Job Family Group:
Engineering Group
Job Description:
About Archaea
bp is committed to investing in lower carbon energy so we can meet our ambition to reach net zero by 2050. And while we?re still mostly in oil and gas today, bioenergy is one of our five transition growth engines and a key focus to help us support the global energy transition.
Archaea Energy, a bp company, is a leader in landfill gas to energy and the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) producer in the US. With big ambitions, we specialize in the development, construction and operation of RNG, landfill-gas-to-electric and dairy digester facilities. The team operates around 50 sites in 32 states with a robust development pipeline.
About the role
The Director of Measurement will lead and oversee the measurement and gas quality function for RNG facilities, including custody transfer metering, gas chromatographs and gas quality analyzers, and the measurement data that supports product sales, pipeline and utility interconnect requirements, and environmental credit programs. This role will set the strategic direction for measurement, ensuring accurate, compliant, and defensible measurement across the Archaea?s RNG facilities. This role requires strong technical expertise in natural gas measurement and gas quality analysis, leadership capabilities to manage a team of measurement specialists and third-party measurement service providers, understanding of project execution, and the ability to drive process improvements within a fast-paced environment. This role provides measurement engineering services in all project and operation phases, which include measurement design standards for greenfield/brownfield development, meter station and analyzer specification, factory and site acceptance testing, commissioning, calibration and proving programs, measurement data management, and support of interconnect audits and regulatory reporting. Travel requirement of 10-15%.
Key accountabilities
Strategic Leadership
- Provides leadership, mentoring and management of measurement specialists
- Maintains technical ownership of the standard measurement and gas quality design (meters, flow computers, analyzers, and sample systems) for new plants
- Collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize measurement initiatives and allocate resources effectively
- Project Execution
- Maintain the design standard for measurement and gas quality across new greenfield RNG projects.
- Oversee development of measurement deliverables such as meter station and meter run designs, analyzer and sample system specifications, flow computer configurations, measurement datasheets, and uncertainty calculations.
- Coordinate with 3rd party engineering companies and pipeline/utility interconnect operators on meter station design reviews and interconnect measurement requirements.
- Oversee factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing of meter skids, flow computers, and gas quality analyzers.
- Act as a liaison between Project Managers, the controls engineering team, and measurement vendors for installation, configuration, and commissioning of measurement systems.
- Coordinate with the controls engineering team on integration of flow computers and analyzers with PLC, SCADA, and historian systems.
- Oversees commissioning activities including meter and analyzer startup, calibration, and witness testing with interconnect operators.
Operations Support
- Provides measurement and gas quality support operating RNG facilities
- Owns the measurement calibration, verification, and meter proving program across all sites, including schedules, procedures, and records
- Ensures the accuracy, integrity, and auditability of electronic flow measurement (EFM) data and oversees measurement balancing, volume reconciliation, and lost and unaccounted for (LAUF) investigations
- Ensures measurement systems meet compliance, commercial, and regulatory requirements, including pipeline and utility interconnect gas quality tariffs
- Partners with the commercial and environmental teams to ensure measurement data and methods support product sales, RFS/RIN generation, LCFS, GHG reporting, and third-party verification
- Serves as the primary contact for interconnect operators on measurement disputes, audits, and gas quality events
- Oversees version control and backups of flow computer and analyzer configurations, and maintains measurement documentation
- Ensures obsolescence of measurement and analyzer equipment is monitored, tracked and prioritize
Essential education
- Bachelor?s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related field
Essential experience
- 10+ years experience in natural gas measurement supporting projects or operations of oil/gas, midstream, gas processing, utilities, RNG, etc.
- Experience managing teams
- Experience with orifice, ultrasonic, Coriolis, and turbine meters and flow computers (e.g., ABB Totalflow, Emerson ROC/FloBoss, OMNI)
- Experience with process gas chromatographs and gas quality analyzers (moisture, O2, CO2, H2S, total sulfur)
- Experience with measurement data management systems (e.g., Flowcal, PGAS) and historians such as PI
Desirable criteria
- Expert knowledge of AGA Reports No. 3, 7, 8, 9, and 11, API MPMS Chapter 21, and GPA 2172 and 2261
- Knowledge of environmental credit program measurement requirements (EPA RFS, CARB LCFS, EPA GHGRP)
Why join us?
Delivering a better and more balanced energy system requires many different approaches and solutions. All of us have a part to play. We aim to support our people to learn and grow in an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. So, if you have the right skills, commitment and courage to help us invest in today?s energy system and build out tomorrow?s, apply today!
How much do we pay (Base)? $127,000 - $181,000 *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.
This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 ? 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays.You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at . Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks? paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more at .
Join our industry-leading team and you?ll receive a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These include, but are not limited to:
- Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
- Quarterly Momentum Bonus
- 401K Program
- Health, Vision, And Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
But above all? You?ll play a key part in helping bp deliver our ambition ? to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero. Apply today!
Travel Requirement:
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Asset Life Cycle Management, Automation system digital security, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Competency Management, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Fluency, Earthing and grounding systems, Electrical operational safety, Factory acceptance testing, Financial Management, Fire and gas philosophy, Functional Safety, Hazard Identification, Hazard identification and protection layer definition, Instrument and protective systems, Management of Change, Network Technologies, Project Commissioning, Project Management, Safe and reliable operations, Safety critical equipment {+ 2 more}
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