Manager Operations & Integration

Manager Operations & Integration

Requirements

• Related university degree and ten‐plus years of experience OR equivalent mix of formal education and experience
• Proven ability to perform associated tasks, deliver results, and lead without direct authority
• Familiar with operational and maintenance practices
• Familiar with regional support and centralized functions
• Self-motivated, proven effective leadership and communication skills
• Relationship building skills with employees, peers, public officials, and internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the pipeline system is operated and maintained within a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and all government regulations
• Ensure financial objectives set forth by the company are achieved
• Manage capital and operating budgets, provide variance explanations, ensure budget forecasts and actuals are recorded correctly
• Responsible for 3 Area Operations Supervisors, 2 Technical Services Supervisors, and their respective crews
• Ensure operations personnel are properly trained and capable to perform their duties
• Assist in the education, organization, and preparation of Emergency Response
• Ensure continuous improvement of area assets and pipeline systems through accurate recording of risks and detailed business justification into risk register
• Provide open communication, strong work ethic, integrity, facilitate all company objectives and values and mentor employees in those areas
• Lead the LP Operations due diligence team for acquisition opportunities
• Prepare and submit LP Operations due diligence report with material issues, areas of concern, and valued-added opportunities that contribute to success of the acquisition
• Define financial model operations related inputs for acquisition model, integration budget, operational savings
• Populate Operations section of Risk matrix with risks and mitigations, and obtain signoff of Risk Matrix
• Participate in Transition Services Agreement negotiations
• Work with TMO to develop materials related to integration thesis, governance structure, integration schedule, milestones, communication plan, Day 1 planning, transitioning employee engagement planning, etc.
• Define LP Integration leadership structure and LP Workstream business function leads
• Prepare integration budgets, project codes for integration expenses and tracking projects for execution immediate after acquisition announcement
• Support development of an Integration Guide and related Playbooks
• Lead LP Integration team to ensure successful transition and integration of acquired assets
• Work with Supply Chain Management to ensure Regional Operations has continued access to the critical goods and services
• Identify spare parts needed to ensure operational reliability of the system and work with Supply Chain Management to procure long lead items
• Represent LP Operations as the Integration Lead
• Support Transaction Management Office (TMO) Lead with Steering Committee updates, and attend meetings representing LP integration activities
• Operations lead for ESG (i.e. carbon capture, ammonia, solar, etc.) projects secured by Business Development
• Represent LP Operations during the development process, providing operations related input as required to the Business Development team
• Operations Lead for Gulf Coast Transmission expansion projects
• Represent Regional Operations to Business Development related to developing expansion opportunities on the system and support a competitive approach to securing new business
• For new LP ESG projects, lead a process during development and construction phases to ensure LP Operations is ready to assume operation of these assets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Regional Operations, maintenance, regulatory requirements and the business functions that support operation of LP assets