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Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Geothermal Energy and Subsurface Systems Group in the Power and Energy Systems Department is seeking a mid- to advanced career reservoir engineer to augment its research team focused on enhanced geothermal systems, carbon sequestration, and hydrogen storage! We are seeking a colleague to join our team researching solutions to enable the transition to a low carbon economy! This team works an on-site / hybrid 9x80 schedule located at our Center for Advanced Energy Studies facility with every other Friday off.

This person will have an oil and gas and/or carbon capture utilization and storage industry background as a reservoir engineer with excellent computational modeling skills, strong research and analytical skills, and a basic understanding of geology and subsurface science.

The person selected will have a publication record, experience writing competitive research proposals. This person will be comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Design and analyze the impact of well placement and have a sound grasp of multi-phase flow in the subsurface.
• Engage regularly with geoscientists and understand reservoir performance as a function of mechanical, geochemical, and microbial conditions.
• Interface regularly with federal government and industry sponsors,
• Work to expand the group’s research portfolio with new and existing sponsors.
• Independently analyze data from research experiments, field observations, and scientific literature, and integrate them into numerical models
• Build new and modify existing computational models using high-performance computing (HPC) assets
• Create and/or modify computational models of coupled thermo-chemical-mechanical (TCM) and thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in porous materials
• Contribute to the development of program plans and identify concepts for new business and assist in their development
• Extract and compile technical data and documentation as required and contribute to technical reports, publications, and presentations at national technical meetings and project evaluations with program sponsors
• Support management and program leadership in meeting DOE/industry expectations, achievements, and INL internal reporting metrics
• Interface and develop relations with other labs and industry related to current work scope
• Prepare technical reports, peer-reviewed and conference publications, and proposals for internally and externally funded work.
• Represent the department through programmatic and technical presentations to sponsors and peers at conferences and symposia.
• Maintain currency in a wide range of modeling and simulation techniques and capabilities commensurate with technology advancement in relevant fields.
• Maintain environmental, safety, and security knowledge and training. Mentor junior research staff and interns and assist them with questions regarding training; safe, secure, and environmentally compliant conduct of operations; and technical knowledge related to project work.
• This position will involve some travel and some work outside normal office hours.