Baker Hughes

Senior EOR/IOR Operations Specialist

Baker Hughes
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeDubai • United Arab EmiratesSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) project management, including design, implementation, and performance monitoring. Possesses strong analytical skills to assess reservoir suitability and quantify recovery mechanisms while effectively engaging with technical and commercial stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
EOR/IOR Project ExperienceReservoir EngineeringInjection Systems KnowledgeCommercial Value DriversTechnical Stakeholder Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead screening and selection of fit-for-purpose recovery improvement concepts for mature fields
  • Assess reservoir suitability, injectant availability, facilities requirements, well deliverability, surveillance design, operational readiness, commercial value, and execution risks
  • Apply first-hand EOR/IOR project experience across design maturation, implementation, start-up surveillance, and performance monitoring
  • Understand and coordinate technologies, chemicals, equipment, surveillance tools, injection systems, and operational services required for EOR/IOR delivery
  • Engage product or technical authorities during design when needed
  • Quantify incremental recovery, production impact, uncertainty ranges, implementation risks, and value drivers
  • Translate EOR/IOR opportunities into technical and commercial propositions with assumptions, execution pathways, partnership needs, and risk mitigation plans
  • Challenge recovery assumptions and benchmark analogs
  • Guide junior specialists and ensure EOR/IOR inputs are technically robust and decision-ready

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • BSc/MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline
  • Previous experience in EOR/IOR design, screening, piloting, implementation, or field optimization
  • 15+ years of experience in reservoir engineering or production engineering
  • Good understanding of recovery mechanisms, injection systems, facilities interfaces, surveillance strategies, and commercial value drivers
  • Ability to defend recovery concepts and investment cases with senior technical, commercial, and leadership stakeholders
  • Practical knowledge of EOR/IOR products, technologies, workflows, and service lines across the full EOR/IOR value chain
  • Experience covering subsurface suitability, injectant sourcing and handling, wells, facilities, surveillance, operations, production response, commercial drivers, and execution risk

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Working flexible hours
  • Up to 30% business travel
  • Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
  • Comprehensive private medical care options
  • Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
  • Tailored financial programs
  • Additional elected or voluntary benefits
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Reward programs
  • Flexible working patterns

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Hard Skills
Reservoir EngineeringEnhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)Improved Oil Recovery (IOR)Production EngineeringSurveillance DesignRisk Mitigation PlanningRecovery MechanismsField OptimizationQuantitative AnalysisTechnical Proposition Development
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentoringCommunicationAnalytical ThinkingDecision-Making
Tools & Technologies
Surveillance ToolsInjection SystemsOperational ServicesEOR/IOR TechnologiesFacilities Interfaces
Industry Keywords
Petroleum EngineeringReservoir EngineeringChemical EngineeringProduction ResponseExecution Risk