Geophysicist

Job Overview

Provide services and support as a Geophysicist within Independent Engineering Advisory Services, delivering bankable, technically defensible advisory services for the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program. The role focuses on risk management solutions for clients such as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and involves technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities in the upstream oil and gas exploration and production domain.

• Provides Independent Engineering advisory support for EDF Program technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities, with emphasis on seismic interpretation, geophysical risk, subsurface characterization, and resource support.
• Reviews project documentation, evaluates technical and commercial interfaces, identifies risks and mitigations, validates assumptions, supports conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews where applicable, and prepares defensible work products including seismic interpretations, geophysical uncertainty assessments, maps, volumes, and technical risk summaries.
• Coordinates with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders to support timely lender and DOE decision-making.

• 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience; demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large‑scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, geoscience, petroleum engineering, mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, environmental, or related technical field.
• Professional engineering (PE), project management (PMP), construction services professional (CSP), API, NACE/AMPP, PMI, or discipline‑specific credentials preferred where applicable.

• Technical judgment; independence and objectivity; analytical rigor; attention to detail; defensible documentation; client service orientation; cross‑functional collaboration; issue escalation; quality mindset; schedule discipline; and ability to translate technical evidence into actionable risk, compliance, and financing implications.

• May participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports for DOE, LPO, credit, and program governance stakeholders.
• The DOE Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program supports DOE/LPO‑supported financing and lifecycle oversight activities for large‑scale U.S. energy infrastructure projects, requiring independent engineering, technical due diligence, credit evaluation, construction monitoring, operational performance assessment, and risk management services to support financing decisions and protect government lending interests throughout the project lifecycle.
• The Loan Programs Office (LPO) evaluates projects from Technical, Engineering, Financial, Commercial, Environmental, Regulatory, Construction, and Operational perspectives before financing decisions are made.
• Independent Engineering Advisory Services are needed for complex energy projects and often involve:
  • Upstream Oil & Gas (Exploration and production, Reservoir development, Drilling programs)
  • Midstream (Pipelines, Compression facilities, LNG infrastructure, Storage terminals)
  • Downstream (Refineries, Petrochemical facilities, Processing plants)
  • Power & Utilities (Generation facilities, Transmission infrastructure, Grid modernization, Energy storage)