Paragon GE is looking for a General Manager (Expat) for a position with an E&P company in Egypt.

This is a staff permanent role and will be office based in Cairo.

Candidates must have a minimum 20 years’ experience Oil & Gas experience that include engineering, project management for major oil and gas projects. Candidates must also have Joint Venture experience and ideally have experience working in Egypt or other MENA countries for an E&P company.

Position Title: General Manager
Staff or Temp: Staff
Expected package: To be discussed
Location: Cairo, Egypt   

Job Purpose

• Responsible for the setting and delivery of the strategic vision for the company and for the day to day tactical running of the company. Alongside the COO, the GM is one of the legal officers of the Company and is accountable under Egyptian Company Law.
• The GM’s key tasks are to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation and development of existing assets in the Gulf of Suez and a focused and managed exploitation of exploration acreage through either company funded or third party promote activity.
• Counselling with the COO on the general conduct of the Company’s business, policies, major and challenging problems is part of the GM’s main role.

Duties, Responsibilities and Performance Standards:
Operational Leadership

• Responsible for safe and reliable operations underpinned by managing risk at all levels through embedding Process Safety and Integrity Management practices broadly and deeply within the organisation.
• Sustain the Production through the informed use of technology, with a bias to transition from a ‘Drilling’ to a ‘Reservoir Technical Limits’ focus.
• Ensure cost efficiency driven primarily by the application of improved integrated activity planning and aggressive supply chain management to drive more efficient cash and capital efficiency together with the marketing of JVs extensive infrastructure for third party usage.
• Continue focus on organizational capability to support current and future activity sets driven by integrated team work and skills matching between the national workforce and the foreign shareholder and improved succession planning and work practices to match recruitment to demographic changes.
• Support, promoting and influencing JVs performance and plans to maximize value for the company Shareholder through risk reduction, production delivery and reserves growth. A culture of continuous improvement will underpin all aspects of delivery.
• Establish of controls as necessary to make sure the requirements of the Board are being properly protected.
• Manage, control and coordinate Company operations and activities including all dealing with contractors and sub-contractors.
• Ensure that the Company objectives and goals are reflected in effectual divisional and departmental plans and budget. Proposing to the Board of Directors basic personnel policies and organization plans.

Execute guidelines and resolutions passed by the Board.
Governance & Management

• Prepare, as required by the Agreement, the Company’s work programs and budget covering the operations carried out at the cost and expense of company for approval by the Board of Directors.
• Issuing and signing all documents, instruments, orders, regulations, circulars, etc…related to internal operations (indoor management) provided, however, that such action on his part shall not be carried out except in conformity with and within the limits prescribed in decision of the Board of Directors and regulations of the Company.
• Manage risk and maintain safe operations through focused integrity work of the aging infrastructure and production wells.
• Execute a dedicated rehabilitation program for the main offshore complexes.
• Mitigate near term decline by managing producing reservoirs, well repairs and water flood optimization.
• Deliver economically attractive wedge production through new wells, side-tracks and workovers.
• Increase recovery from the mature fields by deploying EOR & seismic technologies.
• Continue to drive simplification and efficiency improvements through supply chain efficiencies, operational efficiencies, organizational footprint reduction, nationalization, and elimination of non-recoverable costs.

Integrity Management

• Leadership in achieving company’s goal to be a top performer in HSE and Asset Integrity Management. Monitor compliance with company standards and local regulations, including analyzing and taking corrective action or proposals for improving risk Management. Review accident reports and ensure corrective actions are being taken to learn from incidents.
• Ensure HSE and Quality Control are following international standards including Management Systems.
• Hold risk management meetings quarterly and issue minutes and instructions accordingly.

Team Development and Leadership

• Directly supervise, lead, manage and coach the respective managers as well as hire, train, mentor, evaluate and retain employees.
• Visit the field on bimonthly basis and provide an oversight to field personnel to ensure work priority is risk based.
• Contribute at the executive level positive leadership and to help company performance to reach world class standard.

External Relationships Management

Attend industry events and represent the company in meeting government and industry officials.

Job Factors        

Minimum Education Level Required
Bachelor degree or higher in Science or Engineering        
  
The minimum years of experience required (All qualification listed Must be job related)             
Minimum 15 years’ experience plus Oil & Gas experience that include engineering, project management for major oil and gas projects
               
Personal Attributes       

• Ensure Excellence in the delivery of the extensive activity set in the Work Program & Budget, it is critical to manage the JV in a systematic and standardized way, while at the same time improving the operating and procedural efficiency.
• Building consensus and energizing the organization as One Team. 
• Maintain successful relationships with company counterparts based on respect; due to the governance structure of the JV, which requires sign-off by both shareholder representatives on every decision.