Permian Reservoir Engineer: Growth & Economic Forecasts

Crescent Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Energy seeks a Reservoir Engineer to support asset development and portfolio growth in West Texas/Permian and other unconventional basins. You will perform reservoir engineering, economic analysis, and competitive intelligence to evaluate acreage, leasing, trades and development opportunities.

The role requires strong communication, analytical rigor, and the ability to provide practical recommendations with incomplete information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5–15 years of upstream experience with reservoir engineering.
• Experience evaluating unconventional reservoirs and economic evaluation.
• Strong proficiency in ARIES for economic evaluation and decline-curve analysis.
• Experience with Spotfire and PowerBI for visualization.

Responsibilities

• Apply Crescent’s playbooks, forecast maps, type curves, subsurface interpretations and economic assumptions to assets under evaluation.
• Develop production forecasts and economic evaluations for acreage, trades, leasing opportunities and development scenarios.
• Use ARIES, Whitson, Spotfire, public data and other tools to assess well performance, inventory potential, development timing and costs.
• Partner with Land, Geoscience and Investment teams to identify and prioritize opportunities.
• Evaluate how leases and trades could improve working interest, lateral length, and asset value.
• Communicate assumptions, risks, and recommendations to technical, commercial and leadership audiences.
• Manage multiple evaluations with analytical rigor and speed to support timely decisions.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and contribute to team energy and camaraderie.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

Economic analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ARIES

Whitson+

Spotfire

PowerBI

RTA software

Job description

Crescent Energy seeks a Reservoir Engineer to support asset development and portfolio growth in West Texas/Permian and other unconventional basins. You will perform reservoir engineering, economic analysis, and competitive intelligence to evaluate acreage, leasing, trades and development opportunities.

The role requires strong communication, analytical rigor, and the ability to provide practical recommendations with incomplete information.