The Area Superintendent takes Total Ownership, including providing leadership and management, for all drilling operations in the division. The Area Superintendent is responsible to ensure that operations are executed in compliance with all Parker and client 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
• Responsible for ensuring timely execution of Parkers Operations Readiness and Assurance activities including but not limited to the following:
  • Steward to Operations and Maintenance Project Management Plan
  • Maintenance Build and Procedures
  • Equipment Spares Philosophy and identification
  • Documentation and Operations Manual(s) Development
  • Development of Rig Specific Procedures
  • Commissioning Support
  • Plan and conduct Systems Integration Testing
  • Crew Training and Competency Program execution and compliance
  • Develop Operations Start up Roadmap
• Ensures drilling operations are conducted in a safe and professional manner.
• Promotes operational excellence through procedural and operational discipline.
• Responsible for supporting Operations Manager in developing and achieving the strategic plan for Atlantic Canada.
• Acts as liaison between customers and Company’s rig leadership to ensure customers’ drilling programs are safely and successfully completed, always with a focus on Innovative, Reliable, and Efficient operations.
• Provides oversight and direction to ensure project execution requirements are documented and tracked to their completion by assigning work scopes, resources, schedules and appropriately tracking and reporting progress to conclusion.
• Supports business unit and division in bids, tenders, contract amendments, and other opportunities for division growth.
• Supports local relationships (customer, vendors, and government) critical to the success of the operation.
• Manages personnel within union and non-unionized environment as required.
• Enforces, clarifies, follows and ensures strict adherence to Company policies, standards, and procedures, including those in the Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Ensures strict adherence to company, client and government compliance related policies including the Code of Conduct, East Coast Canada Procurement Narrative, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and local laws and regulations.
• Reviews and adheres to contracts to ensure company’s interests are maintained.
• Monitors and manages planned maintenance and approved capital spending.
• Responsible for inventory turnover and its maintenance.
• Oversees major personnel up staffing and down staffing.
• Responsible for ensuring timely execution of Parkers Operations Readiness and Assurance activities.
• Work directly with Project Controls in managing the Parker Project Management Plan prior to Operations.
• Steward the Parker Project Management Plan to ensure activities are completed within schedule and on budget.
• Performs additional duties, responsibilities, and special projects as may be directed.

Additional functions

N/A

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or abilities expected for this position.

• Must understand, interpret and implement applicable regulations within regulatory jurisdiction.
• Must be able to understand and work mathematical equations.
• Must have the capacity to work effectively under pressure in ambiguous and complex situations.
• Able to work independently with multiple people at many levels and work as part of a team.
• Must possess a professional relationship and interpersonal skills with strong customer service attitude.
• Must have excellent time management skills to prioritize and manage multiple requests from various parties.
• 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 excellent computer skill to include all MS Office products.
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills and able to effectively communicate in English with staff, management, customers and vendors.
• Education, experience, and certifications:

• • High School Diploma is required.
  • Should have at least 10 years of relevant work experience
  • Work experience as a tool pusher or above for a drilling contractor 
  • Must be able to obtain appropriate Offshore certifications
    • Basic Survival Training (BST)
    • Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S)
    • Installation Safety Induction
    • Regulatory Awareness
    • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• Must be able to work in Canada and the United States

N/A

Position competencies

• Intercultural Awareness Understands, leverages and respects cultural differences, languages, customs and manners on the ground. Has the ability to be flexible, adaptable and agile in foreign environments.
• Business Acumen Business Acumen is understanding how our businesses generate profits and competitive advantage after weighing foreseeable risks. It requires knowledge of how technical and functional roles contribute to and impact bottom-line results. Specifically, it's knowing what business, financial and operational conditions must exist for Parker to maximize profits, without undue risk. Business acumen requires savviness of market practices and industry tactics to assess and determine when the outcome of a decision will result in added value for the organization.
• Building Effective Teams Promotes followership; encourages team members to share knowledge; values contributions of all teammates; shares wins and successes; creates positive morale and spirit.

Physical demands / work environment

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.
• N/A - Not Applicable
• Carry up to 10 lbs.
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, reason logically, and make sound decisions.
• Ability to comprehend, remember, and follow verbal and written directions and comply with Company policies, procedures and standard.
• 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.

Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for employment.

Parker Wellbore provides equal opportunity for all people and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, military service, veteran’s status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If an applicant has a disability, the applicant may request accommodations when needed to enable that person to perform their essential job functions or to allow that person to participate in employment.