Experienced Exploration Geoscientist

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What role you will play in our team

Exploration Geoscientists work across basin, play, prospect, and field scales to discover and evaluate the commercial potential of new hydrocarbon subsurface opportunities. They are responsible for delivering high quality subsurface descriptions and clearly communicating key risks and uncertainties to support business investment decisions.

These professionals combine their subsurface and commercial insights to identify, capture and mature economic opportunities across a breadth of value chains through the interpretation and integration of geological and geophysical data, including seismic, well logs, fluids, and core samples. Advanced mapping, interpretation, and modeling techniques are routinely applied. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential, particularly in reservoir characterization, economic screening, well planning, and drilling execution.

What you will do

Effectively integrates subsurface understanding with economic, risk, and market insights to prioritize exploration opportunities and guide sound investment decisions. Demonstrates independent problem-solving by leveraging geoscience expertise, diverse datasets, and analogs, applying sound judgment and timely execution to deliver business-aligned solutions while maintaining a competitive edge through prior experience.

- Demonstrated ability to synthesize and apply geological knowledge, concepts, and skills to solve complex subsurface challenges, while continuously expanding technical expertise across disciplines.

- Proficient in generating and high-grading exploration leads within regional geological frameworks, even in data-constrained environments.

- Skilled in evaluating resource potential and economic value through the full exploration lifecycle—from regional mapping, lead identification and prospect generation to maturation and drilling execution.

- Adept at integrating multi-scale datasets (seismic, well logs, core data) to construct robust and predictive subsurface models.

- Proven effectiveness in collaborating within and across diverse, multi-disciplinary teams to drive exploration success and knowledge sharing.

Able to align technical decisions with strategic and commercial objectives, ensuring that geological activities contribute meaningfully to portfolio value and long-term growth.

About You

Skills and Qualifications

Effectively integrates subsurface understanding with economic, risk, and market insights to prioritize exploration opportunities and guide sound investment decisions. Demonstrates independent problem-solving by leveraging geoscience expertise, diverse datasets, and analogs, applying sound judgment and timely execution to deliver business-aligned solutions while maintaining a competitive edge through prior experience.

Candidates should have an MA/MS and/or PhD in Geology (or related fields). Candidates should have a strong, fundamental background in the earth sciences, physical sciences, and mathematics (including statistics)

Geological and Geophysical Interpretation & Integration: Proficiency in seismic interpretation, well log analysis, stratigraphy and structural geology to develop regional basin frameworks and to delineate prospects

- Petroleum Systems Analysis: Understanding of integrated charge with respect to reservoirs and trap formation.

- Quantitative Interpretation (QI): strong geophysical interpretation skills with the ability to develop integrated geophysical frameworks based on rock property predictions which can be leveraged in the identification of seismic attributes and Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators for prospect maturation

- Ability to evaluate subsurface data to identify exploration opportunities and risks through scenario delineation, volumetric calculations, risk assessments, and economic evaluations across basin, play, prospect, and field scales

- Strong communication skills presenting findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Strong multidisciplinary collaboration and project management

- Experience with Petrel, ArcGIS and Kingdom considered an asset

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

One must demonstrate leadership, adaptability, teamwork, excellent communication skills in English, and a commitment to high safety and ethical standards. In addition, candidates should be able to work effectively within and across diverse team environments

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.

- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.

- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.

- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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