Senior Strategic Planning Engineer
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
Infinity Natural Resources is seeking a Senior Strategic Planning Engineer to support and maintain our integrated development schedule and capital execution plans across our operated asset portfolio. Working closely with reservoir drilling completions production facilities midstream land commercial and finance teams youll align development activities with corporate objectives operational constraints and capital allocation priorities. This is a great opportunity for an analytical detail-oriented engineer who enjoys serving as a key link between technical and business functions providing schedule management scenario analysis and reporting that drive informed decision-making across the development program.
Location
This is a hybrid position based out of our Houston TX office. You will be expected to work in the office three days a week.
What Youll Be Doing
- Develop maintain and continuously improve the companys integrated development schedule to support execution of drilling completions production facility and infrastructure projects.
- Collaborate with operations subsurface finance land midstream and commercial teams to ensure development activities are accurately represented and aligned with strategic objectives.
- Coordinate schedule updates milestone tracking and development timing changes to provide timely visibility into operational performance and capital program execution.
- Support development planning efforts through scenario evaluation and sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of changing operational financial regulatory or market conditions.
- Generate and distribute planning reports dashboards and performance metrics that improve visibility into schedule status development progress and key operational indicators.
- Support annual budgeting long-range planning reserves planning and forecast processes by providing schedule-driven inputs and development timing assumptions.
- Partner with stakeholders to identify risks constraints and optimization opportunities that improve capital efficiency and project execution.
- Maintain planning data integrity by validating schedule assumptions dependencies and development criteria across functional teams.
- Assist in the development and enhancement of planning tools reporting capabilities and automated workflows to improve data accessibility and decision support.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to planning scheduling forecasting and business processes through application of new technologies analytics and best practices.
- Provide technical support and presentations to management regarding development plans operational performance and strategic planning alternatives.
Your Background
- Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Industrial Engineering or another accredited engineering discipline with a minimum of five years of experience in upstream oil and gas including planning development engineering reserves operations engineering drilling and completions or related technical disciplines.
- Experience supporting integrated development planning capital program management scheduling forecasting or cross-functional operations coordination.
- Demonstrated experience working with multidisciplinary teams to develop and execute operational plans and business objectives.
- Proficiency with development planning and scheduling software; experience with Actenum DSO or similar planning tools preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex operational and economic scenarios and understand cross-functional impacts.
- Experience building and maintaining reports dashboards and visualization tools using Power BI Spotfire or comparable business intelligence platforms.
- Familiarity with database and data management concepts including the ability to work with structured datasets and automated reporting solutions.
- Working knowledge of upstream oil and gas development workflows including drilling completions production operations facilities and capital planning.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain high levels of data accuracy.
- Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Appalachian Basin operations and familiarity with Ohio and Pennsylvania regulatory environments preferred.
Infinity Natural Resources is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
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About Company
An Independent Exploration & Production Company Dedicated To The Appalachian Region.