Principal Technical Manager, Upstream Oil and Gas Company HSB Solomon Location Houston , United States

HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a subsidiary of Hartford Steam Boiler and Munich Re, is seeking candidates for a Technical Manager - Upstream Oil and Gas position to work in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. Solomon is the leading performance improvement company for the global energy industry, serving clients in nearly 80 countries, with global headquarters in Dallas and regional offices in Houston, London, and Manama. Solomon provides data-driven, strategic insight across the energy industry, leading to greater efficiency, reliability, and profitability.

BASIC FUNCTION

The Upstream Oil and Gas Production Principal Technical Manager provides technical input to Solomon's Upstream benchmarking and consulting projects. The Technical Manager will provide Upstream Oil and Gas operational industry expertise and be able to analyze production operations data to provide business insights. This role will have knowledge of current industry operational trends and be comfortable working with production technical data and interfacing with clients at multiple levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Upstream Oil & Gas Technical Roadmap

• Responsible for stewarding the technical roadmap of Solomon's industry leading upstream production benchmarking studies to enable long-term market growth and business objectives.
• Owns and leads enhancement for upstream benchmarking analyses (Solomon's Onshore Study and Offshore Study), technical scope, benchmarking methodology & calculations, and study insight generation.
• Execution of upstream production benchmarking studies. Interfacing with clients and internal stakeholders to provide client business value.
• Planning and execution of upstream oil and gas consulting projects.
• Ensuring the technical quality and value to client of upstream performance improvement products.

Industry Trends & Market Intelligence

• Responsible for keeping abreast of industry trends and key client initiatives and applying that market intelligence to evolve the benchmarking and consulting offerings.
• Conceptualizes, defines, and implements changes to study scope, metrics, and deliverables to address current and future industry challenges.
• Increases client value by expanding and deepening the insights that clients receive from study participation.

Application of New Technologies & Analytical Methodologies

• Responsible for applying new technologies and analytical methodologies to uncover new classes of insights from Solomon's intellectual property and databases. This mandate includes, but is not limited to, new insights pertaining to sustainability for the Upstream Oil and Gas industry.
• Responsible for defining infrastructure improvements that increase the efficiency of both client study participation and Solomon study execution, as well as reducing the effort required to obtain meaningful performance insights.

Internal Collaboration

• Proactively collaborate with the relevant Benchmarking Study Managers, Benchmarking Product Manager, Executive Vice President of Intellectual Property, and Technology Team in coordinating technical study improvement activities in alignment with company timelines and resource availability

EDUCATION

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical or Petroleum Engineering

Preferred:

• Master's degree and/or advanced professional degree preferred (e.g., MBA, PhD, etc.)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required:

• 12+ years of career experience in an oil and gas operating company. and/or energy consulting company
• 8+ years upstream production operational experience in technical support, production, maintenance, or operational management roles
• Significant experience with onshore (conventional and unconventional), offshore, and gas production operations gained in site-based roles

Preferred:

• Career tenure spanning a variety of asset and facility types and maturities
• Career tenure spanning assignments in multiple countries

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Required:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including excellent verbal, written, listening, public speaking, and presentation skills.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to successfully collaborate in a global, multi-disciplinary, diverse, matrixed, and dynamic team environment.
• Ability to independently solve difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Ability to translate complex business analytics and technical concepts into information consumable by executives and non-technical personnel, both internally and externally.
• Ability to gain insight into customer needs and to build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations.
• Excellent data and performance analysis skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Familiar with data analytics methods and tools.
• Ability to manage complexity by acquiring data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems; ability to uncover root causes to difficult problems.
• Ability to cultivate innovation by coming up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique; introduces new ways of looking at problems.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work products using Solomon documentation standards as appropriate.
• Ability to mobilize available internal/external resources and orchestrate multiple activities simultaneously to accomplish goals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office® products such as Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®.
• Proven track record of continuous improvement and creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Hands-on experience with plant operations.
• Solid understanding of all aspects of oil and gas production, including facilities operations, plant maintenance and reliability, technical support, planning and optimization, and overall field/asset performance.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts into simple business terms.

OTHER

• Willing to travel approximately 20% of the time, both domestically and internationally
• This position would be based in Solomon's Dallas, Houston, Bahrain, or UK office. Remote US and UK locations will also be considered.

At HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a subsidiary of The Hartford Steam Boiler and of Munich Re, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. The work environment characteristics, and any physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.