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Job Title: Foreman - Maintenance
Req Id: 12811
Summary
The Maintenance Foreman is responsible for leading mechanical maintenance activities that support safe, reliable, and efficient production operations across an assigned operating area. This role provides field leadership for preventative and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, contractor management, and maintenance planning while partnering closely with Production Operations, Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractor partners.
The Maintenance Foreman ensures production equipment and facility assets are maintained in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner while minimizing downtime, maximizing equipment reliability, and supporting Apache's operational excellence objectives.
Specific Responsibilities
I. Mechanical Maintenance Operations

• Plan, prioritize, and supervise daily mechanical maintenance activities across production facilities.
• Coordinate preventative and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability and production uptime.
• Provide technical leadership during equipment troubleshooting, repairs, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Ensure maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Apache maintenance standards.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Operations, Engineering, and contractor personnel to minimize production interruptions.
• Promote quality workmanship while maintaining a strong commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.

II. Equipment Reliability & Mechanical Integrity

• Oversee maintenance and repair of production equipment, pumps, valves, piping systems, pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, and facility infrastructure.
• Support mechanical integrity programs through routine inspections, repairs, and equipment evaluations.
• Lead equipment failure investigations and root cause analyses to improve asset reliability.
• Recommend repair strategies, equipment upgrades, and reliability improvements that reduce downtime and operating costs.
• Coordinate major repairs, shutdowns, and equipment overhauls with Operations and Engineering.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities associated with mechanical modifications and facility improvements.

III. Maintenance Planning & Work Management

• Utilize the company's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or work management system to plan, schedule, document, and track maintenance activities.
• Develop preventative maintenance schedules and monitor work order completion to improve equipment reliability.
• Maintain accurate equipment history, maintenance records, work order documentation, and asset maintenance history.
• Forecast replacement parts and coordinate maintenance inventory requirements.
• Monitor equipment performance trends and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support long-range maintenance planning and asset lifecycle management initiatives.

Specific Responsibilities Cont.
IV. Contractor & Financial Management

• Direct contractor activities to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of maintenance work.
• Coordinate maintenance service providers, equipment vendors, and contractor resources.
• Review contractor invoices, daily tickets, and service documentation to ensure work quality and cost accuracy.
• Assist with bidding, procurement, and contractor performance evaluations.
• Monitor maintenance expenditures, operating costs, and maintenance project budgets.
• Safeguard company assets while ensuring the efficient utilization of labor, equipment, and materials.

V. Safety, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

• Lead by example in demonstrating Apache's commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with Apache policies and applicable OSHA, EPA, API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, and other regulatory requirements.
• Promote compliance with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Hot Work, Confined Space Entry, Line Breaking, and other safe work practices.
• Participate in incident investigations and implementation of corrective actions.
• Support Apache's Mechanical Integrity and Management of Change (MOC) processes.
• Identify and mitigate operational risks while maintaining facility integrity and environmental compliance.

VI. Leadership & Team Development

• Provide daily leadership, coaching, and direction for Apache maintenance technicians.
• Plan and prioritize work assignments to support operational priorities and business objectives.
• Develop employees through mentoring, training, performance feedback, and continuous development.
• Promote teamwork and collaboration across Production Operations, Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractor organizations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and cost performance.
• Build strong relationships with internal customers while fostering accountability, ownership, and operational excellence.

Team & Leadership Expectations

• Demonstrate strong teamwork by prioritizing what is best for Apache, Production Operations, and the Maintenance organization.
• Communicate effectively with peers, leadership, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Lead by example through professionalism, accountability, and safe work practices.
• Mentor and develop maintenance personnel while fostering ownership, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Challenge ideas constructively and promote innovative solutions that improve safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Operate independently while remaining aligned with company priorities and maintenance objectives.
• Hold self and others accountable for delivering high-quality maintenance services and exceptional operational support.

Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; technical degree, trade certification, or equivalent industry training preferred.
• 10+ years of oil and gas mechanical maintenance, facility maintenance, or production operations experience.
• Minimum 3 years of maintenance leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of oil and gas production facilities, rotating equipment, pumps, valves, piping systems, pressure vessels, tanks, and mechanical maintenance practices.
• Experience with preventative maintenance, mechanical integrity, equipment reliability, and maintenance planning.
• Experience utilizing Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), work order management systems, or equivalent maintenance planning software.
• Knowledge of applicable API, ASME, ANSI, OSHA, NFPA, and environmental regulations.
• Experience managing contractors, maintenance service providers, and maintenance projects.
• Strong troubleshooting, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, operating costs, and contractor expenditures.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be highly organized and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic operating environment.

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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