Location:
Houston, TX (HO) - Cust. installations
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?Provide overall energy management direction and support for the AMG business at both the strategic and tactical level. Play a key role in developing and executing the AMG Power/Energy strategy and directly support the Director Energy Management. On matters pertaining to decarbonization on energy usage, report directly to the Vice President, Production & Project Execution.
Energy Monitoring and Analysis- Monitor individual plant operations and understand operational characteristics and energy consumption patterns.
- Maintain and improve data collection and analysis of market data to evaluate forward price risk.
- Develop understanding of 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.
- Establish and track performance targets for energy reduction to offset capacity, transmission, and other fixed cost energy charges based on time-sensitive use.
Cost Management and Reporting- Maintain and improve systems to develop and track energy cost information and facilitate reporting to operations, finance, and management.
- Create/maintain plant energy cost models that reflect energy, capacity, transmission, ancillary, margin, and other costs incurred to serve Airgas facilities.
- Monitor Issues that impact Airgas cost at the ISO level and alternative approaches to mitigate cost increase for Airgas and others.
- Develop a basic understanding of utility cost allocation and rate design to enable effective participation in both group and individual efforts to achieve fair rate design for Airgas facilities.
- Follow legislative activities managed by industrial user groups in the various US markets where AMG plants operate to monitor rate cases, and changes proposed by utilities that could impact AMG facilities energy rates.
- Provide recommendations for physical or financial hedging to manage the cost volatility of AMG electricity and natural purchases.
- Prepare an annual energy cost budget for air separation and liquid CO2 facilities
Demand Response and Load Control- Implement maximum potential participation in load control and other "demand response" opportunities.
Negotiation and Supplier Relations- Negotiate competitive favorable terms to energy purchase contracts. (Lead)
- Be a primary interface with energy suppliers as it relates to energy services and supply.
- Create an effective cooperative relationship with local operating personnel.
Zero-Carbon Energy Management- Procure zero-carbon (renewable energy, nuclear energy, renewable energy certificates...) and manage the retirement of the associated renewable energy certificates in alignment with Air Liquide corporate guidelines (retirement of the certificates must be in line with the group scope 2 reporting).
- Work with a third-party auditor to validate the carbon accounting for ECO-ORIGIN products sold in the US market.
- Manage Scope 2 reporting per Air Liquide group directives
Are you a MATCH?Required 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 necessary 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
BenefitsWe care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
