What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Technician position at Crescent Energy?
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 stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep, high-quality development inventory.
Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. 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.
The Production Technician serves as a critical bridge between pumpers, field data systems (Field Operator), and production accounting (ProCount), ensuring alignment between field measurements, SCADA systems, and accounting records.
Key Responsibilities
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Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. 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.
The Production Technician serves as a critical bridge between pumpers, field data systems (Field Operator), and production accounting (ProCount), ensuring alignment between field measurements, SCADA systems, and accounting records.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist Lease Operators (Pumpers) with daily route data entry across wells, batteries, and facilities
- Review Daily Allocation Error Report and correct measurement errors, data gaps, and daily production volumes within Field Operator.
- Review daily variance reports and resolve discrepancies
- Identify and report issues impacting production or measurement, such as abnormal production behavior, variances, equipment malfunctions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Monitor and validate run tickets daily and work with transporters, purchasers, and internal teams to resolve discrepancies.
- Weekly downtime validation
- Review and validate well tests.
- Review daily allocated production vs theoretical volumes and explain any variances outside of tolerance.
- Track and analyze daily production and sales volumes, downtime, and measurement variances.
- Perform basic variance analysis to identify data inconsistencies and reporting issues
- Monitor tank levels, meters and measurement points, separators and production equipment for volumetric anomalies.
- Identify opportunities to improve data field-to-accounting alignment, data capture and quality.
- Assist Operators in troubleshooting issues in Field Operator.
- Coordinate and ensure that routes are synced daily in Field Operator.
Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Strong attention to detail (critical for production and revenue accuracy)
- Basic understanding of oilfield operations and terminology
- Associate or bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Business, Analytics, or related field)
- 2 years’ experience supporting production, operations, or engineering teams
- Experience with Field Operator / ProCount / SQL / RtChx
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and data accuracy
- Ability to identify discrepancies and resolve issues
- Effective communication across field, accounting, and operations teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated with ability to work independently