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Oil and gas production manager jobs in Finland

Oil and gas production managers coordinate and implement short and medium term oil and gas production schedules and plans, such as drilling, extraction operations and waste management. They steer one or more units and oversee the implementation of technical and human means, within the framework of objectives of volume, quality and planning. Oil and gas production managers design and ensure that the production plans and schedules are met.

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Oil and gas production manager - Which skills are essential?

Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are compliant with environment regulations and best practices.

Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents.

The trends and major driving factors in the gas trading market, gas trades methodologies and practice, and the identification of the major stakeholders in the gas sector.

Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

Supervise the operation of heavy-duty equipment. Compute the availability of the equipment. Schedule maintenance periods.

Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

Inform managers and staff regarding workplace health and safety standards,,especially in the case of dangerous environments, such as in the construction or mining industry.

React quickly in case of emergency and set planned emergency procedures in motion.

The various facets of natural gas: its extraction, processing, constituents, uses, environmental factors, etc.

Strive to achieve objectives despite the pressures arising from unexpected factors outside of your control.

The various qualities, hazards and applications of gaseous fuels, such as oxy-acetylene, oxy-gasoline, oxy-hydrogen and others.

Make up and complete shift schedules and production reports in a timely manner.

Identify possible improvements to operational and financial performance.

Apply and supervise measures and regulations concerning security and safety in order to maintain a safe environment in the workplace.

Prepare technical reports that describe results and processes of scientific or technical research, or assess its progress. These reports help researchers to keep up to date with recent findings.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods of tackling the situation.

Schedule long term objectives and immediate to short term objectives through effective medium-term planning and reconciliation processes.

Display results, statistics and conclusions to an audience in a transparent and straightforward way.

Set of traits and values which guide the actions of a leader with her/his employees and the company and provide direction throughout her/his career. These principles are also an important tool for self-evaluation to identify strengths and weaknesses, and seek self-improvement.

Report on production to the hierarchy. Mention a specified set of parameters, such as amount produced and timing, and any issues or unexpected occurrences.

Take initiatives to come up with improvements.

Monitor medium term schedules with budget estimations and reconciliation on a quarterly basis.

Oil and gas production manager - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Process and interpret extraction data and send feedback to the development teams; apply learnings to concrete operational activities.

Document and share well results in a transparent way; communicate results to business partners, auditors, collaborating teams and internal management.

Understand electrical engineering, a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

Testing procedures, such as volumetric flow testing and pressure testing, which describe the ability of the well to produce oil.

Establish relationships with well testing engineers in order to optimise procedures; make real-time decisions on data acquisition issues.

Prepare detailed extraction proposals by putting together subsurface information about extraction site and agreement of partners involved.

Provide assistance during exploration sessions; plan well operations and gather relevant data; oversight and post-well analyses.

Ensure safety of site personnel; supervise correct use of protective equipment and clothing; understand and implement safety procedures.

Prepare well formation evaluation programmes; communicate and collaborate with exploration teams.

Solid earth, rock types, structures and the processes by which they are altered.

Oversee the selection, training, performance and motivation of staff.

Discipline that applies principles of physics, engineering and materials science to design, analyse, manufacture and maintain mechanical systems.

Monitor logging operations and oversee formation testing and sampling operations; analyse and interpret results.

Estimate the potential oil yield based on input from a variety of methods, such as analogy, volumetric measurement, decline analysis, material balance calculations, and reservoir simulation.

The governmental and environmental rules regarding oil rigs.

The types of fuels which contain high doses of carbon and include gas, coal, and petroleum, and the processes by which they are formed, such as the anaerobic decomposition of organisms, as well as the ways in which they are used to generate energy.

The composition, structure, and properties of substances and the processes and transformations that they undergo; the uses of different chemicals and their interactions, production techniques, risk factors, and disposal methods.

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

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