Reporting to the Production Manager, your duties include, but are not limited to the following:

· Work with other team members (Exploitation, Exploration, Land and Field Operations) to meet the production and financial targets in area of responsibility;

· Work with team to recommend optimum depletion strategies to maximize the company’s assets;

· Work closely with Field Operations to ensure that production is optimized and operating costs are within the company’s targets;

· Research, evaluate and recommend completion/work over candidates focusing on inactive wells to maximize the company’s oil and natural gas production;

· Work with team members to generate area production & operating budgets;

· Provide preliminary scoping and design for proposed facility & pipeline construction and upgrades and work with the Field Operations and Facilities teams to finalize these designs;

· Provide cost estimates for and approve AFEs and mail ballots for wells and facilities, and check and approve related invoicing; and

· Liaise with Production Accounting, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Joint Ventures and Commercial Operations as required.

Note - Regular travel to the field is expected.

Candidates should have a minimum of three (3) years of diversified experience in surface and down hole production operations (oil and natural gas), water flooding, artificial lift methods, compression, property evaluations and a B.Sc. degree in Engineering, preferably with a petroleum major. Candidates with a Diploma in Petroleum Engineering Technology and a minimum of five (5) years directly related experience may also be considered. Strong knowledge of completions, workovers and production facilities & pipelines, ideally complemented by field experience, would be a definite plus. Heavy oil experience is considered an asset but not a necessity. Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and common oil industry software applications is required. Strong communication, organizational, analytical and team skills, complemented with a strong work ethic are necessary.