Principal Exploration Geoscientist

Discipline activities concentrate on highly unique topics (not guided by procedures or precedents). Proactively integrates diverse disciplines to achieve project delivery and provides technical assist and/or quality control to integrated pieces of work across multiple disciplines, including but not limited to:

• Lead & coach others to integrate stratigraphic, sedimentological, structural, geophysical and geochemical evaluations to evaluate the petroleum system(s) to generate new Play ideas and Lead portfolios;
• Deliver as an individual contributor, and through coaching of others & QC, evaluations that capture the full range of subsurface realisations through leverage of geological uncertainty to produce alternative success and failure case realisations that honour the data and are supported by relevant analogues and exploration history;
• Provide expertise to well-owners to integrate geological, geophysical and input from other disciplines into well design and operations geology;
• Recognised as a technical expert in one (or more) areas. Diagnoses and solves significant, complex and non-routine problems; translates practices from elsewhere (across the Company and industry) and provides authoritative, technical recommendations which have a significant impact on business performance in short and medium term. Actively identifies new approaches that enhance efficiency and the business impact of the sub discipline;
• May represent the Company as the authority in the defined area and acts as a role model to develop future talent within this area. May be a TA2 level and/or an SME/PTE.
• Responsible for HSSE Risk Management and leading changes in Safety Culture. Actively drives Safety Leadership, Sub-surface Process Safety and operational/contractor HSSE, influencing decision makers to achieve improved safety outcomes.
• Lead coach & provides inspiration for geoscience staff. Coaches and inspires a broad range of stakeholders.
• Leads the design, planning and management of multiple, often simultaneous Exploration projects, including integration with relevant technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Budget information
• May have a limited number of direct reports (typically 1-2).
• Manages the relation with a large variety of (groups of) internal and external stakeholders on tactical/strategic level. Scale and severity of consequences if things go wrong are moderate/high and involve complex stakeholder management.

What is the role?

Typically as a Principal Exploration Geoscientist (Supervisor) you are to

• Manages specific technical/discipline activities for an asset or country OR delivers parts of larger projects or full end-to-end for smaller studies/projects with a clearly defined scope. The role involves working both as an individual contributor and as a subsurface project leader of a team of geoscientists, and sometimes other discipline staff.
• Responsible for QC and endorsement of team deliverables, and adherence to relevant technical and process safety standards.
• Typically at EC-5, reporting to a team leader. Delivers specific projects and signals shortcomings and inconsistencies in policies and procedures, making suggestions for improvements.
• Responsible for HSSE Risk Management and leading changes in Safety Culture. Actively drives Safety Leadership, Sub-surface Process Safety and operational/contractor HSSE, influencing decision makers to achieve improved safety outcomes.
• Lead coach & provides inspiration for geoscience staff. Coaches and inspires a broad range of stakeholders.
• Manages complexity of Technical portfolio and Technical environment

What We Need From You

• Must have legal authorization to work in Brazil on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Must have a Bachelor’s in Geology or Geophysicist. Degree. A Master’s/PhD Degree is an added advantage.
• A subsurface professional with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Good knowledge of Regional Geology
• Knowledge of Pre-salt and Post-salt
• Knowledge of tools such as GeoX, Petrel and a like
• Knowledge of 2D/3D seismic interpretation

Company Description

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork, and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

** Inclusive opportunity and also intended for minorities in general, people with physical disabilities, LGBTQI+, blacks and indigenous people **

** Oportunidade inclusiva e também destinada para minorias em geral, pessoas com deficiências físicas, LGBTQI+, negros e indígenas**