Job Details
Project Analyst, Petroleum Exploration & Production
Ashburn, Virginia
Position Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Business Area Director
Date Posted: May 13, 2024
Closing Date: Open until filled
INTRODUCTION
Are you interested in how the Exploration & Production (E&P) world is transitioning? Do you love making connections and solving puzzles or problems? Are you detailed and focused yet you also have broad interests and ideas and excellent communication skills? Do you enjoy analytical research work but also thrive on client interaction?
If so, please apply as a Project Analyst Petroleum Exploration & Production in IPA s North America office! The Project Analyst will lead evaluations and consulting for major Energy players to help them improve the effectiveness of their capital projects.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Independent Project Analysis (IPA) has an opening in our North America office (located in Ashburn, VA) for a Project Analyst Petroleum Exploration & Production position. The candidate should have a proven track record working on capital projects or analyzing project feasibility in the upstream oil & gas market. Candidates are required to have strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to contribute as a thought leader. Aptitude for and demonstrated skills to be a successful analyst include your ability to connect real life with the data and vice versa; to know when to ask more questions and when to just listen as well as how to back yourself as you learn and thrive.
IPA s client portfolio includes world-leading companies in both the heavy and light industries around the world. IPA has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore; as such, major industry leaders globally rely on us to assess the health of their capital project systems and provide recommendations to improve their performance. IPA evaluates hundreds of capital projects every year, developing very complete technical, business, and people histories from their front-end through early operation. These histories become the data we use to find what works and what does not work in capital projects. The IPA project databases are unique and the most comprehensive sources of capital project experience in existence. IPA also takes a leading role in empirical research into the drivers of better projects and project systems, using our extensive databases of past project performance.
DAY IN THE LIFE
The Project Analyst Petroleum Exploration & Production will focus primarily on studies and client engagements related to large oil and gas projects. The analyst will collaborate with cross-functional groups within IPA and work directly with clients to address their questions and needs.
Project Analysts Petroleum Exploration & Production must have excellent written and oral communication skills, display the interpersonal skills needed to develop and maintain relationships at senior levels with client companies, and have a demonstrated aptitude for learning new concepts and applying them quickly. The position requires solid analytical skills, a proven ability to relate data and statistical analysis to real-world application, a track record of finding creative solutions to complex problems, comfort with ambiguity, and flexibility in thought and/or approach. The successful candidate will work well in teams but also be capable of managing multiple projects independently and have experience in applied research or consulting.
RESPONSIBILITIES
General responsibilities of the role include:
- Working directly with capital project teams and project organizations of major E&P companies to improve business competitiveness
- Interfacing with clients to collect and analyze technical, cost, schedule, and project management data
- Writing reports with insight and a customer focus
- Delivering verbal feedback and public presentations
- Conducting research on drivers of project success or failure using proprietary databases and statistics
SKILLS AND QUALITIES
Project Analysts Petroleum Exploration & Production must have:
- Demonstrable English language oral and written communication skills
- Solid analytical skills
- Ability to demonstrate intellectual curiosity and organizational leadership
- Excellent listening, presentation, and report writing skills with strong attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships at senior levels with client companies and liaise with people from other cultures
- Strong work ethic
- Willingness to travel up to 20 percent of the time
- High self-motivation and ability to work independently
- Positive attitude and willingness to work in a team
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
- Flexibility in taking on a variety of assignments
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor s degree or Master s degree (preferred) or equivalent in engineering, science (physics, chemistry, petroleum, geology), or allied fields
- Minimum of 2 years relevant experience with upstream oil and gas projects
- Proven record of carrying out independent research or using a variety of statistical methods to analyze large amounts of data
WHY IPA?
For over 35 years, IPA has delivered groundbreaking research and quantitative risk analyses to enhance the value generated by our clients capital project systems and meet their obligations for sustainable and safe performance. IPA guides capital intensive organizations to establish the right combination of people, work process, and governance to maximize performance across several measures: cost, schedule, safety, operability performance, and carbon reduction. We have a dataset of over 24,000 capital projects as the basis of our work. Our clients are leading companies in the energy, minerals, infrastructure, chemicals, pharmaceutical, and consumer products sectors. IPA is committed to social and ethical responsibility, and all global offices initiate or participate in local charity initiatives to support those in need. IPA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants should complete the form at and include a cover letter, resume, and salary requirement.