Reservoir Engineer – Permian

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 significant cash flow from stable production with a deep high-quality development inventory. Crescent is a top three producer in the Eagle Ford basin and a scaled operator in each of the Permian and Uinta basins. Crescents 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 seeking a Reservoir Engineer to support asset development and portfolio growth across our unconventional assets with an initial focus on West Texas/Permian Basin. This role will apply reservoir engineering economic analysis and competitive intelligence to evaluate acreage leasing trade development and other growth opportunities.

The Reservoir Engineer will work closely with Land Geoscience the Investment team and asset leadership. The successful candidate will be a reservoir engineer first: technically credible commercially minded able to work quickly and comfortable making practical recommendations with incomplete information.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Crescents basin-level playbooks forecast maps type curves subsurface interpretations and economic assumptions to assets and opportunities under evaluation.

• Develop fit-for-purpose production forecasts and economic evaluations for acreage trades leasing opportunities and development scenarios.

• Use ARIES Whitson Spotfire public data and other analytical tools to assess well performance inventory potential development timing costs and economic sensitivities.

• Partner with Land Geoscience and the Investment team to identify screen and prioritize acreage and portfolio-growth opportunities.

• Evaluate how potential leases and trades could improve working interest lateral length inventory quality development efficiency and overall asset value.

• Monitor competitor activity well results permits transactions acreage positions and development strategies to identify implications and opportunities for Crescent.

• Clearly communicate assumptions uncertainty risks sensitivities and recommendations to technical commercial and leadership audiences.

• Manage multiple fast-moving evaluations while balancing analytical rigor with the speed required to support timely decisions.

• Build strong working relationships across the organization and contribute positively to the energy trust and camaraderie of the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.

• Typically 515 years of relevant upstream experience including a strong foundation in reservoir engineering. Capability judgment and technical credibility are more important than exact tenure.

• Experience evaluating unconventional reservoirs through production forecasting decline analysis rate-transient analysis analogs and economic evaluation.

• Strong proficiency in ARIES for economic evaluation and decline-curve analysis.

• Proficiency with Whitson or comparable production-analysis and RTA software.

• Experience using Spotfire PowerBI or similar analytical and visualization tools.

• Ability to develop clear defensible recommendations from incomplete or conflicting information.

• Strong communication skills and a proven team-first mentality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Permian Basin experience. Experience in other unconventional basins will also be considered.

• Experience supporting leasing trades acreage valuation portfolio optimization business development or A&D evaluations.

• Experience working directly with Land Geoscience Investments Finance or corporate-development teams.

• Broad exposure to development planning production operations drilling or completions.

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 .