Job Title: Field Production Operator (Contract) with future opportunity to become an employee te

Location: Must reside within 1 hour of Cynthia, Alberta

Schedule: 8 days on, 6 days off (10-hour days)

Overview Seeking an experienced Independent contractor for a Field Production Operator role. The contractor will manage daily well, battery, and facility operations, production accounting, and in office maintenance.

Core Responsibilities

- Execute daily visual inspections of well pads and monitor wellhead parameters.
- Optimize flowing gas and condensate wells to prevent liquid loading and manage pump jacks and other artificial lift systems.
- Coordinate fluid hauling (oil, NGL, produced water) and manage field chemical injection rates.
- Operate central battery process equipment, gas sweetening units, compressors, and storage tank farms.
- Execute well tests, conduct physical tank dips, and prove custody transfer meters in compliance with AER Directive 017.
- Validate SCADA inputs and Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM) data.




- Perform preventative maintenance on surface equipment and troubleshoot process upsets.
- Issue safe work permits and supervise third-party contractors on site.
- Maintain strict compliance with Alberta OHS regulations, AER Directive 055, and AER Directive 060.

Mandatory Requirements & Experience

- Direct operating experience in the Cynthia, Alberta operating area.
- Extensive experience operating oil, gas, and NGL facilities.
- Proven experience with sour gas (H2S) operations and valid H2S Alive certification.
- Technical proficiency operating and troubleshooting pump jacks and gas sweetening units.
- Must provide a reliable truck equipped with standard tools for field operations.
- Must supply personal cell phone, computer, and mobile office equipment.
- Mandatory response to SCADA call-outs and emergency alarms based on the on-call schedule.

📌 Field Operator (Cynthia)
🏢 NES Fircroft
📍 Cynthia