Senior Manager, Development

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Canlin Energy Corporation seeks a Senior Manager, Development to lead Exploitation/Reservoir Engineering, Geological & Geophysical, and Acquisition & Disposition activities. This role reports to the CEO and drives strategic direction and capital optimization across development initiatives.

The role involves planning, directing and evaluating development projects, conducting commercial and financial assessments, and negotiating agreements to deliver high-quality prospects and value for the

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, geology, or a related discipline with active professional registration.
• Significant oil & gas experience in WCSB with strong technical and leadership background.
• Experience in evaluating acquisitions/dispositions and leading large projects.
• Proven ability to manage teams and drive cost-efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor industry packages and advise acquisition bids in consultation with CEO and leadership.
• Oversee development program execution to achieve top-quartile operations and safety.
• Build facilities and operating organization to support growth and operations.
• Set and monitor near-term and long-term performance targets.
• Identify new opportunities to enhance operations and drive value creation.
• Monitor operations and budgets to ensure efficient capital expenditure.
• Coordinate facilities, production and JV activities to meet development objectives.
• Implement best practices and drive internal process improvements.
• Communicate effectively with leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy & Planning

Operations optimization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or geology

Job description

Senior Manager, Development – Overview

Reporting to the CEO,the Senior Manager, Development and A&D is responsible for optimizing thecapital expenditures of Canlin Energy Corporation through planning, directing,coordinating, and evaluating development activities. This position is responsiblefor providing strategic direction and leadership to Exploitation/ReservoirEngineering, Geological & Geophysical, and Acquisition & Dispositionactivities.

In addition to leadingand motivating the team, the Senior Manager, Development, will progressapproved Development projects, conduct commercial and financial evaluations,manage due diligence activities, negotiate agreements, and oversee developmentinitiatives from opportunity identification through execution. The successfulcandidate will ensure continuity of ideas, investigate and communicate risk,and effectively execute the highest quality prospects and opportunities for theCompany.

The Role

• Continuouslymonitor available industry packages and recommend acquisition bid levelswith the consultation of the CEO and Senior Leadership team. Evaluateand recommend asset disposition projects and unsolicited bids on assetsfrom time to time
• Overseeingexecution strategy of the development program with the expectation ofdelivering top quartile operating performance and costs, and best in classsafety performance.
• Building anddeveloping the facilities and operating organization (people andprocesses) to support operations and growth objectives.
• Setting,supporting, and monitoring near-term and longer-term operating performancetargets.
• Identifying newareas of opportunity to enhance operations and development activities todrive value creation.
• Monitoringoperations and budgets, ensuring that all capital expenditure activitiesare executed in an efficient and effective manner.
• Coordination theCompany’s, facilities, production and joint venture activities to meetDevelopment objectives.
• Providing improvedwork alternatives and business processes; implementing best practicesacross the organization.
• Ensuring effectiveinternal communication, processes and procedures.
• Makingrecommendations to the Company’s leadership team in overall asset strategyand acting as a senior representative to internal and externalstakeholders.
• Regular reportingto the CEO, to outline operating progress.
• Overall, to createvalue via project execution and operational excellence.
• Other duties andspecial projects as assigned.

The Person

• Undergraduate degree in engineering,geology, or a related discipline and active registration with APEGA.
• 15+ years of oil and gas experiencewithin the WCSB with solid technical, business and management experience.
• Significant exposure to, and technicaldepth in, production operations with solid understanding of productionengineering and operations optimization.
• Substantial exposure to natural gasproduction operations and resource play developments, experience managingconventional and unconventional natural gas operations.
• 10+ years’ experience evaluatingacquisition and disposition opportunities of various sizes in the WCSBwith good technical judgement and intuition of assets that are a good fitfor the company Demonstrated success as an operator; capable of deliveringexceptional results through an efficient, competitive and low-costoperations mentality.
• Strong business acumen and a broadunderstanding of the E&P sector.
• Well established as a reliable andeffective manager of teams in a growth-oriented E&P environment.
• Demonstrated ability to be innovativeand to establish best-in-class practices while applying disciplinedplanning and risk management principles.
• Proven interpersonal and communicationskills and top tier organizational and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to structure and close, withthe assistance of Land and Legal, various sized Acquisitions andDivestitures both through internal process, and using various externalAdvisors.