What’s The Role The Sr Team Lead – Reservoir Engineering is a leadership role in the Reservoir Engineering Function of TAS (Technical Asset Support) responsible for building, coaching and sustaining a high performing team that can support various assets for RE activities, especially around Shell Reserves and Resource Reporting applications and workflows, with Resource One (Rs1) being the Group Ledger for reporting hydrocarbon resource volumes and the single integrated system for recording, managing & reporting Shell Petroleum Resources, forecast and HCM data capturing OP (Operating Plan) and ARPR (Annual Review of Petroleum Resources).

This role includes the responsibility of coordinating the Rs1 Workflow Consultancy (WfC) activities to support the Shell assets across the globe. As a coordinator, there will be opportunities to cooperate with and gain insight into a wide range of corporate functions and groups such as Resource Assurance and Reporting (RAR), Hydrocarbon Performance (HCP), Finance, Planning and Economics. It also gives opportunities to engage with Resource Volume Managers (RVM), Country Resource Focal Points (CRFP), as well as Reservoir Engineers across Shell.

What You’ll Be Doing (Duties And Responsibilities)

The responsibilities of this role include:

- Working closely with Assets / Reservoir Engineers to understand the current challenges in using the Rs1 application and providing improvement suggestions.
- Support the E2E workflow in assessing and reporting volumetrics. Participate and support OP/ARPR cycles with necessary data and insights.
- Ability to perform quality checks and connect with relevant stakeholders for verification / rectification.
- You will work alongside the Rs1 Product Owner and Rs1 Scrum team as part of the global natural Rs1 team and in close collaboration with the business, RAR, HCP, Finance, RE/PG Discipline and Economics Function. This team supports the assets and the interfaces between Rs1 & other applications and supports overall product lifecycle management and ensures continued alignment with the overall product vision, creating more user value and, in turn, driving greater commercial value for Shell.

Rs1 Workflow Consultancy (WfC) Coordinator: Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead WfC workload planning, prioritization, coordination, and delivery execution across the TAS team.
- Manage asset and interface ownership, ensuring complex asset scopes are assigned appropriately.
- Govern key Rs1 WfC processes, including user support, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training, guidance packs, continuous improvement, KPI management, SharePoint administration, workflow governance.
- Facilitate WfC team engagement through regular huddles and operational forums.




- Represent the WfC community with the Rs1 Product Team, supporting UAT decisions, asset onboarding, interface governance, and enhancement requests.
- Drive After-Action-Reviews for OP and ARPR cycles, consolidating feedback and identifying improvement opportunities.
- Contribute to governance forums and stakeholder reviews to enhance Rs1 performance and delivery outcomes.
- Serve as the focal point for operational excellence, ensuring compliance with agreed workflows, governance standards, and delivery expectations.

TAS Team Leadership Accountabilities
- Deliver HSSE and code of conduct performance of the team & team tasks.
- Deliver performance requirements (quality, timeliness, productivity etc.) for scopes migrated to team.
- Close value and efficiency Gap to Potential (GtP) for the migrated activities.
- Maintain organizational capability to deliver team scope and maintain operational continuity.

Interface

Management etc.).

- HR Manage team.

TAS Team Leadership Responsibilities
- Hire and onboard staff; develop and assure competency and autonomy for task delivery.
- Integrate team members into Asset/Project natural teams and cadences.
- Maintain plans for migrated tasks aligned with Asset/Project plans.
- Conduct regular progress reviews and ensure delivery as planned
- Define and implement recovery plans when plans/ targets are missed.
- Implement structured programs to assure team deliverables.
- Develop and execute operational continuity plans for team scope.
- Approve competency assessments and learning/development plans.
- Identify and track improvement opportunities in migrated tasks.
- Support terms of reference preparation, conduct operational cadence, communication, and reporting per TAS migration framework.

You will work closely with the Sr.

Process

Specialist-Reservoir Engineering to:
- Develop plans for TAS RE resourcing, timeline, budget, risk and change management
- Assess the demand and actively work on talent attraction / recruitment and staff retention

What You Bring

- Energetic and seasoned Reservoir Engineer with 8+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry. University degree in Petroleum Engineering or a relevant discipline.
- Technically strong in Reservoir Engineering with good all-round knowledge of other Petroleum Engineering disciplines.




- Solid understanding of key business processes including Reserves & Resources Reporting, Business Planning, Hydrocarbon Maturation Strategy, Estimation, and Production Forecasting.
- Experience in developing business cases and demonstrating the value of new functionality is an advantage.
- Affinity for IT, digitalisation, and automation.

Business

Analysis experience in an Agile software development workplace is an advantage.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across global virtual teams, influence stakeholders, and build trusted relationships across functions and cultures.
- Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities while ensuring objectives are met.
- Strong aptitude for Continuous Improvement and a learner mindset.
- Demonstrated leadership capability, including experience working in multidisciplinary teams, coaching and mentoring colleagues, and thinking beyond disciplinary boundaries.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to rapidly identify and focus on key issues.

What We Offer You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

- Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
- Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
- Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
- Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
- Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.

We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

- Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
- international teams.
- Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

After you submit your application, you will receive an email providing a link to an online assessment that is a mandatory part of the process. The email will come from HireVue - please check your spam/junk mailbox if you do not see the email.

Once completed, your application will be reviewed to determine next steps. Thank you for your interest in Shell.

📌 Sr. Team Lead - Reservoir Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Shell
📍 Chennai