The General Manager takes Total Ownership for the entire location. This position is responsible for providing leadership and management for safety, customer relations, union-management, operational execution, financial planning and results, commercial development, and the strategic vision of the location. The General Manager is responsible to ensure that the location and operations are executed in compliance with company guidelines, policies, and procedures. This includes ensuring compliance with all company, client, and provincial or federal rules and regulations.

Essential Functions:

• Provides visible leadership with Total Ownership Attitude.
• Enforces, clarifies, and follows Company policies, standards, and procedures.
• Oversees the day-to-day business operations.
• Promotes operational excellence through procedural and operational discipline.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining the strategic plan.
• Responsible for division's profit & loss (P&L).
• Responsible for developing the annual capital spending and AFE budget.
• Responsible for managing the divisional profit and loss financials.
• Responsible for maintaining company assets and records in accordance with company policies.
• Responsible for client relationships and business development efforts.
• Responsible for other local relationships (customer, vendors, and government) critical to the success of the operation.
• Responsible for managing within the union environment and engaging, as appropriate, with the union and customer representatives concerning union activities.
• Ensures strict adherence to company policies including those in the Integrated Management System (IMS)
• Ensures strict adherence to company and government compliance-related policies including the Code of Conduct, Procurement Narrative, Corrupt Practices, and local laws and regulations.
• Reviews contracts to ensure the company’s interests are maintained.
• Leads efforts to ensure employees are trained and competent for the roles they fill and that the KSA procedure from the IMS is followed.
• Ensures that there are good communication and coordination between division, region, and corporate staff functions.
• Performs additional duties, responsibilities, and special projects as may be directed.

Necessary Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:

• A College degree in Business Administration or Finance - Masters Prefered
• Should have at least 10 years of drilling and leadership experience in drilling operations.
• Should have experience supervising others.
• Capacity to work effectively under pressure in ambiguous and complex situations.
• Exposure to LATAM region and specifically experience working in Mexico.
• Experience in a service company and drilling exp.
• Focus on the service delivery business side.
• Experience in dealing with the challenges of confirming account receivables from clients.
• P&L understanding and management.
• Proven history of profitable growth.
• Change manager – change agent of organizations culture with proven experience of building strong customer relationships.
• Ability to detect and remedy flaws in systems (ensuring completion).
• Ability to manage several product lines.
• Leading and motivating the teams.
• Drive results through to completion.
• Track record of success.
• Ability to work independently with multiple people at many levels and work as part of a team.
• Professional relationship and interpersonal skills with a strong customer service attitude.
• Excellent time management skills to prioritize and manage multiple requests from various avenues, and the ability to change direction in response to fluctuating circumstances.
• Must be able to problem-solve.
• Must be a self-motivator and work without close supervision.
• Must be able to prioritize jobs and work under tight time constraints.
• Must have good computer skills to include all MS Office products.
• Must be able/willing to travel nationally and internationally.
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills and able to effectively communicate with staff, management, customers, and vendors.

Additional Qualifications:

• Ability to speak, read and write in English

Position Competencies:

• Change Management - Steadily builds toward an organizational culture that embraces change and honors creative thinking and innovation; effectively leads organizational transformation and engenders nimbleness and market responsiveness to identify opportunities; provides the resources, process, support,, and guidance to execute and realize the change agenda; helps break down barriers for change, culturally and operationally.
• Influence & Judgment - Quickly understands and analyzes complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments; accepts the responsibility of the results; makes an impact; convinces and persuades others; promotes plans and ideas successfully; clearly communicates transition goals and strategies; demonstrates emotional intelligence through self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills.
• Business Development - Identifies and seizes commercial opportunities; has a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability; develops and maintains strategic relationships.
• Innovation - Produces creative and imaginative ideas and executable solutions; promotes change and novelty; presents tactical and actionable ideas based on organizational resources and capabilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Oversee and manage the overall quality of projects and/or employee performance.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
• Ability to perform under stress, under pressure, and/or in emergency situations.
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, reason logically, and make sound decisions.
• Sit/stand while performing primarily sedentary work
• Use repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movements at a computer.
• Ability to work as a team, communicate and interact with others in a professional manner, and consider alternative and diverse perspectives.