Director CO2 Transportation

Position Description

Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We are a market leader in each of our businesses – CO2, Natural Gas, Products Pipelines, and Terminals. We have an unparalleled, large footprint of diversified and strategically located assets that are core to North American energy infrastructure. Kinder Morgan offers a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plans, paid holidays and paid time off.

CO2 Business Unit

The CO2 Business Unit is one of the largest transporters of carbon dioxide in North America, transporting approximately 750 million cubic feet of CO2 from our source fields in Southwest Colorado to New Mexico and Texas for use in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects. In addition to CO2 pipelines, we own the Kinder Morgan Wink Pipeline system, which transports crude oil from fields across West Texas to El Paso.

Transportation Director

The CO2 Transportation Director is responsible for CO2 and Crude Oil pipeline operations, engineering support, and control room operations. This position requires safety leadership, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, financial acumen and effective communication.

This position is responsible for:

• Safe, high quality, compliant, and financially sound operations and work
• Continuing strong support relationships with commercial, operations support, procurement and financial teams
• Leadership, evaluation and development of 4 Managers and their teams
• Promoting and guiding the following programs:
  • Safety
  • Damage Prevention
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Budgeting and Forecasting (O&M/Capital)
  • Emergency Response and Incident Reporting
  • System Reliability
  • CO2 and Crude Oil Measurement
• Supporting business development in the scoping and development of new pipeline opportunities.
• Effective and timely communication with team, peers, customers and stakeholders.
• Reporting to the Vice President of CO2 Midstream.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Set expectations, measure performance and communicate/document appropriate feedback  
• Lead, enhance and sustain team cultures of Integrity, Accountability, Safety and Excellence
• Set the performance example through communications and actions
• Properly represent the company to outside stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, governmental entities, landowners, third party operators, vendors and industry organizations
• Ensure proactive, high quality customer service is provided on an individual and team level 
• Make independent decisions regarding work assignments, personnel, and budget in response to direction received in the form of corporate and team goals, annual objectives, business requirements and company policy
• Encourage cohesive teamwork and provide quality staff work through interaction with operational, financial, commercial and support group peers
• Develop subordinate leaders in preparation for advancement and career growth
• Oversee all team financials including OPEX, CAPEX and G&A, including spend managed by the Operations Support Group and/or Project Management
• Ensure all work is completed safely and in compliance with regulations and corporate policies
• Develop, measure and communicate Key Performance Indicators 
• Capture best practices and nurture ongoing continuous improvement activities
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of status, current cost & schedule, forecasted results, risks & opportunities, quality and performance for all projects

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree
Technical field (preferred)

Experience / Specific Knowledge:
• 10+ years in the pipeline or oil & gas industry
• 5+ years leadership in operations and/or engineering


Competencies, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong safety leadership
• Significant experience leading regulated assets
• Develop strategy and plans to ensure profit & loss success for the team
• Ability to prepare budgets and manage costs within budget
• Ability to work with others, to take direction from supervisor, focus attention on details, and follow procedures and policies
• Demonstrated experience delivering business success
• Demonstrated success and personal philosophies in the following areas:
  • Organizational Leadership & Structure
  • Performance Management
  • Safety & Compliance Leadership
  • Commercial Project Development
  • Customer Service
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Financial Management
  • Change Implementation
  • Creative Brainstorming & Innovative Solutions
  • Proactive decision making, strong work ethic, keen sense of requirements to achieve success
  • Effective leadership in teaching and executing corporate and team values and philosophies.
  • Proactive thinking & planning
  • Effective written, verbal and listening communication skills
  • Effective performance management competencies including skills evaluation, promotion recommendations, development planning, career potential and compensation analysis
  • Ability to initiate, nurture and lead a learning culture which identifies, standardizes and implements new best practices
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel   

Physical Demands:

• Predominantly office environment, but travels to the field 50% of the time 
• Ability to hear communications from others and give input/instructions orally
• Ability to see in order to observe employees, processes, equipment and facilities

Working Conditions:

• Primarily office, up to 50% travel
• Working after hours, nights, weekends, holidays and on-call as needed to lead a 24/7 operation
• Must be self-motivated and demonstrate a high degree of initiative

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Supervises Engineering Manager, Operations Manager (2), and Control Room Manager
• Ability to supervise employees remotely
• Multi-level supervisory organization
• Supervisory responsibility for exempt and / or non-exempt direct reports

Preferred Education, Experience, Certifications, Competencies, Skills, and Abilities:

• Pipeline operations and/or engineering experience
• Professional Engineering license
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record

Other Responsibilities:

• Special projects as required

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.