BOB KYLLO
Grande Prairie,AB
Summary
Goal-oriented Field Operations Manager successful at budget administration, compliance and work planning. Exceptional skills in resolving conflicts, facilitating communication, continuous improvement and managing projects. Looking to bring many years of experience to long-term position with career advancement potential.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Field Operations Manager
Hammerhead Energy
Grande Prairie, Alberta
01.2018 - 01.2023
- Responsible for the day to day management of GP field staff and office.
- Assessed operational performance of field employees and provide feedback for improvements.
- Reviewed existing field contracts and agreements related to external service providers used by the company's field operations team.
- Oversaw day-to-day activities at multiple field locations while maintaining consistent field leadership standards.
- Recruited, hired, trained, managed, evaluated, coached, disciplined, and terminated staff members as necessary.
- Conducted regular staff meetings to ensure efficient workflow and compliance with safety and company regulations.
- Organized training sessions for new hires in order to ensure they are properly prepared for their roles.
- Coordinated the implementation of new policies, procedures, and processes across all field locations.
- Facilitated collaboration between various departments within the organization in order to streamline processes.
- Engaged with service providers onsite in order to gain better insight into their needs and expectations from our company.
- Managed relationships with vendors providing goods or services used by the company's field operations team.
- Analyzed customer data to identify trends and areas needing improvement.
- Implemented best practices in order to maximize efficiency of operations.
- Maintained current knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements pertaining to the company's operations.
- Developed and monitored field operations budget, ensuring that financial goals were met.
- Identified opportunities for cost savings through continuous improvement methods.
- Created effective business plans to focus strategic decisions on long-term objectives.
- Reviewed monthly operating, sale volumes reports to measure productivity or goal achievement.
- Formed and sustained strategic relationships with regulators, service providers and local First Nation partners.
- Maintained operating efficiency at all worksites.
- Created reports detailing operational performance metrics on a weekly basis.
- Provided technical assistance to field personnel as required.
District Superintendent
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Grande Prairie, Alberta
01.2015 - 01.2018
- same duties as above Field Operations Manager role.
District Superintendent
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.2007 - 01.2015
- Same as above superintendent responsibilities
Production Foreman
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Responsible for various sweet/sour oil/gas operations
Production Technician
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Responsible for all district well servicing and optimization operations.
Production Technician
Remington Energy
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.1995 - 01.1999
- Responsible for all district well servicing and optimization operations
Senior Operator
NUMAC Energy
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.1992 - 01.1995
- Senior Gas Plant Operator Tommy Lakes.
Roustabout
Unocal Resources
Fort St. John, British Columbia
01.1991 - 01.1992
Education
Petroleum Engineering Technology Diploma - Production Operations
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Calgary, AB05-1991
Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Skilled in listening, explaining and advising
- Strong observation and investigative skills
- Thorough and objective reporting skills
- Superior organizational and planning skills
- Coordinated various projects and objectives simultaneous
- Successful organized projects and presentations
- Highly motivated, people orientated, flexible and responsible
- Highly adaptable
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Insights Frontline Management Training
- L2P-Lead to Perform Management Training
- DNV Safety Incident Investigation Training
- Leading Your Way management/leadership development courses
- PVR, PM Suite, FDC programs
- Outlook, Excel, Word trained
Accomplishments
- Roustabout/Operator FSJ operations
- Manage staff to effectively accomplish area production goals, safety goals budgets and completion of all projects in a safe and timely fashion
- Strict adherence to all Safety Codes of Practice, SMS Procedures and
- Standards
- With this, ensure that all staff members maintain same safety culture with training certifications and perform safety audits in accordance with the Safety KPI s
- Successfully manage employees performance along with the completion the annual employee performace evaluations and rankings
- Coordinate the planning and execution of production facility turnaround inspections and maintenance of tanks, pressure relief devices and pressure equipment as per all pertinent corporate guidance s and industry regulator standards
- Investigation of measurement related issues (meter differences, plant balances and volume variances)
- Tracked sampling/analysis frequency and meter calibration frequency
- Ensured proper meter set-up and satisfactory meter maintenance
- Update facility metering schematics for regulator compliance and production accounting accuracy
- Work collaboratively with Operations staff to troubleshoot operational deficiencies that exist in facilities
- Thorough understanding of the different AER departments and documents, as well as a firm understanding of other government agencies (Alberta Environment, Alberta Energy , Municipal Governments, Public
- Lands, ECON-Saskatchewan).
References
Nicki Stevens SVP Production Operations HSER Hammerhead Energy 403-990-7585
Scott Sobie President CEO Hammerhead Energy 403-614-5784
Rand Stamp VP Operations East Canadian Natural 403-815-3997
Timeline
Field Operations Manager
Hammerhead Energy
01.2018 - 01.2023
District Superintendent
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
01.2015 - 01.2018
District Superintendent
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
01.2007 - 01.2015
Production Foreman
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
01.2002 - 01.2007
Production Technician
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
01.1999 - 01.2001
Production Technician
Remington Energy
01.1995 - 01.1999
Senior Operator
NUMAC Energy
01.1992 - 01.1995
Roustabout
Unocal Resources
01.1991 - 01.1992
Petroleum Engineering Technology Diploma - Production Operations
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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