Energy Strategy Lead: Decarbonization & Savings

AIRGAS INC AND SUBSIDIARIES; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Full benefits package

Parental leave

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Job summary

Airgas is seeking an Energy Manager in Houston, TX to lead energy strategy and provide both strategic and tactical energy management direction for AMG operations. The role supports decarbonization efforts, cost management, and energy procurement with a hybrid schedule and comprehensive benefits.

Responsibilities include monitoring energy usage, developing cost models, negotiating with suppliers, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Finance, or Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years experience and expertise in energy market and in LI business model.
• Understanding of Electricity Markets in North America including both regulated and deregulated markets.
• Understanding of the Industrial Gas business and the impact of electricity costs, volatility and stability on the gas and liquid supply chain.
• Analytical and conceptual ability to assimilate internal and external requirements in the context of market and regulatory requirements and take action to create value for Airgas.
• Ability to influence management and external parties through effective communication.
• Working knowledge of commercial agreements and customer relations.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent understanding of accounting principles and working knowledge of plant operating budget.
• Ability to collect and analyze data to form and support action plans.
• Ability to understand principles of regulatory cost causation, the purpose of rate classes in regulatory proceedings, allocation of cost to rate classes, and rate design principles.
• Ability to blend common sense with technical information / theories to produce sound achievable outcomes.
• Ability to grasp ideas quickly and take advantage of group dynamics to lead others to improvements in approaches to resolve broad regulatory and structural energy issues

Responsibilities

• Energy Monitoring and Analysis: Monitor plant operations and energy usage patterns.
• Analyze market data to evaluate forward price risk.
• Understand ISO operations and cost drivers.
• Track and manage compliance with energy-related contractual commitments.
• Efficiency and Performance Targets: Establish and track energy use efficiency targets.
• Track performance targets for energy reduction to offset capacity, transmission, and other fixed costs.
• Cost Management and Reporting: Maintain and improve systems to develop and track energy cost information and reporting.
• Create/maintain plant energy cost models reflecting energy, capacity, transmission, and other costs.
• Monitor issues that impact Airgas cost at the ISO level and mitigation approaches.
• Develop understanding of utility cost allocation and rate design for rate class allocation.
• Follow legislative activities in US markets to monitor rate cases and utilities changes.
• Provide recommendations for hedging to manage cost volatility of electricity and gas purchases.
• Prepare an annual energy cost budget for air separation and liquid CO2 facilities.
• Demand Response and Load Control: Implement maximum participation in load control and demand response.
• Negotiation and Supplier Relations: Negotiate favorable terms to energy purchase contracts.
• Be a primary interface with energy suppliers for energy services and supply.
• Create an effective cooperative relationship with local operating personnel.
• Zero-Carbon Energy Management: Procure zero-carbon energy and retire RECs per guidelines.
• Work with third-party auditor to validate carbon accounting for ECO-ORIGIN products.
• Manage Scope 2 reporting per group directives.
• Are you a MATCH?
• Required Qualifications include multiple items listed above.

Skills

Energy market knowledge

North American electricity markets

Industrial gas business understanding

Data analysis

Communication skills

Budgeting understanding

Regulatory cost concepts

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Finance, or Business Administration, or equivalent experience

Job description

Airgas is seeking an Energy Manager in Houston, TX to lead energy strategy and provide both strategic and tactical energy management direction for AMG operations. The role supports decarbonization efforts, cost management, and energy procurement with a hybrid schedule and comprehensive benefits.

Responsibilities include monitoring energy usage, developing cost models, negotiating with suppliers, and ensuring regulatory compliance.