Prod Ops Sr Manager - SMB

Specific Responsibilities

The Area Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing production operations in the Midland Basin, providing leadership to field teams and ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations aligned with Apache’s strategic goals.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Ensure Compliance: Maintain adherence to Apache’s EHS standards, quality protocols, and all applicable health and safety regulations.
• Leadership & Direction: Provide clear leadership for all employees and contractors across production and electrical operations.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with cross-functional departments to ensure operational efforts are aligned with broader company objectives.
• Contractor Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with contractors to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-efficient operations.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor and evaluate production performance and expense data to identify optimization opportunities. Participate in monthly management reviews of operational results.
• Team Development: Foster staff development through goal setting, performance feedback, training, and thoughtful work assignments.
• Operational Planning: Coordinate future operational activities and ensure clear communication of plans and outcomes to team members and leadership.
• Organizational Leadership: Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability within the operations team. Mentor and develop employees to support long-term career growth.
• Production Oversight: Work closely with engineers and field operators to conduct frequent production reviews. Participate in detailed periodic production meetings.
• Production & Cost Management: Drive production efficiency and cost control. Seek and implement innovative production enhancement solutions.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all company and contract personnel follow operating and regulatory procedures to maximize safety, value, and efficiency.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

 

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 8 to 15 years of relevant E&P company experience in Production Operations and/or Engineering.
• College degree preferred but not required
• Strong communication and organizational skills - able to work well with field personnel, peers, management and stakeholders
• Able to prioritize multiple projects
• High degree of initiative and independent judgment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Capability to perform duties with a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to organize work, engage in a variety of tasks simultaneously and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong computer skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.     

Competencies

The successful candidate will lead by example through successfully demonstrating the following:

• Core Competencies
  • Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
  • Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache’s business success;
  • Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
  • Culture: Willingness and ability to align one’s behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

• Leadership Competencies
  • Servant Leadership: Inspires and enables performance excellence through feedback, empathy, development and empowerment;
  • Strategic Mindset: Applies business acumen to see the big picture, understand business issues, and exhibit financial stewardship;
  • Change Leadership: Inspires change by challenging the status quo, generating support, and executing improvement projects to achieve business outcomes; and
  • Leading Effective Teams: Enables performance excellence through effective structure, delegation, and motivation.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.

Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in