Sr Analyst - Measurement

Summary :

This position will be responsible for providing support to operations and other related disciplines with measurement analytics and activities.

Responsibilities of the position will include, but are not limited to :

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Monitor, analyze and make necessary edits as needed to incoming volume and quality data to assure accuracy and completeness.
• Work closely with communications technicians, measurement technicians, and external customers to resolve missing data issues.
• Responsible for estimating / editing custody transfer data that cannot be recovered by using customer data, historical data, flow patterns and measurement experience.
• Responsible for reviewing and editing 15-minute, hourly, daily or batch volume or mass data, where applicable, from meters to identify and correct erroneous, invalid, and questionable data, thus assuring that measurement data sent to customers and accounting department is accurate.
• Responsible for the setup of new meters in the measurement system, based upon contractual terms and SCADA configuration reports.
• Using knowledge of liquids and or natural gas properties, where applicable, and historical data, evaluates incoming chromatograph and sample data to assure that it is reasonable and representative.

Coordinates with the field and / or third-party labs on resolving analysis issues.

• Maintain, generate, and distribute various reports needed to evaluate the accuracy of measurement data.
• Compiles and evaluates incoming third-party measurement data and assures its agreement with check measurement data, where applicable.
• Maintains, reports, and troubleshoots physical pipeline L&U balances based upon information compiled from pipeline operations, field measurement operations, and commercial.
• Evaluates incoming meter test data using applications such as (Flow-Cal TESTit, Flow-Cal PROVEit, and PYCit) to determine if a current or prior period adjustment is required by the contract and performs the necessary volume or mass adjustments.
• Uses measurement knowledge and troubleshooting tools to perform Prior Period Adjustments, creating the required documentation for SOX controls and accounting settlements.
• Maintains detailed records of all work performed including data edits and system configuration changes to ensure compliance with all company SOX controls.
• Maintain customer relations with third party customers.
• Troubleshoots data exchange issues when transferring FLOWCAL TESTit data.
• Works with only general guidance and may cover many of responsibilities of a Lead Analyst that is sick / on leave.

Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level :

The Specialist / Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience and 2-5 years of relevant job related experienceThe Senior Specialist / Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experienceThe Lead Specialist / Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience

Education and / or experience, knowledge, skills and abilities :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below :

• Proficiency with MS Excel (multi-scale graphs, pivot tables)Mastery of FLOWCAL and / or PGASBasic knowledge of flow computer software (WinCCU, RocLink, Omni, AccuLoad, and Spirit)Basic knowledge of SCADA / Polling interface softwareOffice level proficiency with MS Outlook
30+ days ago