Assistant Workover Foreman

Job Summary GENERAL STATEMENT: The Assistant Workover Foreman plays a critical leadership role in overseeing and managing workover operations within the oil and gas extraction and mining sectors. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely execution of well maintenance, repair, and enhancement activities to maximize production and extend well life. The assistant foreman will coordinate with the Workover Foreman in multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, rig crews, and safety personnel, to implement workover plans while adhering to regulatory and company standards. A key outcome of this role is to minimize downtime and operational risks through proactive planning, resource management, and problem-solving on site. Ultimately, the Workover Foreman ensures that all workover projects meet quality, safety, and budgetary objectives, contributing to the overall success of the extraction operations. SKILLS: The Assistant Workover Foreman utilizes technical skills daily to interpret engineering plans and apply well intervention techniques effectively. Leadership and communication skills are essential for coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring clear, concise instructions are followed on site. Problem-solving abilities are critical when addressing unexpected operational challenges or equipment failures to minimize downtime. Safety management skills are applied continuously to enforce compliance with regulations and foster a culture of safety among crew members. Additionally, organizational skills are used to manage resources, schedules, and documentation, ensuring smooth and efficient workover operations. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: · Performs pumping unit, well performance and analysis to optimize equipment and maximize production. · Monitor equipment condition and availability, arranging for maintenance or replacement to prevent operational delays. · Coordinates with the Energy Commission and 3rd party, for operational efficiency. · Conducts all operations in a safe manner and in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations of the regulatory agencies. · Strong leadership and communications skills · Knowledge of drilling and completion techniques · Ability to work in challenging environments and manage multiple tasks. · Oversees battery and facility construction projects, drilling operations, and completion workovers, and pulling job and remedial workovers as required. · Makes repairs as required and oversees third-party services when necessary to utilize. · Troubleshoots wells as deemed necessary. · Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to address potential hazards during workover procedures. · Makes recommendations to remedy problems. · Maintain accurate records of workover activities, including reports on progress, incidents and resource utilization. · Collaborate with procurement and team to ensure timely delivery of materials and equipment required for workover job. · Knowledgeable in all aspects of Injection, pumping unit, rod and downhole pump design and operations. · Knowledgeable in well-performance analysis, in-flow performance and productivity index calculations. · Knowledgeable of all forms of artificial lifts currently being utilized. · Supervises pulling jobs, and workovers as required. · Evaluate and recommend solutions to recurring downhole problems. · Must have a broad mechanical aptitude, ability to problem-solve and to make decisions. · Employment is contingent upon wearing all types of breathing air equipment and passing a pulmonary function test and a fit test. · Involves climbing up stairways 30 ft – 40 ft in height while wearing a breathing apparatus · Ability to move in and out of trenches during line repairs, carrying tools and wearing breathing air equipment. Lifting, pu…

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