Director Job at Diversified Energy Company
Director of Midstream Operations
Southern Appalachia (Southern West Virginia)
Job ID: 387
COMPANY PROFILE:
Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (DGOC) is an established owner and operator of producing conventional and unconventional natural gas & oil wells and midstream pipelines and compression stations concentrated in the Appalachian Basin in the United States. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, our field operations are located throughout the Appalachian Basin in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and now most recently in the Cotton Valley, Haynesville and Barnette Basins in LA and TX. DGOG is the largest conventional producer in the Appalachian Basin and is now quickly growing into other basins as well. DGOC’s parent company is Diversified Energy Company Plc, which is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker “DEC”.
POSITION SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Oversees daily oil and gas operations activities at multiple facilities including gathering and transmission pipeline facilities, gathering and mainline compression facilities and all associated midstream appurtenances. Supervises and directs employees involved in the day-to-day management of gathering and transmission of natural gas through a significant network of pipeline and compression facilities. Requires at least 10 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complex tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.
Special focus will be placed on:
- Responsible for all midstream operations within assigned region(s) to ensure efficient, effective, low-cost management, and coordination of operational activities.
- Directs manager level direct reports to ensure operational goals, objectives, and initiatives are attained.
- Leads, coordinates, and directs all employees and contractors within area of responsibility.
- Responsible for establishing, monitoring, and meeting “gathering and transportation cost” goals for assigned areas.
- Responsible for monitoring and management of gathering and transportation operating expenses and ongoing project costs to ensure effective and economic production of marginal wells.
- Monitors daily activity reports and compressor reports in identification of production and/or equipment problems.
- Monitors daily, monthly, quarterly, or annual gathering and transportation rates to identify performance trends and/or problems.
- Ensures all environmental and safety compliance issues are met.
- Works with all departments to ensure effective management of Pipeline Operations to meet Company standards.
- Monitors field personnel’s daily cost reports, compliance reports and operational reports to ensure timely reporting requirements are met.
- Coordinate the development of enhancement project plans with Operations Facilities Planning Engineer and Gas Control Manager.
- Assist and monitor the coordination of all aspects for compression, gathering, transmission and storage etc. including direct supervision, when necessary.
- Coordinates with Gas Energy Marketing department to manage pipeline sales and to assist in evaluating new markets or assuring maximizing sales of product.
- Assists Land Department on any landowner issues, right-of-way, and pipeline issues as required.
- Reports directly to VP of Midstream Southern Appalachia Operations.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience managing various aspects of natural gas pipeline and compression operations, or equivalent operations and maintenance experience. Minimum of 5 years’ experience in leadership role supervising/managing field employees.
- Achieves staff results by developing and communicating job expectations, performing appraisals, coaching and training, and enforcing company standards based on performance observations. Evaluates performance and creates plans to promote development. Leads Organization and Succession Planning activities. Ensures process is in place to properly orient, train and qualify new employees prior to performing assigned tasks.
- Strong working knowledge of all pertinent state and federal regulatory requirements associated with the operation and maintenance of gathering, storage and transmission pipeline facilities including PHMSA, PSC, EPA, FERC, OSHA, etc.
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with all levels, develops partnerships with other disciplines and groups, communicates routinely and effectively, motivates others outside area of control.
- Proven capability to effectively delegate and allocate resources to attain goals.
- Proven experience in effectively supervising and coordinating company employees and managing contractors.
- Identifies opportunities for analysis (continuous improvement and innovative ideas). Manages the gathering, analyzing, and trending of data. Interprets results, leads discussions with key stakeholders to determine if problems or opportunities exist. Develops action plans and tracks execution and results.
- Use systems and resources to monitor and alert operating performance outliers. Leverage systems capabilities to alert when operating outside established parameters. Evaluate performance and implement actions as needed to ensure assets are operating at peak throughput and efficiency given current conditions.
- Has knowledge of the system (both pipeline and compression capabilities) to identify opportunities to optimize throughput and develop curtailment mitigation strategies. Has knowledge of systems in all districts and how it relates to operating conditions, optimization efforts and contingency plans.
- Identifies opportunities for capital investments that improve safety, compliance, operating efficiencies, increase volumes, save O/M expenses, etc. Develops economic analyses, identifies alternatives, and develops justification. Prioritizes based on capital and resources constraints. Ensures monthly forecasts are accurate and timely.
- Ensures Work Management System is current with assets, attributes and associated job plans and work orders. Perform ongoing reviews to ensure job tasks optimize maintenance efforts, reduce costs and downtime due to equipment-related failures. Periodically reviews task and asset data to drive improvement in safety, cost, and performance metrics.
- Ability to effectively manage departmental budgets. Ensures forecasting is accurate and timely. Anticipates budget variances and acts, as necessary. Identifies and implements changes to staffing, parts and materials, processes, services or maintenance practices that will impact short- and long-term expenses.
Physical Demand / Working Conditions:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit and stand in the office and move about the work area. In addition, it may require close vision work and travel to multiple pipeline facilities sites. The position requires the ability to walk about a pipeline ROW and/or construction site. The position requires the ability to wear and use personal protective equipment while in the work area of the job site, including helmet, fall protection harness, safety glasses/goggles, noise protection, fire-retardant coveralls and protective work boots and gloves.
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