Researcher, Hydrocarbon Processing

Employment Status:
Full-time – Permanent

Location:

Edmonton Research and Development Park Work Model:
On-site

About the Opportunity
The Experienced Researcher in our Hydrocarbon Processing team is an opportunity to be part of a professional, purpose-driven team that values collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Most importantly, your work will contribute to meaningful outcomes that make a difference for Albertans and help shape the future of our province.

Key responsibilities in the role of Experienced Researcher include:

Project Management and Technical Expertise

Definition and monitoring of project schedule, budget, and scope of work

Managing and forecasting project workforce and asset allocation ensuring effective and optimal scheduling and delegation of tasking to appropriate staff members

Managing project outcomes ensuring deliverables of commensurate quality

Preparation of technical and progress reporting

Engagement with clients and project stakeholders to validate scope of work and change orders, provide progress updates, and manage expectations

Use and apply innovative technical expertise and capabilities to:

Develop, evaluate, and de-risk novel technologies (e.g., enhanced oil recovery processes) and procedures for unique client applications (solid knowledge of fluid behavior and multiphase flow in porous mediais required)

Develop new projects and programs by preparing proposals and budgets for presentations to external clients to solicit funding support. Take an active role in both initiating and following up with clients during project development.

Design project experiments and testing protocols, analyze and interpret data and experimental results, perform numerical simulation to history match experimental results, scale up the process and provide conclusions and recommendations

Develop and application of machine learning or other artificial intelligence techniques to support data analysis

Contribute to development of codes, standards, and best practices to support client qualification requirements

Enhance the team’s capabilities and capacity to provide related services to clients including professional development, procurement of capital assets, and development of unique facilities

Provide consultation on projects within the Division and with others to enhance multi-disciplinary capabilities

Provide coaching and mentoring to junior employees

Adhere to corporate project management and workplace health and safety standards and practices and Inno Tech Alberta’s Professional Practice Management Plan (PPMP)

Business Development and Client Engagement
Provide support and apply technical expertise in business development efforts, including:

Engagement with external clients and stakeholders to identify business opportunities. Preparing proposals based on the engagement with clients, follow up with clients to close contracts

Monitoring and analyzing industry market intelligence, industry best practices, and emerging trends and championing identified business opportunities

Facilitating client discussions and convening events to enable collaborative joint industry projects and multi-stakeholder initiatives to address common industry challenges

Negotiating and arranging contractual agreements with clients

What You Need to Thrive in This Role

Post Secondary degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Reservoir focus preferred)

A PhD is preferred, for a master’s degree extended work experience may be substituted for education credentials, if appropriate.

APEGA member (if engineer)

Minimum 5 years of technical or research and project/program management experience related to reservoir engineering and enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to apply…