Career Opportunities: Technical Lead, US Onshore Subsurface (5243
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Systems Engineer, Oil & Gas
Technical Lead, US Onshore Subsurface
At Murphy Oil Corporation, we believe the rich experiences and backgrounds of our employees strengthen our Company, create a productive workforce, and drive our success. We encourage you to apply for the positions for which you meet the qualifications.
The Technical Lead, US Onshore Subsurface is responsible for planning, coordinating, and maturing opportunities to execution ready status in a capital efficient manner, ensuring projects are technically sound to support annual production and revenue targets. Key responsibilities include leading a multidisciplinary technical team (Reservoir Engineering, Geosciences) that interfaces with Land, Drilling, Completions, Performance & Planning, Facilities, Production, and Operations Teams, to drive strategic decisions and operational excellence.
Involvement in daily rig line optimization and drilling operations is integral, alongside preparing AFEs, management presentations, and weekly project updates. The position also involves aiding career development and mentorship, and fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture focused on empowerment and technical rigor.
Additional duties may be performed as required or assigned.
Responsibilities
- Lead the value assurance process to ensure all investment opportunities are reviewed for both technical and financial robustness
- Ability to interrogate technical work including reservoir sim, history match and geologic models, DCA, petrophysical analysis, detailed/regional mapping, real-time geosteering
- Support data consolidation/integration for building models and information sharing
- Provide technical assurance and mentorship during quarterly reserve review process, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met
- Work with BD to identify and evaluate opportunities for value creation
- Interface with various functions to optimize field development and well operations
- Collaborate with offset operators and or partners to identify JV and PSA opportunities
- Clearly constructs technical stories and strategies, develops concise supporting presentations, and communicates recommendations to senior executives
- Collaborate on technical discussions, peer reviews, and mentoring.
- Develop organizational talent, lead junior staff in G&G and reservoir engineering.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a Masters in Geoscience
- Minimum 12 years of related technical focused experience and/or training, with direct Onshore experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary projects/teams while in a technical role
The individual is required to take all applicable safety precautions. Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs. The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
We believe in providing energy that empowers people.
We challenge the norm, tap into our strong legacy and use our foresight and financial discipline to deliver inspired energy solutions.
We see a future where we are an industry leader who is positively impacting lives for the next 100 years and beyond.
Values & Behaviors
- Do Right Always
- Respect people, safety, environment and the law
- Follow through on commitments
- Make it better
- Think Beyond Possible
- Offer solution
- Step up and lead
- Don't settle for "good enough"
- Embrace new opportunities
- Stay With It
- Show resilience
- Lean into challenges
- Support each other
- Consider the implications
Murphy Oil Corporation participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' E-Verify program. Murphy Oil Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, and status as a protected veteran, or any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.
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