Director, Gas Asset Performance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Act as the enterprise owner responsible for the performance of Divert's biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) assets across all operational facilities.

• This position focuses on enhancing asset availability, methane recovery, gas quality, safety, and lifecycle value through collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external technology partners.

• Instead of functioning as a design engineer, this role delivers strategic technical leadership, fosters continuous improvement, sets enterprise standards, and ensures Divert's gas assets consistently meet best-in-class performance benchmarks.

• Own the enterprise strategy regarding gas handling and RNG assets, which encompasses gas collection, compression, upgrading, CO2 removal, gas quality, pipeline injection, flares, analyzers, and related utility systems.

• Collaborate closely with Operations and Maintenance to enhance RNG performance by creating enterprise standards for operation, maintenance, commissioning, critical spare parts, preventive maintenance, operating procedures, and asset documentation.

• Establish and monitor performance metrics and benchmarks across all operating facilities, detecting trends and disseminating best practices throughout the organization.

• Formulate the long-term roadmap for gas asset performance, which includes lifecycle planning, equipment standardization, technology selection, and recommendations for capital improvements.

• Lead root cause analyses for significant production losses and equipment failures, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to implement lasting corrective actions and hold vendors accountable for performance, warranty, and service quality.

• Oversee external engineering resources supporting operational facilities, ensuring that work is accurately scoped, technically sound, and in alignment with Divert's enterprise standards.

• Assess emerging technologies and industry best practices, proposing investments that enhance asset performance, lower lifecycle costs, and improve operational flexibility.

• Support new facilities and major capital projects by evaluating equipment selections and designs for operability, maintainability, standardization, and integration of lessons learned from existing operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience in supporting, operating, maintaining, optimizing, or commissioning industrial gas handling, RNG, biogas, or similar process facilities.

• Proven track record of enhancing operational performance across multiple facilities.

• Proven experience in influencing cross-functional organizations without direct authority.

• Experience managing OEMs, engineering consultants, specialty contractors, and technology vendors.

• Strong knowledge of industrial asset management, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and lifecycle planning.

• Exceptional communication, organizational, and business acumen, with the ability to convert technical issues into operational and capital priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, Vision, and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)

• Life Insurance

• Safe harbor 401(k) plan

• Paid Time Off

• Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization