Director, Gas Asset Performance

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

📋 Description

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

• This position is tasked with optimizing asset availability, methane recovery, gas quality, safety, and lifecycle value by collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external technology partners.

• Instead of functioning as a design engineer, this role offers strategic technical guidance, promotes continuous improvement, sets enterprise standards, and ensures Divert's gas assets consistently achieve top-tier performance.

• Oversee the enterprise strategy for 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 establishing enterprise standards for operation, maintenance, commissioning, critical spare parts, preventive maintenance, operating procedures, and asset documentation.

• Create and monitor performance metrics and benchmarks across all operational facilities, recognizing trends and disseminating best practices throughout the organization.

• Formulate the long-term plan for gas asset performance, which includes lifecycle planning, equipment standardization, technology selection, and capital improvement suggestions.

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

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

• 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.

• Experience in influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.

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

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

• Exceptional communication, organizational, and business acumen, with the capability to translate 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