Lead Well Interventions Engineer – Heavy Workovers

Crescent Energy Management LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Energy is seeking an Operations Engineer – Well Interventions in Houston to lead heavy workover projects, refracs, recompletions, and complex interventions across assets. You will coordinate with Drilling, Completions, Production, and Supply Chain, develop robust operating programs, and ensure safe, cost-effective execution in the field.

Ideal candidates have a petroleum or mechanical engineering degree, strong field experience in well interventions, and a proven ability to plan, cost,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Strong experience in drilling, completions, production operations, workovers, or well interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute field operating programs.
• Strong understanding of well control, barriers, tubulars, pressure limitations, and well integrity.
• Experience developing operational cost estimates/AFEs and managing cost and schedule performance.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and operational decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and with field personnel/service companies.
• Willingness to spend meaningful time in the field during critical operations.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, plan, and execute heavy workover and well intervention operations including refracs, recompletions, lateral cleanouts and other complex interventions.
• Evaluate proposed workover candidates for technical feasibility, operational risk, duration, and cost.
• Review historical well construction, completion design, cementing history, production history and previous interventions.
• Develop detailed operational programs including well-control requirements, barrier philosophy, equipment selection, procedures, and contingencies.
• Develop AFE estimates, cost forecasts, and execution schedules; track performance against plan.
• Lead pre-job planning, risk reviews, and readiness reviews with internal teams and service providers.
• Provide direct engineering support during field execution and troubleshoot abnormal conditions.
• Coordinate workover rigs, coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline, fracturing, and other services as required.
• Develop and maintain standardized Heavy Workover engineering practices and templates.
• Lead post-job reviews and incorporate lessons learned into designs.

Skills

Field operations

Cost estimation

Well integrity

Well control

Risk assessment

Analytical thinking

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional teamwork

Willingness to field work

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Production operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Crescent Energy is seeking an Operations Engineer – Well Interventions in Houston to lead heavy workover projects, refracs, recompletions, and complex interventions across assets. You will coordinate with Drilling, Completions, Production, and Supply Chain, develop robust operating programs, and ensure safe, cost-effective execution in the field.

Ideal candidates have a petroleum or mechanical engineering degree, strong field experience in well interventions, and a proven ability to plan, cost,