Asset Planning Engineer: Upstream Ops & Forecasting

Crescent Energy Management LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Energy is seeking a Staff Operations Planning Engineer to own integrated planning for assigned asset areas. Translate development strategy into executable schedules and coordinated production, capital, and economic outlooks.

The role partners across Asset Development, Operations, Drilling and Completions, Facilities, Land, Regulatory, Marketing, Accounting, FP&A and Data & Analytics. Build alignment and improve forecast reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of upstream oil and gas planning, reservoir, production, operations, or corporate planning experience.
• Strong understanding of unconventional development planning (drilling, completions, facilities, production).
• Ability to influence across engineering, operations, accounting, finance, analytics, and leadership.
• Experience with ARIES, DSO/Actenum, Enersight, ComboCurve, or comparable planning systems.
• Strong knowledge of production forecasting, capital forecasting, AFEs, accruals, and forecast-to-forecast variance analysis.
• Advanced proficiency with Spotfire or comparable BI/visualization tools.
• Strong Excel capability with structured model inputs and complex forecast models.
• Experience with SQL, Snowflake, Python, Power BI, or similar data tools.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to build scripts and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated asset planning translating strategy into near-term and multi-year plans.
• Collaborate with FP&A and asset teams to align operational and financial outlooks.
• Lead scenario evaluation of development pace, rig activity, and capital deployment.
• Coordinate monthly/annual planning cycles and long-range forecasts.
• Explain and justify variances between planned and actual results.
• Develop and improve planning standards, controls and ownership.

Skills

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Problem solving

Forecasting

BI visualization

Excel advanced

SQL

Python

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

ARIES

DSO/Actenum

Enersight

ComboCurve

Spotfire

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Crescent Energy is seeking a Staff Operations Planning Engineer to own integrated planning for assigned asset areas. Translate development strategy into executable schedules and coordinated production, capital, and economic outlooks.

The role partners across Asset Development, Operations, Drilling and Completions, Facilities, Land, Regulatory, Marketing, Accounting, FP&A and Data & Analytics. Build alignment and improve forecast reliability.