Assistant Foreman

Location

Fort St John, BC | Canada

Job description

The Opportunity:

As the Assistant Foreman, you will play a key role in supporting the planning and execution of field operations within the Fort St. John North Area. You will be responsible for facilitating safe, reliable and cost-effective production of the natural gas and oil wells along with associated facilities in the area. As a leader within the team, you will be required to support and promote our culture of safety and continuous improvement. Effective leadership, communication and coordination skills are essential, as a key function of this role by effectively engaging stakeholders including: local land owners, the MD & Counties, and the Facility, Exploitation and Subsurface teams based in Calgary.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide leadership, knowledge and direction to field staff towards Canadian Natural's Safety Management Systems
• Maximize safe well production and facility throughput by working closely with Production Foreman, Maintenance Foreman, SCC Coordinator, Technical and Administration Teams to maintain runtime performance of > 98% from wellhead to sales
• Participate in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual operating budgets while maintaining cost control for your area
• Provide leadership and supervision to field staff by on-site work planning and day-to-day direction while managing staff performance, spend >80% of time in the field and
• Maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

Other Details:

• Job location: NEBC
  • Fort St. John Central
• Eligible to relocate to the local area
• Shift schedule: 7x7 or 15x14 (camp based)
• This is a safety sensitive position
• Competitive salary, stock options, stock savings plan and benefits

Skills & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of production/field experience in an operations role, with primary focus on natural gas and pumping oil production
  • Maintenance trade experience may also be considered
• Gas Plant Operating/Production Field operations Certificate A, B, C, D preferred or equivalent
• Provide planning and economics to projects, T/A and routine preventative maintenance in the area
• Working knowledge of safety standards, environmental regulations and budget preparation experience
• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification preferred
• Skilled communication, coaching and training abilities related to facility equipment, processes and interactions (plant to field and site to site)
• Strong data analysis and computer skills with SCADA, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook, Production Tracker, ESSbase, Accumap, PVR, MAXIMO

Why Canadian Natural?

Canadian Natural is a senior independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our strong, diversified asset base is comprised of a balanced portfolio of light, synthetic, and heavy crude oil and natural gas. Canadian Natural operates in Canada, the United Kingdom and Offshore Africa.

At Canadian Natural, we strive to live through our mission statement: ''To develop people to work together to create value for the Company's shareholders by doing it right with fun and integrity.'' We are committed to a long-term presence in the communities where we operate. Our activities create value by providing employment, business development opportunities, revenues to governments that contribute to spending on goods and services, and essential resources for public services, including health, safety, education and training.

Over the last 30 years, we have grown from a Company with nine employees to over 10,000 employees. We have increased our production from approximately 400 BOE/d in 1989 to more than one million BOE/d today.

Safety is a core value at Canadian Natural. We conduct all of our operations in a way that identifies, minimizes and mitigates harm to the health and safety of employees, contractors, the public and the environment.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited – “Canadian Natural” - is a publicly traded company on the TSX and NYSE as CNQ.

Application deadline is March 12, 2024. Apply now!

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