principal

specialist

geophysicist

environmental health officer

administrative assistant

Accurately entered timecards for both production and maintenance hourly employees into SAP with hours worked, labor hours, equipment hours, delay  codes, job ID’s with calculations for load for Kress Trucks, End Dump Trucks, and Scrapers(production), Reconciled SAP daily report to ensure accuracy and met deadlines for month end hours for equipments. General administrative assistant functions to include: maintaining departmental file, filing time cards and time sheets, distributing payroll, inventory and maintaining office/kitchen supplies, scheduling meetings/luncheons, sorting and delivering mail, maintaining office equipment and scheduling repairs, and monitoring janitorial services, maintained confidential files, employees personal files, salary files, training files and safety training files, supported various areas of supervisor needs in preparation of meeting deadlines. Strong ability to work independently and self motivated to get things done in an accurate timely manner and meet deadlines, helped with Part 48 Annual Refresher Training (2008,2007,2006), helped prepared training manuals for Business Excellence (Six Sigma) Team, participated in Team Charter and completed Safe Work Observation (SWO) in the field, great customer service with employees, vendors, other departments and managers in all levels during interactions in my position, effectively developed telephoned and written communication skills, ability to work projectors, DVD/VCR’s and other audio visual equipment, made travel arrangements thru TQ3 navigate to help employees make flight arrangements, motel and car rentals and receiving confirmations when travel arrangements are confirmed.
Enjoyed my fellow co workers and employees I worked with. Enjoyed my receptionist job and clerical duties and meeting goals and deadlines

As a Landman, care was taken to follow through with diligence the already tedious processes of well site selection.  Processes involved due diligence to the legal aspect of determining ownership along with a cautious approach to the environmental impact of operations.  Multiple meetings on simple projects became commonplace in a critical thought culture.
Even with all the attention to detail, no part of my role went undone.  One up management exercised confidence in me to perform duties as expected.  Micro management was discouraged from the top levels on down, and freedom to perform was experienced.
All in all, a good place to work with outstanding benefit packages.
As is common with the Oil/Gas Energy sector, commodity prices control the employment atmosphere and there is a constant churn by employees seeking greener pastures.  
My position was terminated in April 2015 and I reluctantly left the company, accepting a decent severance package.  The negative part is that as an older worker, opportunities to finish a career with such good benefits become fewer and farther between even with intelligent financial planning.

•	 Interpreting and evaluating subsurface geologic data to construct/update maps, cross sections, and other geologic displays. 
•	Obtaining, manipulating, and interpreting computer databases and mapping programs which were consistent with company mapping standards 
•	As an operational role, providing input, guidance and detailed geological reports to the office and drill site during key hours, and continually monitoring while drilling wells 24/7.
•	Geosteering horizontal wells using drilling, MWD, and mudlogging data; due to the high level of activity, occasionally required steering of multiple wells at a given time
•	Development planning, which required engagement and coordination of a multidisciplinary team and to have close liaison with surrounding departments (Drilling, Reservoir, Land, Completions and Construction)
•	Planning of well sites which will roll into the drilling schedule over the coming 1-2 years. This required taking a lead role in organizing and planning every aspect of the well - from pad location to string design.

BHP Billiton is a multi national mining and natural resource corporation headquartered in Australia. BHP moved into the US Oil and Gas Exploration and Development arena in 2010 through the purchase of Arkansas oil and gas properties. The O&G organization was still in its infancy when they acquired the assets of Petrohawk Energy Inc. In the 18 months the I worked for BHP I found that the benefits offered to employees met or exceeded the benefits of previous companies for which I worked. However, the management structure of BHP suffered because of the levels/layers of management which needed to give approval for even the most minor of projects. As a result, decisions were delayed and employees whose input would be important to the decision were left out of the decision loop. Having worked for Amoco Corporation for 16 years I found the structure and climate to be similar to the normal institutional structure of a very large corporation.

It is a very top-heavy organization with government like policies and procedures that prevents the division from performing efficient and cost effective in a competitive market. Management at BHP speaks of cultures/values but do not live up to the charter values they advertise. The VP in a department was not only discriminator against employees 40+ but is a disgrace to the company and its charter values. He would tell employees with gray hair that we need younger faces in these roles and have their positions replaced with younger employees with no gray hair.  

The Petroleum division of this company will not survive long-term with this management team.  Major changes will need to happen before this division every starts to turn a profit.

I managed a team of ten people and what made the job enjoyable was that everyone was aligned with the company's target operating model and we shared the same vision.  

At times there were disagreements and differences of opinions but as the culture of the company encouraged employees to speak out these differences were resolved in an open and honest manner.

I worked at BHP Billiton from 2002 - 2013 and what I enjoyed the most was the fantastic career development opportunities offered to me. I was also fortunate enough to be given the opportunities to work in South Africa, Suriname, Brazil and London so I got to meet lots of people with different cultural backgrounds and to experience working life in other countries.

I held numerous roles ranging from financial accounting and reporting, FP&A, Treasury, Project Management and new systems implementation so I was also stimulated and excited about going to work each day.

Attend safe start meetings to dicuss previous days work, safety and discuss jobs for the day ahead.
As rail coordinator I organised and supervised 10 members of the work team to achieve the allocated jobs for the day. All work completed within companies policies and OHS guidlines in a timely manner.
Have learnt about team work, management and the importance of communication between co workers. Everyone plays an important role within any company and we all need to work together to be efficient. As rail coordinator I worked towards developing good repore with all co wokers and managment. Learnt how to be flexible and adaptable to many different tasks and situations that occurred.
Managment has an important role to play in such a large company and we all work towards the best outcome and efficient productivity.

A typical day working at BHP included interpretive time alone on a workstation looking at interpretation problems, followed by interaction with team members and management addressing exploration/prospect development tasks.  Meetings were focused and effective, so that there was very little time wasted in them.  Everyone on the teams interacted well with one another and respected each others' opinions.
For me, the hardest part of the job was taking care of administrative matters that kept me from focusing on exploration problems and issues.
Most enjoyable part of the job was satisfaction of seeing your work make a difference in the quest for finding hydrocarbons, and working with really nice people who were fun to be around.

The Company is huge with offices in South Post Oak Road near the Gallerias in Houston, Texas. Nice clean environment to work for and very cooperative people forming efficient Teamwork for their projects at hand. Well managed and a Company that has the vision to extract Oil and gas from the most vast SHALE resources in the USA at the Eagle Ford and Permian Basins in West Texas and east New Mexico areas where I was sent often to verify schedules and follow up Turnarounds for their CDPs (Central Distribution Points).

I have nothing negative to say about this company, it is the best organization I have ever worked for thus far. Anyone considering working at BHP can expect only the best in all areas. A typical day at BHP was visiting all my assigned drilling rigs to conduct site visits and meetings before each shift. I would also give training to all workers on assigned monthly training safety modules. I worked with outstanding safety professionals with a vast and variety of backgrounds. The hardest part of my job was being one of the least senior consultants in a time where oil prices are driving layoffs. The most enjoyable part of my job was implementing a positive recognition program with all workers and seeing the results it generated on a daily basis.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Principal 1 salary reported	$22,929 per month
Specialist 3 salaries reported	$42.50 per hour
Geophysicist 4 salaries reported	$185,750 per year
Environmental health officer 3 salaries reported	$122,667 per year
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$27.50 per hour

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