Responsibilities: Reports to District Completions Manager in Parachute and manages completions operations following a 10-20 rig new drill development program across assigned fields. Drives operational innovation and efficiency and delivers on cost and safety results per the budget plan.
Is expected to: Manage Field Completions Operations: Schedule Completions activities such that new wells are completed safely, on time, and within the budgeted cost as set out by Engineering and Management. Examples of this include managing materials (i.e. water, tubing, expendables), managing infrastructure for future operations (assessing drilling schedule to establishing routes for water pipelines and overseeing construction), coordinating Completions Operations with other departments (Engineering, Planning, Construction, Drilling, Production, Regulatory, Accounting, Land) to ensure smooth handoff of responsibilities. Continuously search for, test, and implement new ways to improve operations, well productivity, safety, spill prevention, and costs. Address daily downhole problems that Operations encounters. Determine new course of action in response to changing situations, consulting with Engineering and Management as needed. Manage Contractors/ Vendors: Review and recommend vendors based on Williams' corporate values of service quality, cost control, and reducing corporate liability. Hold regular performance reviews with major contractors. Manage People: Manage company Completions Supervisors who supervise wellsite consultants. Participate in the hiring and management of employees as well as consultants such that operations are conducted in a timely, safe, cost effective basis. Manage Environmental and Community Impact: Manage operations to reduce/ eliminate spills. Properly report spills and investigate all reportable incidents in a timely fashion. Drive root cause analysis of all incidents. Reduce impact to the local community by reducing truck traffic, dust, odors, noise, etc. Ensure that Completions Operations comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws. Improve Operations: Evaluate and introduce new technologies to support operations and engineering improvements for the purpose of improving production, reducing cost, or mitigating risk. Support evaluation of new processes introduced by Engineering. Improve cycle time, cost, and production results by continually defining, testing, and implementing solutions. Determine if and where new field water handling infrastructure needs to be installed to support current and future completions operations. Work with District Completions Manager to propose a budget for necessary capital projects. Coordinate construction of these projects. Demonstrate experience in tasks related to drilling, completions, workovers, design and specification, production optimization, and ongoing production and maintenance activities. Demonstrate experience in well completions of tight multi-layered sandstone gas reservoirs, including fracture stimulation, perforating, pad logistics, and wellbore remediation. Demonstrate ability to coordinate and plan short and long-term work tasks to meet production, LOE, and capital budget goals. Communicate with manager, team members, and members of other teams within the asset. Ensure accurate and timely reporting of critical activities. Communicate with landowners, partners, and regulators as needed. Improve asset operations by assessing new technologies, evaluating bids, and implementing cost-cutting measures. Provide operational perspective to Regulatory, Accounting, Production Engineering Technicians, and Field Administration. This includes coordination and creation of field infrastructure/ project AFEs. Assist with regulatory-driven projects, including applications for reduced drilling density and environmental assessment packages. Participate in annual budget process as requested. Participate in SPE and other industry functions as well as maintain industry contacts to be informed of applicable technological and operational advances. Make presentations to management as needed. Perform other job duties as needed.
Qualifications: Ability to effectively manage and direct a team of field personnel with diverse skills and personalities. Deep knowledge of completions operations. Excellent communication skills. Well developed patterns of reasoning and logic needed to develop a potentially multi-faceted and fast paced program. Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions. Leadership, motivational team-building skills a must. Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment. Creativity and the ability to work interdependently are mandatory. Rewards the right values and models the way with the Williams culture. Must possess keen negotiation skills. Strong, demonstrated ability to work with people at all levels to assist with motivation, conflict resolution, development, and prioritization.
Bachelors degree (pertinent Engineering or Business discipline) with 10 years experience in the upstream petroleum industry. Other extensive experience and/or training specific to the position may be considered in lieu of the formal degree.
***This position will be filled at a level and within a salary range commensurate to the experience (i.e., skills, knowledge, & abilities) of successful candidate***
Education Level: Bachelor's Level Degree
Relocation Information: Williams Corporation will pay relocation costs for this position.
Travel Percentage: Less than 25 %
Fair Labor Standards Act: FLSA exempt no overtime pay is due.
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