Senior Subsurface Data and Technology Specialist

NES Fircroft are supporting our valued client, INPEX, who are looking for a Senior Subsurface Data and Technology Specialist to join their Perth Team on contract until the end of December 2025.

Position Objective

Seismic Data Management

• Actively manages subsurface data and documents in the exploration / development: geoscience, reservoir and production, GIS and permit data domains. This includes monitoring data quality, standards, compliance, governance policies, and adjusting data in support of organizational objectives.
• Lead and drive crossfunctional initiatives to improve existing data and acquire, load, archive, organize, search data to support business success in the context of Upstream projects.
• Oversees the management of all types of data and documents received into and going out of the corporate and project data stores, adhering to standard processes, procedures, and best practices.
• Responsible for ensuring consistent data management practices, acting as a liaison between the asset/discipline teams and data management.
• Oversees all operational, quality assurance, and quality control processes to build/maintain a robust O&G Upstream database.

Primary Responsibilites
OHS

• Conduct all activities in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Ensuring the welfare of personnel and the protection of assets and the environment at all times.

Seismic/ Geophysics Expertise

• Preliminary / Final Deliverables Data Management.
• Indepth understanding of 2D & 3D Seismic formats and products
• Intermediate and final deliverables in Time and Depth
• Observer reports, Stacks, Gathers, Nears, Mids, Fars, Velocities, PSDM, SEGY, SEGD etc.
• Data delivery for endusers, partners and vendors (via USB and EIS)
• Skills in loading, sourcing, cutting, identifying datasets in consultation with customer
• NOPTA submission requirements knowledge and experience
• GIS skills for Georeferencing Tif images (Petrosys/Petrel)
• GPInfo Data management
• Updating permits and other spatial layers for DBmap and Petrel Studio
• Facilitate transcription requests:
• Physical transcription paper to digital
• Media transcription tape to USB
• Digital transcription image to file (e.g. pdf to LAS)

Data Analysis
Data investigations skills related to:

• Data quality
• Data availability
• Multiclient license obligations,
• Datarooms and data-trades
• Dataextractions (Selecting by AOI, or depth ranges)

Studio Knowledge
Studio / Petrel Data Management Expertise

• Architecture & Best Practice knowledge
• Working / Reference, Internal/Repository knowledge & experience
• Publishing Workflows, ZGY Repositories and Standards
• Seismic Storage Expertise
• Online storage requirements best practice and knowledge
• Seismic metadata and registration processes
• Media Management / Service Provider Management knowledge and experience

Seismic Database

• Cegal Seismic Data Management (SDM) Database experience (or similar) training can be provided
• Online management of Active and Nonactive Seismic footprint
• Using tools to identify footprint reduction opportunities
• Deleting data (removing unrequired intermediate data sets)
• Deduplicating data (removing duplicate projects & data sets)
• Monitoring available space

Advantages Skills
Useful skillsets:

• Ikon / HRS / Geoteric / DUG Application Data Management experience
• Kingdom DM experience
• Petrosys experience
• GPinfo experience

Planning

Provide input to data management planning activities and resourcing estimates, as required.

Qualifications

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Geosciences, or Information Technology; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of workflows and the data impact to workflows in Upstream.
• Experience in data profiling and data quality principles and techniques is an advantage.

Preferred:

• Certified Petroleum Data Analyst (CPDA) credential

Skills and Experience

• At least 10- 15 years’ experience as a petrotechnical data or technology manager (Well, Seismic, Spatial, Production, HPC and System Admin domains).
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions within the organization.
• Can successfully supervise and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
• Skilled in assimilation and prioritization of extensive information flows.
• Ability to meet strict timelines.
• Ability to explain Data and Technology Management concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Hands-on ability with industry data management key applications

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.