Specialist, Material Balance

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Material Balance Specialist role will work in cooperation with and in support of the Manager of Measurement & Material Balance and the Supervisor of Measurement & Material Balance. The position interfaces with Engineering, Operations, Distribution, Laboratory, and Field Measurement personnel. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performing daily balancing functions for assigned assets.
• Certifying that measurement information is complete and correct throughout the month for assigned assets.
• Ensuring accurate reporting of material balance activities for assigned assets.
• Understanding and maintaining the material balances for assigned assets.
• Interacting with external and internal customers and making decisions based on those interactions.
• Working as part of a team to research and investigate material balance issues for assigned assets.
• Performing monthly closing duties during the first seven business days of the month, such as:
  • Completing the entry of all measurement data,
  • Editing measurement data where necessary,
  • Analyzing & resolving any outstanding material balance issues on a segment & system level,
  • Reviewing & verifying Field Measurement reports (i.e. meter test reports, equipment change reports)
• Issuing balancing reports in a timely manner.
• Keeping supervisor informed of any unresolved issues throughout the month.
• Cross-training on other Material Balance Specialists' job duties.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• College degree in Business or Technical field, or at least 3 or more years of experience in Natural Gas Measurement/Volume is preferred, analyzing gas measurement volumetric data, reviewing gas samples and preparing material balance reports for gas assets.
• Experience in standard Industry Measurement systems preferred - Flow Cal, P Gas, CMS.
• Must be computer literate to work in the Measurement systems and develop reports.
• Deep understanding and knowledge in Microsoft Excel to manipulate data for analysis and research.
• Must have strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Must have an aptitude for analyzing data and recognizing abnormal conditions.
• Must have good communication skills to work with Stakeholders and the Field.