Senior Operations Specialist

Job Title: Sr. Operations Specialist

Location: Prince George, BC is preferred

Duration: 7 months

Safety Critical/ Safety Sensitive: Yes

High-Level Description:

• Provide Operational advice to Projects teams to ensure safe, reliable and fit for purpose projects are designed and delivered.

• Accountable to ensure Integrated Management System requirements are achieved through project implementation.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Support project development, design and implementation to ensure safe, reliable and efficient projects are delivered.

• Liaise between Project Team and stakeholders; representing core interests of Operations throughout project life cycles.

• Provide leadership support to ensure Safety, Environmental and Operational best practices are achieved throughout project construction.

• Provide gas industry institutional knowledge directly or indirectly through engagement with Operations teams to ensure project requirements for: training, operating procedures, asset maintenance and asset management is provided.

• Ensure ORA Operations deliverables are executed as per project schedule requirements

• Ensure projects and operations teams complete commissioning and handover requirements, accountable for communicating requirements to stakeholders and ensuring ORA scoping is complete.

• Develop and communicate effectively to ensure Operational resource requirements are identified; provide direction and informal leadership to Operators and Technicians that are seconded to projects.

• Takes point on communications required to work through gaps in scope, funding, timing or process/program requirements that come up between Projects and Operations.

• Provides operational support and input for the management of project deficiencies and Project Handover and Acceptance to Operations.

• Operational leadership to ensure post start up deficiencies are managed; ensuring sustainable operations.

• Accountable for identifying operational risks to avoid personal, process and business impacts; routinely greater than $1M or greater in terms of cost avoidance.

Scope/Dimensions

• This role has decision making authority, where delegated, for “asset owner” and front line supervisor decisions related to project functions.

• Expected to identify safety, operational and business risks associated with project scope and deliverables.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required:

• 5-10 years of Operations or Maintenance experience in the Natural Gas Industry

• Formal education, a technical degree or equivalent certifications and less years experience may be considered.

• Effective communication and relationship development.

• Self driven and strong ability to prioritize work through periods of heavy workload and competing priorities.

• Extensive operations or technical experience related to gas transportation equipment and systems. (ie. Pipeline and Compression)

• Working knowledge of gas related programs, processes and familiar with gas industry standards and best operating practices.

Preferred:

• Extensive experience working with Operations teams and is familiar with stations equipment.

• Experience as a field level leader.

• Working knowledge of Management of Change, Work Management, Operations Training Programs, Operational Readiness and Assurance Processes and Commissioning and Handover best practices.

Working Conditions:

• Predominantly office environment

• Through the project lifecycle there are times where extensive travel is required to vendor, consultant and regional field locations.

• Overall travel requirements for the role are ~20% of the time.

• Safety sensitive role in terms of conducting field visits to pipeline, measurement and compressor station facilities.

• Highway driving throughout British Columbia for onsite activities and meetings.