Specific Responsibilities
The Operations Manager - Alaska for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s Exploration Team at the company’s Alaska location reporting to the Director, Onshore Geology. The Operations Manager will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for all field operations in Alaska. This executive will ensure the safe, efficient, and profitable execution of exploration and production operations in accordance with company standards, local regulations, and best practices. The role requires a proven leader with extensive experience managing upstream oil and gas operations, particularly with experience in Alaska.
This role will be primarily responsible for the following:
- Provide overall leadership and direction for all drilling, completions, production, and field operations.
- Develop and implement operational strategies aligned with the company’s growth objectives and technical standards.
- Oversee planning and execution of drilling programs, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, and cost efficiency.
- Direct operational budgeting, forecasting, and cost control to meet performance and financial targets.
- Ensure strict compliance with local regulations, HSE standards, and company policies.
- Coordinate with engineering, geoscience, and project management teams to optimize well performance and resource recovery.
- Build and mentor a high-performing local operations team; promote safety culture and operational excellence.
- Oversee contractor management, procurement, and logistics for drilling and field operations.
- Serve as the company’s senior representative with government agencies, JV partners, and key stakeholders.
- Monitor field performance and operational KPIs, recommending continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead crisis management and emergency response readiness across all sites.
- Support corporate strategic planning and investment decisions for Alaska operations.
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline (Master’s preferred).
- 20+ years of progressive experience in oil and gas operations, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Strong technical knowledge of drilling, production, and well operations.
- Proven track record managing onshore operations or frontier markets.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and large-scale field operations.
- Deep understanding of HSE and regulatory frameworks for upstream oil and gas.
- Strong financial acumen, including experience in budget management and cost optimization.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Prior experience establishing or expanding operations in Alaska.
- Ability to navigate government relations, local content requirements, and regional supply chain challenges.
- High adaptability, cultural sensitivity, and leadership presence in cross-border environments.
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 innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
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Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.