Manager, Pipeline Safety Compliance

at Ameren in Pawnee, Illinois, United States

Job Description

About Us
Ameren is a leader in the energy industry, and our transformation toward more clean, renewable energy is also transforming other industries and infrastructure in our communities. As a regional company serving local customers, we not only serve our communities, we're a part of them. This isn't just a job. At Ameren, we invest in you, so you can power the quality of life you want.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is one of the core values that guides us in everything we do. We are committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that brings diverse perspectives to every area of our business.

Our benefits include:
Medical coverage on date of hire
100% employer paid cash balance pension plan
401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire
Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays
Paid parentalleave and family caregiver leave

About Ameren Illinois
Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Every day, we deliver electricity to 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. We deliver safe, reliable energy to more than 1,200 communities.
About The Position
The Manager, Pipeline Safety Compliance is responsible for ensuring compliance with state and federal pipeline safety regulations and ensuring a qualified workforce exists to perform construction, operation, and maintenance activities. The individual is also responsible for maintaining liaison with state and federal pipeline regulators, directing a Gas Engineering staff to support proper documentation and reporting of gas compliance records and metrics.

Key responsibilities include:
Manage the ICC Pipeline Safety audit cycle of AIC Gas Compliance records, Field construction, Operations Activities, and other required regulatory plans.
Serve as a liaison with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Pipeline Safety Manager, and Federal DOT Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA).
Coordinate with AIC Quality Assurance and Gas Operations to ensure external audits by ICC Pipeline Safety Analysts are properly supported and that findings are appropriately communicated and addressed.
Maintain external liaison to understand pipeline industry standards and leading practices through participation on external committees such as the Illinois UCRG compliance group, the AGA Gas Piping Technical Committee (GPTC), Gas Technical Institute initiatives, and others as required.
Respond to natural gas incidents notifying state and federal agencies, acting as or supporting the AIC Incident Commander for onsite investigation, prepare reports for state and federal agencies, and provide expert witness testimony for potential litigation.
Provide technical and field support related to Gas Compliance within Maximo and Click Mobile for Gas Operations, Gas Engineering, and to third party contractors all of whom complete and document over 100,000 compliance activities on an annual basis.
Contribute to the development and implementation of department goals to design and sustain quality in Gas Operations. Provide input to the Gas Systems Excellence program and to the AIC Quality Assurance program.
Develop, test and implement Gas Compliance monitoring frameworks and reporting, providing feedback to Gas Operations that promote continuous improvement and sustain compliance with state and federal regulations. Work with Digital and other stakeholders to ensure work management systems and other data collection systems are designed to collect the appropriate data to support Gas Compliance.
Oversee the AIC Operator Qualification program, ensuring Qualified Individuals are evaluated in the proper time frame, that the OQ Plan is updated and compliant, and that refresher training on Leak Management, Plastic Fusion and other tasks are implemented as required.
Manage and direct a team of professionals (i.e., Gas Compliance Engineers, Superintendent Quality Assurance (OQ), Quality Assurance Consultants (OQ), and Records Associates / Specialists.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Civil, Mechanical, or related Engineering degree from an accredited University required. Advanced degree or coursework in engineering or business preferred. Ten or more years of relevant gas, gas engineering, or gas operations experience required. Four or more years of supervisory or team/project leadership experience required.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

Proficiency with MS Office Suite; Knowledge of specific Ameren gas software systems (e.g., DOJM, OAS, Maximo, Click Mobile, etc.); Strong working knowledge of the 49 CFR DOT Pipeline Safety Code, Illinois Natural Gas... For full info follow application link.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.