Sr Data Integrity Analyst or Engineer I - Senior Engineer

Atmos Energy•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Atmos Energy's Safety and Enterprise Services Enterprise Integrity Management team is seeking a Sr Data Integrity Analyst. The company will also consider qualified candidates for an Engineer I through Sr Engineer role. The team supports data and risk analysis for Atmos Energy’s 75,000 miles of distribution mains and 6,700 miles of transmission pipelines, provides service and support to operating divisions, and maintains integrity-management, laboratory-testing, and pipe-replacement-prioritization programs. The role also supports audits, inspections, investigations, and litigation and coordinates subject matter experts and stakeholder teams across Atmos Energy's states and operating divisions. For the Sr Data Integrity Analyst role, the position creates and documents standards for consistent, reliable enterprise system data; manages data cleansing and validation; investigates complex issues and recommends process improvements; tests processes and system configurations; translates business requirements into technical specifications; develops and tests automated data collection systems; standardizes data-management tools; resolves data variances across systems; and provides training and support to enterprise resources. The role requires strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and computer skills. It is performed in an office environment, with occasional physical activities such as bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, or lifting. Atmos Energy is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

For Sr Data Integrity Analyst: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field preferred, plus five years of utility-industry experience with exposure to compliance and/or regulatory agencies, or equivalent.
For Engineer I: Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
For Engineer II: Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program and two years of experience.
For Engineer III: Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program and four years of experience.
For Engineer II and Engineer III: Engineer-in-Training registration with a state board.
For Sr Engineer: Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program, six years of experience, and Professional Engineering designation.
Ability to resolve complex problems independently, work with limited supervision, and use experience and independent judgment.
Ability to interpret procedures and policies to determine an appropriate approach.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain technical or complex concepts.
Ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers to obtain or provide explanations and information.
Ability to apply research methods and/or advanced statistical or accounting methods.
Basic computer skills for using software applications to develop documents, reports, and graphics.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in MS Excel.
Familiarity with Transmission Integrity or Distribution Integrity.
Familiarity with databases and database applications such as MS Access.
Familiarity with data analysis.
Familiarity with GIS and geospatial data.
Familiarity with reporting and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Familiarity with modeling and analysis, reliability engineering, or asset management.
Familiarity with corrosion management or NACE certifications.

Responsibilities

Support data and risk analysis for Atmos Energy’s distribution mains and transmission pipelines.
Work with Engineers and Data Analysts to provide service and support and serve as a resource for operating divisions.
Maintain, update, and administer integrity-management, laboratory-testing, and pipe-replacement-prioritization programs, plans, manuals, procedures, practices, and standards.
Support audits, inspections, investigations, and litigation.
Coordinate cross-functional subject matter experts and stakeholder teams across Atmos Energy's states and operating divisions.
Create and document standards that ensure enterprise-wide system data integrity and consistency, acting as a liaison between workgroups.
Manage enterprise-wide data-cleansing and validation efforts.
Conduct root-cause analysis of complex issues, elevate critical findings, and identify, recommend, and implement process improvements or efficiency initiatives.
Establish quality-control measures and report performance metrics.
Test processes and system configurations, identify deficiencies, and determine appropriate changes to complex application configurations.
Work with Business Process/Change Management to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
Develop, configure, and test automated data-collection systems.
Represent division end-user requirements and perspectives when evaluating system needs or implementing procedures.
Lead efforts to centralize and standardize data-management tools and techniques.
Periodically validate data across multiple systems and identify, research, and resolve variances.
Provide training and support to enterprise-wide resources.