The energy industry – oil & gas sector in particular – is bracing itself for a massive wave of retirements over the short to medium term, which has been dubbed “The Great Shift Change.” As the industry prepares for this turnover, companies are looking to the next generation of candidates with skills ranging from finance, geology, engineering, law, etc.

Additionally, lots of exciting opportunities are opening up in various renewable energy sectors as technological advancements rapidly disrupt traditional utility business models. The energy efficiency business is also growing by leaps and bounds, as significant cost saving benefits associated with using less energy are an easy sell for most businesses.  

With these issues in mind, Breaking Energy highlights a few interesting energy jobs on a weekly basis.     

HR Business Partner – Rockies 

Anadarko; Denver, CO, US

Job Summary

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has a Human Resources Business Partner position providing onsite support for corporate services employees in its Denver office.

Qualifications 

No minimum years of experience required however the successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of four (4) years of human resources experience providing generalist support to management and employees.

Position Responsibilities

This hands-on position is responsible for supporting APC’s business strategies by delivering best practice HR advice, guidance and service to managers and employees regarding policies in Workforce Strategy and Planning, Analytics, Performance Management, Recruiting, Compensation and Benefits, Employee Relations and Compliance.

 

• Strong understanding of human resources best practices and policies and the ability to translate them into effective procedures and processes

• Proven excellent customer service skills

• A savvy professional with the drive and skills required to innovate, create and execute

• Adept at prioritization and application of appropriate sense of urgency to all activities

• Critically analyze, integrate other disciplines, and identify key elements to plan and complete projects while meeting deadlines

• Consistently produce results within economic goals

• Successfully develop, present and execute workforce strategies

• Effectively communicate (written and verbal) to interact and interface with the organization, adapting delivery to all functions, levels and subjects

• Function as a high-level partner to the business while collaborating with the HR team

• Respect and manage highly confidential information

• Effectively manage multiple priorities in a high activity environment

• Proficient computer skills required, specific experience with applications such as MS Office Suite, SAP, Taleo, SuccessFactors is preferred

• Oil and gas industry experience is preferred

Education  

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field is required. MBA or MS is a plus.

Certification/Licenses  

PHR, SPHR, or GPHR certification is preferred.

Work Schedule

This position is eligible for the 9/80 work schedule.

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Cost Engineering Lead 

Chevron; Questa, NM, US

Overview:

The Cost Engineering Lead will support the creation and management of cost loaded schedules for multiple Project Managers in a business unit environment while reporting to a centralized Cost Engineering function. The position is responsible for a small team, and for all aspects of Cost Engineering namely Planning Scheduling, Estimating, Project Controls and Risk Management. Position Details:

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Facilitate planning meetings to create a work breakdown structure, develop durations, load costs, and derive estimates and budget.
• Help project teams apply best practices for network scheduling, project assurance, what-if analysis, and critical path management.
• Provide business plan inputs e.g. forecasts, execution plans, dashboards, and milestone registers.
• Track performance using earned value management, and help Project Managers identify and make mid-course adjustments.
• Contribute to efficiency gains and applies Lean Sigma.
• Guide and assist suppliers who contribute to Cost Engineering process.
• Strengthen the Cost Engineering function by sharing best practices and lessons learned, mentoring, improving tools/standards, and contributing to networks.
• Provide functional leadership consistent with Chevron Environmental Management Company (EMC) Cost Engineering practice.

  Required Qualifications:

• Four year degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or Business.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Cost Engineering for upstream/ downstream oil and gas projects.
• Demonstrated experience with formal project management systems, principles and associated processes, practices, or tools.
• Broad knowledge of industry and professional cost engineering.
• Solid written and verbal skills, with demonstrated ability to establish credibility and influence.
• Proven ability to manage, provide direction, coaching and mentoring to team members, contractors, and multi-functional teams.
• Ability to manage onsite construction activity deliverables including: cost estimating, scheduling, forecasting, cost performance tracking and reporting.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in environmental projects.
• AACE International certification as a Certified Cost Consultant and/or as a Certified Cost Engineer.

  Relocation Options:

  Relocation may be considered within Chevron parameters.

  International Considerations:

  Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

  Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

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Development Expert Job 

SuccessFactors; Palo Alto, CA, US

Purpose and Objective:

SAP Labs, LLC seeks a Development Expert at our Palo Alto, CA location to be responsible for software design thinking, architecture and development focusing on concept, design, coding, testing, quality assurance of complex enterprise business application and processes.

Expectations and Tasks:

Work with Customer Innovation Engagements and provide desirable, viable and feasible solutions. Resolve complex issues within own area of expertise and mentors others in resolving complex problems. Define deliverables and provide advice and recommendations on solutions that may affect future design decisions. Show technical, business and/or methodological expertise. Constantly improve work methods and engineering skills in the team and beyond to establish state-of-the-art agile software engineering practices. Enhance skills beyond own core functional focus and works on other tasks for the benefit of the team. Easily move into new topics. Have expert level and broad overall product and technical knowledge and is recognized internally and externally as a subject matter expert. Have current and in-depth knowledge of industry trends. Provide technical guidance to the team and evangelize cutting edge technologies within the company.

Education and Qualifications/Skills and Competencies:

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and 7 years of experience. Employer will accept a Master’s degree and 5 years of experience.

Work Experience:

Experience must involve developing Enterprise Applications using object oriented java script, HTML5, CSS; mobile application development using IOS and Android; database fundamentals of SQL and NoSQL Databases; middle ware technologies such as NodeJS, Grunt, Java Spring; big data technologies such as Hadoop and Spark; performance, clustering and virtualization container technologies; working in analytics and BI tools; and Agile development methodology and short release cycles.

Travel:

N/A

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