Staff Operations Engineer – Well Interventions

Crescent Energy Management•Houston, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Engineer – Well Interventions will be responsible for the engineering, planning, and execution of Crescent Energy's growing heavy workover and well intervention program. Initial activity will be focused on refracs, recompletions, lateral cleanouts, and complex well interventions, with the scope expected to expand as the program develops. This position will work closely with Drilling, Completions, Production, Reservoir Engineering, Asset Development, and Supply Chain to evaluate opportunities and safely execute technically complex well interventions. As an early member of a developing function, this individual will also play a key role in establishing the technical standards, operating practices, cost benchmarks, and processes required to scale the program. The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals with significant field and operational experience and is comfortable troubleshooting complex well conditions and making real-time operational decisions.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Refracs and recompletions
Horizontal unconventional wells
Coiled tubing
Snubbing
Workover rigs
Lateral cleanouts
Fishing operations
Casing remediation
Hydraulic fracturing
Production casing/tubular failures
Well-control operations
Pressure-control equipment
Artificial lift removal/reinstallation associated with interventions
Flowback and return-to-production operations

Responsibilities

Engineer, plan, and execute heavy workover and well intervention operations, including refracs, recompletions, lateral cleanouts, re-entry operations, casing remediation, and other complex interventions.
Evaluate proposed workover candidates for technical feasibility, operational risk, expected duration, and execution cost.
Review historical well construction, completion design, casing/tubular condition, cementing history, production history, previous interventions, pressure history, and known well-integrity issues.
Develop detailed operational programs including well-control requirements, barrier philosophy, equipment selection, operating procedures, pressure limitations, risk assessments, and contingency plans.
Develop AFE estimates, cost forecasts, and execution schedules and track actual performance against plan.
Lead pre-job planning, risk reviews, and operational readiness reviews with internal teams, field personnel, and service providers.
Provide direct engineering support during field execution and lead troubleshooting of unplanned or abnormal operating conditions.
Coordinate workover rigs, coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline, hydraulic fracturing, fishing, pressure-control equipment, flowback, and other specialty services as required.
Work with Supply Chain to develop appropriate vendor strategies, commercial structures, and service-provider performance expectations.
Develop and maintain standardized Heavy Workover engineering practices, program templates, operating procedures, and execution standards.
Lead post-job reviews and incorporate lessons learned into subsequent designs and operating practices.
Develop performance benchmarks including $/well, days/well, NPT, intervention success rate, and AFE vs. actual performance.
Maintain a strong focus on safety, well control, well integrity, operational discipline, and capital efficiency.
Support development of a longer-term inventory of technically executable heavy workover opportunities.