Wells Lead, Operations - Meota West & Meota West 2

Strathcona Resources Ltd. (“Strathcona”) is a Calgary, Alberta based oil and gas production and development company focused on maximizing oil and gas recovery from its low decline, high free cash flow oil and gas resource base. Strathcona's operations, infrastructure and land position are focused in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.

Strathcona is always looking for people focused on growth, both personal and professional. Those who love a challenge and get excited at the prospect of collaborating with talented people to continuously improve and innovate on tasks both large and small.

We are currently hiring a Wells Lead to join our team at our Meota West and Meota West 2 facilities. The Wells Lead will assist the Senior Foreman in day-to-day troubleshooting tasks for the Wells facilities and implementing Strathcona’s safety program. The candidate will assist field staff with maintenance activities, mentoring staff during the completion of their training and assisting with the implementation of Strathcona’s Management of Change Program. The Wells Lead’s primary responsibility is for the operations of the SAGD well pads, and disposal well pad and will also be required to provide support to the SAGD facilities during times when the Steam Chief and Operations Specialist are on days off or holidays.

Essential Functions:

• Support Strathcona’s Safety Management Plan, tasks include; collaborating with vendors to ensure they are following Strathcona’s HSE practices, closeout of Hazard IDs, supporting HSE personnel during incident investigations, and performing regular site inspections.

• Work closely with the Maintenance Group to manage the site Asset’s Integrity Management Program, this includes participating in weekly work order meetings as well as scope defining meetings for preventive maintenance programs.

• Support the coordination of well servicing/drilling activities i.e. lease turnover documentation, coordination of surface equipment preparation for well servicing activities.

• Provide input to Management of Change and Development Projects to optimize plant efficiency.

• Ensure compliance with OH&S regulations.

• Provide input for budget forecasting and plant budget management.

• Provide input into the development of staff as per the operations training program.

• Opportunity for input into the design, construction and implementation of future projects.

• Monitoring employee productivity and providing constructive feedback and coaching.

• Ability to provide oversight, guidance, and training to employees.

Qualifications Include:

• Valid Class 5 Driver’s License.

• Committed to best practices in Health, Safety and Environmental management.

• Proven experience as supervisor or relevant role.

• Written communication skills include the ability to prepare correspondence, proposals, and the ability to outline procedures.

• Team player with strong leadership, interpersonal, and mentorship skills.

• Ability to multi-task and show good judgment in decision making.

• Familiar with reading facility drawings and understanding equipment specifications.

• Must be able to take initiative to implement and follow through on improvements.

• Self-motivated, open-minded and results oriented.

• Conduct business in a professional, ethical way with a focus on community responsibility.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook applications.

• Experience with Well Servicing and Workover activity is an asset.

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 7 years SAGD operations experience with thermal heavy oil.

• Third Class Power Engineers Certification.

• Must have a strong understanding of thermal heavy oil or SAGD production, specifically operations of Rotoflex pumping units, and ESP’s.

• High School Diploma.

Work Environment:

• This position follows a 7-day on, 7-day off schedule with day shifts.

Great things aren’t done by one person, they’re done by a team.

Strathcona is committed to developing a high-performance culture through collaboration, trust, and agility. We value our work, our communities, and our commitments – but most of all, we value the team of people who make what we do possible.

Apply to Strathcona

If you have what it takes to be a great Strathcona team member, we want to hear from you. We appreciate all interest in this opportunity but only those selected to advance through the process will be contacted.