Full-Time

District Operations Manager

Posted on 10/3/2025

Irving Oil

Irving Oil

1,001-5,000 employees

Refines and sells petroleum products

No salary listed

Saint John, NB, Canada

In Person

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Customer Service
Requirements
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written along with presentation skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and action oriented with business acumen
  • Strong customer passion – required to facilitate discussions with internal and external customers
  • Exceptional leadership skills - Must be able to lead by example
  • Well-developed analytical, relationship building skills
  • Post secondary education in business and/or equivalent experience with a customer service background
  • 5 years’ experience in operations and/or customer service
  • 5 years industry related management experience
Responsibilities
  • Creating and adhering to operational and sales budget targets
  • Accountable for financial performance for district through improving the overall business efficiencies
  • Ensuring customer satisfaction achieved (measured by satisfaction survey)
  • Provide leadership to direct reports and front-line employees to ensure alignment, focusing on safety, productivity, employee satisfaction, change and continuous improvement initiatives to achieve business priorities
  • Provides clear direction by establishing and regularly communicating performance expectations and results with the team and takes appropriate actions to address issues as and when they arise
  • Liaise with all applicable government departments in each province
  • Knowledgeable in current and potential practices and trends in the industry to develop strategies to increase profitability
  • Applies creative approaches to addressing needs to achieve win-win solution

Irving Oil is an energy company that sells and distributes oil and related products. Based on the limited description provided, its product workflow involves refining, distributing, and retailing petroleum and energy products to consumers and businesses. The information available does not specify clear competitive differentiators, so the company’s unique advantages over competitors are not detailed here. The stated goal of Irving Oil appears to involve achieving certain goals and targets discussed in its communications, but the specifics of those goals are not provided in the supplied text.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Saint John, Canada

Founded

1924

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $40-million investment upgrades Saint John refinery's Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit.
  • Private status ensures long-term flexibility without public market pressures.
  • Jeff Matthews' 2024 CEO appointment drives fresh strategic modernization.

What critics are saying

  • Arthur Irving's 2024 death and Whitcomb's February resignation disrupt leadership.
  • Whitegate refinery faces EU carbon taxes and 2030 fossil fuel phase-out.
  • Saint John annual turnaround from late April 2026 slashes margins 10-20%.

What makes Irving Oil unique

  • Irving Oil operates Canada's largest Saint John refinery and Ireland's sole Whitegate refinery.
  • Company maintains over 1,000 fuelling locations across Eastern Canada, New England, and Ireland.
  • Signed 10-year RNG offtake deal with EverGen's GrowTEC for lower-carbon diversification.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options

Paid Vacation

Wellness Program

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Flexible Benefits Plan

Company News

Irving Oil
Sep 4th, 2025
Irving Oil makes $40-million investment in Saint John refinery

Irving Oil makes $40-million investment in Saint John refinery.

Business Wire
Jun 2nd, 2025
Gayatri Narayan Joins Builders FirstSource as President, Technology and Digital Solutions

IRVING, Texas-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE: BLDR) ("Builders FirstSource" or the "Company") today announced it has appointed Gayatri Narayan to the newly created role of President, Technology and Digital Solutions, reporting to CEO Peter Jackson.

Canadian Occupational Safety
Feb 28th, 2025
Massive diesel spill in Woodstock raises environmental concerns

Dillon Consulting was contracted by Irving Oil to lead remediation efforts.

91.9 The Bend
Jan 14th, 2025
Irving Oil to remain privately held

The company also announced Tuesday that Jeff Matthews had been appointed president and CEO of Irving Oil.

BNN Bloomberg
May 13th, 2024
Arthur L. Irving, Billionaire Canadian Oilman, Dies at 93

With Repsol SA, Irving Oil developed a liquefied natural gas import facility in Saint John that started receiving shipments in 2009.

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