Job description Oil And Gas Fields Production Manager in the Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region

Find out what work is like for an oil and gas fields production manager in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Managers in natural resources production and fishing (NOC 80010).

Managers in natural resources production and fishing

Description

Managers in natural resources production and fishing plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of establishments in forestry and logging, mining and quarrying, oil and gas drilling, production and servicing operations, and commercial fishing.

Work week duration

Managers in natural resources production and fishing usually work more than 40 hours per week.
More than 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Managers in natural resources production and fishing have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Oversee and analyze operations in forestry, logging, mining, quarrying, or oil and gas operations or in services to logging, mining and oil and gas industries, or in commercial fishing
  • Recommend operational changes to senior management when necessary to ensure that production quotas and procedures are met
  • Prepare production reports for review by senior management
  • Confer with other managers to set production quotas, to plan extraction sites and to develop policies for the removal of raw materials
  • Evaluate efficiency of production sites to determine adequacy of personnel, equipment and technologies used, and make changes to work schedule or equipment when necessary
  • Ensure adherence to safety regulations
  • Hire personnel and oversee training needs of staff
  • May direct peripheral activities such as the construction of access roads or temporary living quarters.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Sitting

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Managers in natural resources production and fishing are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Oil and gas drilling companies
  • Production and servicing operations
  • Forestry and logging companies
  • Commercial fishing companies
  • Mining and quarrying companies

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled
  • Sound and noise
  • Standard safety equipment

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Somewhat close (e.g. share office)

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 80010), and a list of similar occupations:

  • director of mining
  • drilling operations manager
  • fishing operations manager
  • forestry operations manager
  • gas field operations manager
  • mine manager
  • oil well servicing manager
  • quarry manager
  • shore captain - fishing

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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