Hybrid Executive Director, Well & Energy Resource Stewardship

at BC Energy Regulator

• Job title: Executive Director, Well & Energy Resource Stewardship
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: CA$152,893 - CA$182,941 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kelowna, Canada

About the role

• Executive Director leading operational oversight of energy resource stewardship programs at BCER. Ensuring public safety and environmental protection in subsurface resource development.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership and oversight of the BCER’s programs for responsible subsurface resource development in the energy sector.
• Ensure public safety, environmental protection, and conservation of hydrocarbon resources.
• Support strategic direction and deliver results across three core business areas: Energy Geoscience, Drilling & Production Engineering, and Reservoir Engineering.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a diverse team of technical professionals.
• Provide advice to and collaborate with BCER’s Leadership team.

Requirements

• A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Engineering, Geoscience, Natural Resource Management or a related field, and seven to ten years of progressive management roles within the oil and gas industry and/or the natural resource sector of government.
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Preference may be given to those registered as members in good standing with the Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC).
• Demonstrated experience establishing strategic priorities and leading workforce planning, resource allocation, and budget management, including exercising financial authority over complex technical programs.
• Demonstrated experience in a senior management capacity dealing with politically sensitive, high-profile, and/or provincially significant issues.
• Demonstrated experience managing and implementing evolving programs, projects, and initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing the administration and/or regulation of subsurface resource development.

Benefits

• The BCER operates under a Hybrid Office Model whereby employees work from both a home office and a designated BCER office location in order to support our mandate (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• The BCER is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on the protected grounds under the Human Rights Code. The BCER is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for the removal of barriers for qualified individuals.
• The BCER acknowledges and respects the many First Nations, each with unique cultures, languages, legal traditions and relationships to the land and water, on whose territories the British Columbia Energy Regulator's work spans.