysicists