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National Grid is hiring a Manager, Data Analytics and Records for our Gas Asset Engineering department in NE/ NY.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are therewhen people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

Recently expanded, the Pressure Regulation Engineering (PRE) Department provides consistent, risk-based asset management of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) assets in addition to managing assets for 1,800 Pressure Regulating stations. Our team culture is self-directed and empowered PRE team members have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, interacting broadly with various internal stakeholders. PRE develops long and short term investment plans for LNG, CNG and Pressure Regulation assets, providing an energy asset roadmap towards a reliable and sustainable future.

This position creates the strategy and provides the leadership for the group of professionals to operate IT systems such as Maximo, Synergi, and ArcGis for Gas Asset Management for the purpose of collecting and managing the records for these assets including transmission pipelines, take stations, transmission regulator stations, and LNG Plants   The key objective of this position is to develop techniques to analyze asset data, assessment data, and maintenance records with the objective to optimize asset replacement strategies using quantitative risk analysis.  Ultimately this will ensure that National Grids stations operating at transmission pressure meet the PHMSA guidelines for safe and reliable operation of transmission assets. 

Key Accountabilities

- Develop the strategy to work with IT systems supporting over 500 miles of transmission pipeline data, 400 transmission pressure regulating stations as well as 98 take stations.
- Determine where gaps exist in records
- Create a full completement of algorithms to best represent asset health 
- Using Predictive Analytics and Asset Aware, create linkage in Copperleaf to import asset condition and risk scores to create value models for investment decision making
- Create models to analyze and optimize asset replacement/modernization strategies with cost vs. risk analysis
- Manage a team to develop reports to find data/record gaps
- Manage a team to close record gaps
- Assist others to develop capital plans to replace or upgrade stations in order to meet PHMSA proposed rules for traceable, verifiable and complete record management. 
- Collaborate with other sponsors to ensure capital investments take into consideration other improvements and support the long-term strategy for these assets.  
-Manage the process for transmission records retrieval and storage and ensure that newly constructed asset data is properly warehoused and is complete and accurate.
- Direct a team of in house personnel as well as a range of engineering services, consultants, and internal resources to enable full use of Maximo, Synergi, and Copperleaf systems for asset records storage, retention, and analysis. 

Qualifications

·    A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology  or a degree in Business with a minor in Computer Science.  Minimum of six (8) years relevant experience in data systems with credit given for knowledge of utility assets     
·    Preferred knowledge of current trends within the utility industry and developments in legislation or regulation related to PHMSA Pipeline rules, 49CFR192 DOT Pipeline Codes, ASME/ANSI B31.8 Code. 
·    Preferred knowledge of National Grid's business operations, company policies and practices 
·    Must have a valid driver's license with safe driving history. 
 Capability Requirements: 
·    Leadership abilities including giving presentations to business leads, engineering, and senior management 
·    Travel to and from various National Grid facilities in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island 
·    Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. 
·    Ability to gain support of colleagues during meetings, provide decisions, and make recommendations to designers in order to meet corporate goals for asset integrity and safety. 
·    Adapts approach and considers what is important to the audience and tailors message accordingly when presenting 
·    Actively builds and maintains a network of relationships, outside normal business contacts. 
·    Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly 
·    Ability to develop clear concise project scopes and communicate with other departments in order to achieve results. 
·    Proactively makes changes to improve performance, efficiency and effectiveness of processes 
·    Challenges existing engineering procedures and highlights areas for improvement. 
·    Possesses positive expectations for team members and expresses regard for them. 
·    Is receptive to change and is willing to change ideas or opinions based on new information or contrary evidence.

More Information

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.