Oil & Gas Petroleum Engineer/ SAM Associate III
Oil & Gas Petroleum Engineer
This role serves as a technical subject matter expert (SME) within Bank of America Private Bank. It supports fiduciary, wealth management, and trust professionals by overseeing and evaluating oil and gas mineral interests, royalties, and non-operated working interests held on behalf of families, nonprofit organizations, endowments, foundations, and other institutional clients. The position focuses on asset oversight, valuation support, cash flow assurance, and risk management rather than direct field operations.
Responsibilities
Asset Oversight & Engineering Review
Evaluate performance of royalty interests, overriding royalties, and non-operated working interests across conventional and unconventional assets.
Review operator reports, joint interest billings (JIBs), production data, and development plans for accuracy, reasonableness, and compliance with agreements.
Monitor drilling, completion, and recompletion activities on non-operated assets to ensure alignment with client objectives and fiduciary standards.
Review and provide feedback on joint operating agreements, unitization agreements and farmout agreements.
Identify underperforming assets and operational or economic risks.
Inspect working interest operations on designated working interest assets and comment on environmental matters relating thereto. In appropriate cases, should be able to communicate with well operators for remediation of any environmental issues found.
Financial & Economic Analysis
Perform engineering based economic evaluations, including decline curve analysis, reserves estimation, and cash flow forecasting.
Support asset valuation, portfolio benchmarking, and transaction analysis for acquisitions, divestitures, and estate planning.
Analyze capital expenditures, operating costs, and payout timing for non-operated interests.
Assist trust and investment teams with distribution forecasting and budgeting tied to mineral income.
Preparation of net income projections and fair market value appraisals (in-house or third party).
Royalty & Revenue Assurance
Validate royalty payments, production volumes, pricing benchmarks, and post production deductions.
Identify and help resolve underpayments, overcharges, or operator discrepancies in coordination with legal and accounting partners.
Fiduciary & Client Support
Provide technical explanations to relationship managers, trust officers, investment professionals, and clients in clear, non-technical language.
Prepare written summaries, asset reviews, and board level or investment committee materials.
Support fiduciary decision making by assessing development options, operator proposals, and consent requests.
Operator & Third Party Coordination
Act as a technical liaison with operators, landmen, engineers, attorneys, and independent consultants.
Review authorizations for expenditure (AFEs) and recommend consent or non-consent on non-operated interests.
Support audits, engineering reviews, and litigation support when needed.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience in petroleum engineering, reservoir engineering, or asset evaluation.
Experience with royalty and non-operated working interests strongly preferred.
Prior exposure to mineral management, private wealth, trust, family office, or institutional portfolios a plus.
Proficient with PHDWin / ARIES reserve and economic software.
Proficient with well production data and GIS mapping tools (DrillingInfo/PRISM, Energy Domain, Well Database, etc.).
Desired Qualifications
Petroleum Engineering degree or other applicable engineering degree.
Reservoir engineering experience.
Licensing as a Professional Engineer.
Skills
Collaboration
Decision Making
Issue Management
Prioritization
Strategic Thinking
Critical Thinking
Customer and Client Focus
Oral Communications
Project Management
Written Communications
Active Listening
Adaptability
Analytical Thinking
Continuous Improvement
Innovative Thinking
Minimum Education Requirement
High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
Shift
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week
4010+ years experience
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