Production & Surveillance Engineer

Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined, returns-driven growth through acquisition strategy and consistent return of capital. Our long-life, balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep, high-quality development inventory.

Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. Crescent’s leadership is an experienced team of investment, financial and industry professionals that combines proven investment and operating expertise. For more than a decade, Crescent and our predecessors have executed on a consistent strategy focused on cash flow, risk management and returns.  Through disciplined and accretive investments, we have successfully tripled the size of our company since going public in December 2021 while maintaining a strong balance sheet. 

We are looking for an engineer to lead our company wide production surveillance and optimization initiative. Your role will involve developing technical workflows to ensure our base production is performing at its maximum potential. Workflows will include productivity tracking, artificial lift optimization, anomaly detection, closed-loop setpoint control, and more. You will also collaborate with engineers and field personnel across the company to promote knowledge sharing and adoption of optimization workflows. Overall, this role will provide you the opportunity to get exposure across the entire organization and directly impact the company’s cashflow.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Interface with production and reservoir engineers to promote and advance usage of nodal analysis and productivity tracking to optimize production

• Utilize productivity index tracking and near-term projections to identify optimization opportunities (ex: Identify and remediating off-trends wells, redesign artificial lift, etc)

• Develop best practices for nodal analysis in key software for engineers to reference

• Work with external software representatives to advance capabilities and visuals that will benefit internal users

• Develop relationships and workflows with operations team (engineers and field) to deploy/dispatch optimization recommendations in a safe and efficient manner

Essential Experience & Skills

• Ability to work and problem solve independently with limited guidance

• Ability to aggregate, visualize, and QC large datasets to ensure data integrity

• Spotfire (or PowerBI)

• Advanced understanding of nodal analysis (ex: IPR, VLP, and Pressure correlations)

• Experience optimizing various lift types (Gas Lift, Jet Pump, Plunger, ESP, etc)

• Experience working in a field office setting

• Advanced communication and organizational skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or related field

Preferred Skills

• Experience with SNAP, whitson+, Xecta ProdX, or similar software

• Experience in Permian, Eagle Ford, and/or Uinta basins

Crescent Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender/pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Crescent Energy is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please let us know by contacting recruitment@crescentenergyco.com.