Manager, Compressor Station

Sempra Infrastructure

7d

About The Position

The Gas Storage Facility Manager directs the day-to-day operation and
maintenance of a multi-cavern natural gas storage field with associated
leaching, injection, withdrawal, and pipeline assets. The position has direct
responsibility for developing and managing O&M and capital budgets and
controlling expenditures to meet financial and operational performance targets.
The manager leads multiple employees by ensuring they are trained and qualified
to perform their work tasks safety and efficiently. The manager maintains close
working relationships with support services including accounting, human
resources, gas control, scheduling, legal, corporate security, and other
departments. The Manager ensures compliance of all local, state, and federal
agency regulatory requirements. Develops and maintains liaison affiliations with
community leaders, first responders, and other local organizations.

Requirements

• Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Typically requires 8 years of related experience.
• Compressor Station Operations - Manage and maintain compressor stations to enhance the reliability and efficiency of gas transmission. Key activities include monitoring performance, conducting routine maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
• Corrosion Control - Implementing processes and methods of combating corrosion by protecting metals against corrosion.
• Inspection Management - A critical process of quality control that involves measuring, examining, and reviewing materials against standard requirements to ensure materials or components conform to the standards and latest guidelines.
• Maintenance Management - Management of activities such as repair work, servicing, replacing, inspecting and testing.
• Health & Safety Management - Designing, developing and implementing formal management systems that can help manage health and safety.
• Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
• Emergency Response Management - The coordination and management of resources and responsibilities pertaining to the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from an emergency.
• Project/Program Management - The process of leading the work of a team to achieve goals and meet success criteria at a specified time.
• Documentation & Records Management - Creating, distributing, using, maintaining and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions.
• Root Cause Analysis - The process of discovering the root causes of problems in order to identify appropriate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).
• Leads the Operations of the Natural Gas Storage Facility. Takes action for the optimization and utilization of storage facility. Establishes operations management systems and practices to meet all permit conditions, regulatory standards, and design criteria.
• Develops, monitors and controls expenditures within Operation and Maintenance, and Capital budgets. Reviews and analyzes variances, and prepares an action plan for senior management. Directs the development and implementation of performance improvement and cost control programs.
• Promotes environmental and safety excellence. Ensures compliance with all permits, Federal, State, and local regulations; achieves regulatory compliance objectives, which involves implementing procedures, and programs in the areas of Safety, Environmental, Operator Qualifications, Public Awareness, Cavern Integrity, Pipeline Integrity, and Preventative Maintenance programs. Manages and supports local Company affairs in the work region.
• Provides up-to-date information to management on current operating characteristics and capabilities. Interfaces with Company gas control to deliver gas volumes between the storage facility and interconnecting facilities and to plan, organize and manage multiple concurrent and complex projects such as outage planning, scheduling and coordination of vendor activities.
• Recruits, develops and provides training to create and maintain a high quality superintendents and operating staff in order to operate the facility in a manner consistent with Company policies and objectives.
• Maintains an active involvement with engineering and construction to ensure operational aspects are considered and integrated into the design and construction of various projects at the facility to ensure a successful transition of the project to full operation.
• Provides recommendations regarding project storage and delivery capabilities to enhance profitability.
• Reviews and manages all contracts pertaining to or affecting the facility business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager