BC Energy Regulator

Supervisor

• The Supervisor, Energy Geoscience (Supervisor) leads a team of professional geoscientists responsible for effectively regulating industry activities related to the development and management of oil and gas reservoirs while ensuring resource conservation and protection of correlative rights.
• The role provides operational and technical leadership for the Energy Geoscience program area and provides expert evaluations, recommendations, and technical advice to BCER leadership, industry, government, and external stakeholders.
• The Supervisor provides geological leadership to support the continuous improvement of related legislation, regulations, and policies in response to evolving technologies and practices.
• The role analyses emerging plays, unconventional reservoirs, and new technologies, to assess regulatory impacts, develop appropriate strategies, and provide leadership on complex geological matters, including hydraulic fracturing, induced seismicity, and resource and reserves determinations.
• Operating in a complex and continually evolving environment, the Supervisor balances resource conservation with responsible resource development to support the effective stewardship of BC’s oil and gas resources.
• The role provides authoritative geological guidance to industry on matters such as pool delineation and mapping, regulatory requirements on oil and gas well data gathering, and related subsurface matters, while fostering collaborative relationships that support effective regulatory outcomes.
• The Supervisor provides advice to BCER executive on complex applications falling under the Commissioner’s authority, to develop recommendations for policy and legislation revisions.

Supervisor, Energy Geoscience

Engineer

• The Reservoir Engineer provides professional reservoir engineering expertise to support the responsible development and conservation of British Columbia’s oil and gas resources.
• The role ensures that oil and gas pools operate in a manner that maximizes resource recovery, while supporting conservation, equitable production, and the protection of other subsurface resources.
• The Reservoir Engineer provides technical evaluation of complex reservoir engineering applications and makes recommendations regarding regulatory approvals, amendments, and special projects.
• Ongoing operations are monitored to ensure regulatory compliance and identify opportunities to work with industry to improve operational practices and resource recovery.
• The Reservoir Engineer provides expertise and technical advice to internal and external stakeholders regarding subsurface resources, legislation, regulations, guidance documents, and policy.

Reservoir Engineer

Compliance

• The Regulatory Coordinator (Coordinator) plays a key the planning, scheduling, tracking and reporting of all regulatory management projects and resources.
• The Coordinator plays an integral role in supporting the continuous improvement of the processes, tools, and templates used by Regulatory Affairs.
• The Coordinator provides administrative support to the Regulatory team, including scheduling and logistics, document and information distribution, report collation, and communication support.
• The Coordinator supports technical documentation production, design, review and management at the BCER.
• The position requires a broad awareness and understanding of the BCER’s various operational business areas as well as the organization’s corporate strategic direction.

Regulatory Coordinator

Advisor

• The Technical Advisor provides expertise and guidance related to the construction and operation of energy activities under the BCERs mandate.
• The position provides technical advice, instruction and training to staff, industry, stakeholders and other agencies, and performs a key function within the organization in the area of compliance, enforcement, application review, emergency response and safety.
• The position serves as the technical specialist on all phases of the construction, operation and maintenance of energy activities.
• The position evaluates compliance with the Energy Resource Activities Act (ERAA), associated regulations and adopted standards.