Director of Measurement
About The Position
The Director of Measurement leads and oversees measurement and gas quality for Archaea RNG facilities, including custody-transfer metering, gas chromatographs, gas quality analyzers, and measurement data supporting product sales, pipeline and utility interconnect requirements, and environmental credit programs. The role sets strategic direction to ensure accurate, compliant, and defensible measurement across facilities and manages measurement specialists and third-party service providers. The position provides measurement engineering services throughout project and operating phases. Work includes establishing measurement design standards for greenfield and brownfield development; specifying meter stations and analyzers; factory and site acceptance testing; commissioning, calibration, and proving programs; measurement data management; and support for interconnect audits and regulatory reporting. The role collaborates with project, controls, commercial, environmental, and senior leadership teams, as well as engineering companies, vendors, and interconnect operators. The description states a travel requirement of 10–15%; a separate posting field states that up to 10% travel should be expected. The position is hybrid, combining office and remote work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field.
- 10 or more years of experience in natural gas measurement supporting projects or operations in oil and gas, midstream, gas processing, utilities, RNG, or related sectors.
- Experience managing teams.
- Experience with orifice, ultrasonic, Coriolis, and turbine meters and flow computers, such as ABB Totalflow, Emerson ROC/FloBoss, or OMNI.
- Experience with process gas chromatographs and gas quality analyzers for moisture, O2, CO2, H2S, and total sulfur.
- Experience with measurement data management systems such as Flowcal or PGAS and historians such as PI.
Nice To Haves
- Expert knowledge of AGA Reports No. 3, 7, 8, 9, and 11; API MPMS Chapter 21; and GPA 2172 and 2261.
- Knowledge of environmental credit program measurement requirements, including EPA RFS, CARB LCFS, and EPA GHGRP.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage measurement specialists.
- Maintain technical ownership of standard measurement and gas quality designs for new plants, including meters, flow computers, analyzers, and sample systems.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize measurement initiatives and allocate resources.
- Maintain measurement and gas quality design standards across new greenfield RNG projects.
- Oversee measurement deliverables, including meter station and meter run designs, analyzer and sample system specifications, flow computer configurations, measurement datasheets, and uncertainty calculations.
- Coordinate with third-party engineering companies and pipeline or utility interconnect operators on meter station design reviews and measurement requirements.
- Oversee factory and site acceptance testing of meter skids, flow computers, and gas quality analyzers.
- Coordinate installation, configuration, and commissioning of measurement systems with project managers, controls engineering, and measurement vendors.
- Coordinate integration of flow computers and analyzers with PLC, SCADA, and historian systems.
- Oversee commissioning activities, including meter and analyzer startup, calibration, and witness testing with interconnect operators.
- Provide measurement and gas quality support to operating RNG facilities.
- Own measurement calibration, verification, and meter proving programs across sites, including schedules, procedures, and records.
- Ensure electronic flow measurement data is accurate, integral, and auditable; oversee measurement balancing, volume reconciliation, and lost and unaccounted for investigations.
- Ensure measurement systems meet compliance, commercial, and regulatory requirements, including pipeline and utility interconnect gas quality tariffs.
- Partner with commercial and environmental teams to ensure measurement data and methods support product sales, RFS/RIN generation, LCFS, GHG reporting, and third-party verification.
- Serve as the primary contact for interconnect operators regarding measurement disputes, audits, and gas quality events.
- Oversee version control and backups of flow computer and analyzer configurations and maintain measurement documentation.
- Monitor and track measurement and analyzer equipment obsolescence and prioritize related actions.
Benefits
- Paid vacation of 120–240 hours per year for full-time employees, depending on relevant industry experience.
- 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays.
- Parental leave offering up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
- Discretionary Annual Bonus Program.
- Quarterly Momentum Bonus.
- 401K Program.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability.
- Long-term disability.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
