Senior Petroleum Engineer Job (Accra, GH)

Residential Position

Employment Type:Permanent

Tullow is an independent energy company that is building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa. The Company's operations are focused on its West-African producing assets in Ghana, Gabon, and Côte d’Ivoire, alongside a material discovered resource base in Kenya. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and has a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations.

Tullow is offering an exciting opportunity within the WRFM Team. The position is for a Senior Petroleum Engineer, which is a Full-Time Permanent position based onshore, Ghana, with a hybrid working arrangements.

Job Purpose

The Petroleum Engineering Technical Support role serves as a key technical interface between the Wells Reservoir and Facilities Management (WRFM) and operations teams, providing critical support in optimizing hydrocarbon production and asset performance. The incumbent will be responsible for defining asset potential, identifying production risks and opportunities, and shaping overall reservoir management strategies. This includes the monitoring and interpretation of production and reservoir data to identify optimization opportunities, ensure production targets are met, and contribute to the strategic development of the WRM Plan through targeted data acquisition and analytical assessments.

The role involves conducting in-depth petroleum engineering studies using tools such as material balance and pressure transient analysis to characterize reservoir behavior and drive informed decision-making. The successful candidate will analyze voidage, pressure trends, and subsurface dynamics to guide production and injection strategies. In addition, they will generate and review in-year production forecasts, assess performance against budget targets, and maintain robust technical documentation and models to support consistent, data-driven asset management.

Key roles and responsibilities of successful candidate

Define field potential, identify and scope risks and opportunities and likely impact

Support Jubilee and TEN integrated asset modelling (IAM) work

Support broader WRFM optimization effort for Jubilee and TEN

Support well planning on reservoir & petroleum engineering input.

Experience & Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering or equivalent
Experience with typical upstream software such as KAPPA Saphir, PETEX suite and OFM
Solid track record of working in integrated teams Communication skills high – verbal and written
and experience
Working experience with analytical petroleum

Skills

Strong operational petroleum / offshore operations skills engineering tools

To Achieve This, We Offer Our Employees

Regular working from home, with an average 3 working days per week in the office.
Ability to manage working hours to balance work/life commitments.
A performance-driven culture that generates results.
A commitment to your personal and professional development.
A chance to make a difference to our business, working in or leading teams of talented, committed people.
A culture that appreciates diversity & inclusion and provides equal opportunities.
Recognition and reward for your performance.

Our philosophy is to bring people into Tullow with whom we can build a strong, mutually beneficial, and long-lasting relationship. Working for Tullow will increase your knowledge, broaden your horizons, and extend your professional network. We offer a competitive reward package of base salary, incentives and benefits which is designed to attract, retain, and motivate the best talent.

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