Sr. Engineering Technician - Corporate Planning

The Sr. Engineering Technician works independently to provide advanced and varied technical support and data analysis. Applies extensive ARIES, data analysis and database knowledge and experience to engineering tasks and projects required in the development of annual budgets, tracking of KPIs, variance analysis, etc. Additional involvement in processes will include, but is not limited to, Portfolio Lookback analysis, Inventory Analysis, monthly and quarterly reporting processes, production tracking, presentation creation, and special projects as needed.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities

• Advanced Spotfire, Access, SQL, Aries, Alteryx, and Power Pivot skills.
• Assemble and analyze data and reporting from various internal systems including Aries, AVM, and third party well data, including state regulatory and production data.
• Broad system knowledge to build more efficient data optimization routines for tasks.
• Ability to check and ensure accuracy of data and reporting.
• Ability to advise on methods for data collection and retrieval, loading, manipulation, and management for use by groups both within the development engineering team and other groups.
• Assist with incorporation of monthly DUC report into planning reports, tracking and reconciliation of interest changes impacting budget and quarterly reconciliations, and assisting with variance explanations to guidance that involve interest changes.
• Update Aries database with budget capex tables to support portfolio DPI analysis.
• Review and authorize supporting data via research from public sources such as Enverus and regulatory agencies.
• May support evaluation for mergers, acquisition and divestitures including due diligence.
• Generate monthly reports based on standard procedures to provide project performance tracking and ensure accuracy of data.
• Assistengineers in the preparation of technical reports, analyses, evaluations and presentations as needed.
• Perform moderate calculations and preliminary analyses of data in support of engineering studies.
• Initiate and develop more accurate and reliable data analyses and reporting methodologies.
• Provideadvancedtechnical support for Spotfire or other visualization tools.
• Train less experienced technicians.
• Conduct business safely and with the highest ethical standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Computer/Software Applications

Proficient knowledge of the industry and operations. Proficient use of advanced Excel formulas (VLOOKUP, MATCH, TRANSPOSE, PivotTable, PowerPivot, etc.); data management including the ability to push and pull data from the backside of ARIES and between systems to be used for analysis, creatively addressing problems using ARIES modeling. Additionally, the following general understanding is preferred: ARIES, Spotfire, Alteryx, Wellview, Enverus.

Role-Specific Technical Knowledge & Skills

Data management including the ability to push and pull data between systems to be used for analysis, creatively addressing problems using Aries modeling.

Typical Education: Technical associate degree or related experience required bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred.

Typical Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in related field or industry.

Schedule: Hybrid (minimum 8 days / month in office)

SM Energy offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which include, but are not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at Careers :: SM Energy Company (SM) (sm-energy.com).

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.