Production Lead

Role: Production Lead

Our Vision: RigUp is where the best workers power the world’s most successful projects. We are united by a common mission: to deliver services and technology that fundamentally change how skilled workers and the businesses they serve get hard work done.

Main Functions

The Production Lead manages a shift team of operations personnel for a designated unit at a site to achieve Business Team plans in a safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally sound manner. This role is responsible for making operational decisions for a process unit with minimal management support. The Production Lead demonstrates applicable Operations skills appropriate to the job, exhibits effective communication and interpersonal skills to work with diverse groups, and provides strong leadership, especially in Emergency Preparedness and abnormal operations management.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and assumes administrative responsibility for operations personnel working on shift; acts as management's representative to a wage team on nights and weekends.
• Ensures adequate shift team competency level to conduct required operations.
• Effectively interfaces with other STLs to transition status and objectives across shifts.
• Directly supervises the deployment of personnel and all work activities in the field operational unit to achieve Business Team objectives.
• Mentors less experienced STLs and step-ups.
• Responsible for understanding operational status of their unit at all times.
• Manages the unit shift team to ensure production targets are met (volume, yield and quality) and shift instructions are carried out.
• Ensures all employees and contractors meet applicable personnel and process safety, security, health, and environment (SSHE) requirements.
• Upholds consistent SSHE standards to achieve loss free field and control room operations through OIMS Critical Verification Measurement (OCVM), routine Verification and Validation (V&V), and Loss Prevention Self-assessment (LPSA) verification in the field.
• Effectively utilizes all Loss Prevention System (LPS) tools and conducts monthly stewardships with Technicians.
• Responsible for procedural reviews, safety planning, and execution; ensures safe work permits are written and executed to achieve loss-free performance.
• Performs field V&V of activity execution.
• Utilizes knowledge and experience to advise shift team on troubleshooting and process safety considerations for abnormal/non-routine operations.
• Acts as single decision point for urgent, safety-critical operating decisions to bring unit/equipment into a safe position to protect personnel and equipment.
• Ensures unit shift team readiness for Emergency Response through planned and impromptu Emergency Response Drills.
• Oversees emergency response contingency plans and activities on the unit during initial response, with minimal management support.
• Initiates investigation of unit safety, operational, quality, and environmental incidents as appropriate; provides initial case management for all injuries and informs relevant management/supervision.
• Responsible for creating a high performing team on their shift; measures shift team performance and stewards results to unit management.
• Leads shift team through Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS); performs field verifications (personal V&V) and cold eyes reviews (OCVM, SOI, etc.) to ensure effectiveness and sustainment.
• Stewards IMPACT reports to ensure appropriate data entered and responsibilities assigned for adequate follow-up; identifies gaps and implements improvements.
• Accountable for maintaining high levels of unit reliability, cost-effective operations, and/or product movements to generate cash/profits for the company.
• Ensures standards of Operator Care, Operations Excellence, and housekeeping are upheld and verified on the unit.
• Ensures that shift team activities are in compliance with Global Product Quality Management System (GPQMS).
• Networks with other Shift Team Leaders on site to establish best practices and promote consistency; may participate in regional Networks / COPs.
• Responsible for understanding site's labor strategy and managing labor relations within assigned area.
• May participate in the planning and execution of unit turnarounds and work associated with unit modification and other project work.
• May be responsible for establishing and stewarding contractor performance expectations and overseeing contractor work activities.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• Previous experience in a closely related position.
• Behavioral Skills: Analytical capability, effective communication, courage of conviction, sound decision-making.
• Functional Skills: SSHE management (operations and maintenance), managing critical operations, operations-specific technology and unit/area, console knowledge (general and specific unit), process planning and mechanical coordination, process planning for turnarounds (T/As).
• Strong operational knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry.
• Proven leadership and coaching skills, including experience managing a team.
• Previous operating experience, either onshore or offshore, with a good understanding of safety management.
  
  

Requirements

• Must have a general knowledge of safe oil and gas production operations.
• Must be familiar with the operation of artificial lift systems including but not limited to rod pump wells, plunger lift, ESPs, gas lift and flowing wells
• Must have experience using computers and inputting data
• Must be able to perform simple mathematical calculations, have a good mechanical aptitude, good writing skills and a good safety and driving record
• Must be dependable and have ability to work overtime,
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and safety in all aspects of production.
  
  

Pay: $48/hr

Location: Carlsbad, NM

Schedule: 5/2