Reservoir Engineering Analyst

Crescent Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Energy is seeking a Reservoir Engineering Analyst to bridge raw data and executive decision-making. You will maintain ARIES databases, perform economic analyses, and develop visualizations to support engineering and asset development teams.

The role requires strong SQL/Access skills, experience with ARIES, and proficiency in Spotfire or Power BI. You will collaborate across Engineering, Geology, and Reserves to ensure data integrity and actionable reporting.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent.
• 3+ years of reservoir engineering analyst experience in oil and gas.
• Advanced SQL and/or Access for ARIES management.
• Proficiency in ARIES, Spotfire or Power BI, and MS Office.
• Ability to use AI tools for data analysis, troubleshooting, and workflow improvement.

Responsibilities

• Engineering and Project Support: perform engineering calculations (e.g., decline curve analysis, economic runs) and collaborate across departments.
• Data Stewardship: update ARIES databases, maintain data quality, and ensure a single version of truth.
• Analytics and Visualization: build Spotfire dashboards, provide analyses for management reviews, and support ARIES economic models.
• Database Administration and Data Integrity: optimize queries, automate data prep and reporting workflows with SQL and scripting.

Skills

Advanced SQL

ARIES

Spotfire

Power BI

Python scripting

Data visualization

MS Office

Access database

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ARIES

Job description

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. 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.

Crescent Energy is seeking a Reservoir Engineering Analyst to serve as a critical bridge between raw data and executive decision-making. Supporting our Reservoir and Asset Development teams, this role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of our technical databases, providing high-level economic support, and developing sophisticated visualizations. We are looking for a tech-savvy professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and possesses the agility to pivot between deep technical data management and high-level reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

Engineering and Project Support

• Engineering Support: Perform engineering calculations (e.g., decline curve analysis support, economic runs, LOS analysis) to assist engineers in technical interpretations.

• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Act as a technical liaison between Engineering, Geology, Accounting, Reserves, and GIS departments to streamline project workflows and ensure consistency. Support workflows for operated and non-operated data, including building and analyzing non-op AFE’s.

Data Stewardship

• ARIES Management: Execute routine updates to ARIES databases, including loading production data, updating price decks, and maintaining well hierarchies.

• Data Quality Control: Perform regular audits of technical and financial data to ensure “one version of the truth” across the organization.

• Reporting: Generate standard monthly and quarterly production, well lookback, and variance reports and analyze them for errors or inconsistencies before distributing them to the organization.

Analytics and Visualization

• BI Development: Design and maintain Spotfire dashboards to track KPIs, production trends, and forecast variances
• Technical Reporting and Analyses: Synthesize complex datasets into clear, concise materials for management reviews and Executive-level presentations. Provide analytical support to engineering and asset teams, that derive meaningful insights into asset performance.
• Economic Support: Assist in building and updating ARIES projects and economic models, ensuring capital and expense assumptions align with corporate guidance.

Database Administration and Data Integrity

• Cross-Functional Support: Coordinate with IT and Business Intelligence teams to optimize and build database queries and joins, ensuring seamless data flow from the warehouse to the end-user.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate recurring data preparation, quality checks, reporting, and visualization workflows using SQL, scripting, and AI tools.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Associate’s degree or equivalent
• 3 or more years of reservoir engineering analyst/technician or relevant oil and gas experience
• Ability to work and problem solve independently with limited guidance
• Advanced SQL and/or Access database knowledge to facilitate ARIES database management
• Advanced ARIES, Spotfire (or Power BI), and MS Office experience
• Ability to use generative AI tools for practical data analysis, troubleshooting, and workflow improvement, with sound judgment in validating results against source data.
• Advanced communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced multi-disciplinary environment to achieve team, department and corporate goals

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of reservoir engineering analyst/technician and/or combination of O&G related experience
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools to develop or modify SQL queries, Python scripts, or data visualizations.
• Title will be commensurate with experience.

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 [e-mail].