Due to the competitive nature of onshore tight gas and heavy oil plays, wells have to be drilled and completed as quickly and efficiently as possible while maintaining high performance in HSE. The success of the overall onshore tight gas and heavy oil ventures continues to rely predominantly on the ability of the Wells group to deliver low cost wells.


Responsible for the management of onshore Canada drilling operations. This includes the health/safety/environmental (HSE), operational, contractor management and best practice sharing considerations to execute new well drilling. 

Principal accountabilities include:

• Project Execution - Responsible for planning, logistics, supervising and documenting the execution of well work activities.
• Will work closely with the Drilling Engineers to make well work decisions/recommendations including selection and optimization of drilling rigs; techniques/materials; cementing methods; management of pressure differentials between zones,and management of project risks.
• Provides input on prognosis including details around HSE, well control, mud, cement,equipment/materials, contractors, etc.
• HSE – Responsible for ensuring HSE is integrated in the procedure and execution of drilling operations.
• Closely tracks well costs including differentiating trouble costs from expected costs.
• Responsible for managing the well work schedule,contractor resources and serving as the interface between engineering/operations.
• Execute well work to meet the business plan including cycle time,cost and production targets.
• Improving performance thru well delivery processes and competitive benchmarking. 
• Support the implementation of new technologies.
  

• Must have legal authorizationto work full-time in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• High school education/math skills required.
• College education desired.
• Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience including drilling operations.
• Will be required to take Shell’s Well Engineering Round 1 and Round 2 training or equivalent.
• Sound understanding of the process to deliver well operations including implementation of new technologies.
• Proven experience in the field for planning and executing daily operations.
• Sound understanding of HSE management techniques and the commitment to deliver HSE performance.
• Experience dealing with competing priorities.
• Prefer candidate with experience supervising onshore tight gas or heavy oil drilling operations.
• Experience in pad operations and simultaneous operations (SIMOPs) is a plus. 
• Employee will be assigned a mentor depending on skill level/expertise with expectation that employee also mentors less experienced personnel. 
• Willingness to work 28 day rotation of 17 days on duty and 11 days off.
• There may be requirements for some travel offshore or overseas.