Specialist, Material Balance (Maintenance)
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the largest publicly traded partnership and a leading North American provider of energy services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Enterprise Products and its affiliates have over 6,500 employees. Enterprise's large integrated, geographical portfolio of assets provides multiple opportunities to grow through internal growth projects and through acquisitions. Enterprise service offerings include onshore and offshore energy gathering, processing, storage, fractionation, terminalling, transportation and marketing for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and refined products. To maximize the value of its interests, Enterprise's team utilizes an array of options that provides innovative solutions to create growth opportunities for the partnership and build value for investors. Energy professionals are discovering rewarding opportunities with Enterprise Products through exciting new growth areas, developing markets and innovative ways to provide energy solutions to customers.
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.
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.
