Surface Leader

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(Oxy) • Odessa, TX

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About The Position

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Surface Leader within U.S. Onshore Resources & Carbon Management - Enhanced Oil Recovery (ORCM EOR) Waterflood team located in Odessa, TX. The Surface Leader supervises a team of surface experts and contractors that focus on operational surface remediation in assigned areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in operations and maintenance
• 5+ years of industry experience in operations, production, and maintenance
• Excellent Communication skills
• Knowledge of operations
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to business analysis and planning
• Conflict management
• Ability to build and manage teams
• Networking ability
• Strong decision-making skills
• Drive for results
• Creativity and innovation
• Adapts to change and ambiguity
• Demonstrated success with organizations with multi-discipline staffs
• Understands business process and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated ability to develop others professional and technical skills through performance management (i.e., goal setting, coaching/feedback, training/development)
• Project management skills with ability to advise and lead team members on aspects of project management, prioritizing and bringing to completion multiple concurrent projects
• Problem solving skills with ability to analyze and recommend solutions on problems of high complexity
• Demonstrated ability to drive results in self and others
• Demonstrates Oxy's core values of Integrity, Creativity/Innovation and Empowerment/Collaboration

Responsibilities

• Manage surface direct reports with performance goals, standards, surface operational strategies and best practices to ensure business plan execution
• Interface with Operations Support Team Leaders and Reservoir Team Leader to establish and maintain boundaries
• Accountable for equipment conditions in assigned areas
• Coach, motivate and develop staff in order to improve their skills and enable them to fulfill job requirements
• Accountable for knowing and complying with all applicable regulations, safety policies and company HES training requirements
• Responsible for key performance metrics: surface downtime/reliability, surface expenses, safety and environmental emissions compliance, maintenance capital, Maximo maintenance compliance, well test KPI's
• Actively contribute to performance management for teams and teammates
• Deal with unacceptable performers (progressive discipline)
• Assist with conflict management
• Assist in career development
• Serve as a resource (experience, knowledge, process) to team and teammates
• Creates an environment where members of the team make the day-to-day decisions while providing the tools, training, and support needed to make those decisions
• Manage, communicate and ensure compliance with Oxy standards and best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Support Activities for Mining
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees