Operations Manager

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain consistent communication with direct reports across multiple operating areas.
• Maintain oversight of daily production performance and identify discrepancies, risks, or optimization opportunities.
• Review and analyze daily production reports, including morning summaries, area reports, and field-level updates.
• Ensure timely response to planned and unplanned downtime, coordinating with field leadership and engineering teams to restore production.
• Develop and execute action plans to bring impacted fields back online and maintain base operating levels.
• Address personnel issues, performance concerns, and workforce planning needs.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and support to field supervisors and operational staff.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain strong alignment with senior leadership on operational performance and upcoming activities.
• Communicate critical issues to executive leadership in a timely manner.
• Foster collaboration across Health, Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory teams to ensure compliance and operational integrity.

Safety, Compliance & Risk Management

• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure adherence to all health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with HSE leadership to address incidents, implement corrective actions, and mitigate operational risks.
• Ensure all operations are conducted in compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with Reservoir, Production, and Facility Engineering teams to address production issues, evaluate downtime impacts, and optimize output.
• Coordinate closely with Construction to plan and execute work scopes, minimizing operational disruption.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Logistics to ensure timely availability of materials, transportation, and equipment.
• Align with Marketing, Drilling & Completions, and Plug & Abandonment teams on operational priorities and scheduling.

Supply Chain & Financial Oversight

• Review and approve procurement requests and purchase orders.
• Review and approve vendor invoices.
• Ensure cost-effective use of resources while maintaining operational efficiency.
• Develop a strong understanding of labor costs and operational expense drivers, with a focus on Lease Operating Expense (LOE).
• Partner closely with Human Resources and the COO to manage LOE labor expenses, including workforce planning, overtime management, and cost optimization initiatives.