Analyst / Senior Analyst, Environmental and Regulatory Projects

Cheniere Energy Inc

Houston, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Building Permits, Chemical Processes, Communication Skills, Compensation Management, Construction, Continuous Improvement, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Federal Government, Federal Laws and Regulations, Fire Safety, Hazard Analysis, Industry Standards, Interpersonal Skills, Legal, Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), Maintain Compliance, Mechanical Engineering, Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Natural Gas, Organizational Skills, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Project Schedule, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Reporting Skills, Safety Process, State Laws and Regulations, Time Management, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Houston, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Analyst/Senior Analyst, Environmental and Regulatory Projects will advise on federal, state, and local agency requirements as well as industry standards relevant to the permitting, construction, and operation of Liquefied Natural Gas ("LNG") facilities. Under general supervision, the Analyst will support permitting projects through all phases of the FERC regulatory process, other environmental permitting, including legal challenges to permits, and general regulatory support of LNG and pipeline projects in the development and construction phases.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

  • The Analyst/Senior Analyst will work to support the Environmental and Regulatory Department's overall mission of permitting new projects and expansions, providing compliance support, and evaluating regulatory changes across a wide range of regulatory programs, including but not limited to such programs developed under the NGA, NEPA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, PHMSA and the Pipeline Safety Laws.
  • The Analyst/Senior Analyst will support the broader team's efforts under FERC's NGA and NEPA process for jurisdictional projects and activities, including preparing and reviewing technical reports, oversight, and review of hazards analysis, and progressing siting requirements for LNG facilities.
  • Interface with engineering and other technical staff including internal stakeholders, contractors/consultants, and representatives of state and federal agencies for example: FERC, USACE, USFWS, TCEQ.
  • Ensure timely communication of project schedules and deliverables, as well as timely submission of required notifications applicable for facilities in development and under construction.
  • Advises the regulatory team, other groups within the company as well as federal regulators on complex regulatory issues and industry codes and standards.
  • Monitor, audit, and prepare reports to assure compliance with applicable regulations, permit conditions, site-specific conditions, requirements, policies, or other authorizing documents required by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
  • Update management on any deviations related to permit conditions or other performance requirements. Seek continuous improvement in alignment with corporate and facility performance goals.
  • Assist with the review and oversight of new regulatory initiatives ensuring compliance with existing regulations.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Knowledge: Expertise in U.S. regulatory requirements, policies, guidance, and industry standards, including those relevant to FERC Natural Gas Act ("NGA") Section 3 and Section 7 permitting and PHMSA regulations applicable to the design and construction of LNG and pipeline facilities. Broad understanding of federal, state, and local regulations, codes, standards and permits required to construct LNG and pipeline facilities, including but not limited to the Natural Gas Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. An understanding of the design, siting, and construction of LNG facilities, including hazard modeling software and layers of protection.

Skills:

  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Organized and able to manage multiple activities and programs timely and with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Ability to quickly understand and summarize key developments across a wide range of federal, state and local regulatory programs. Skill in developing presentations, briefing sheets, and analysis related to the overlay of such legal and regulatory requirements and developments against Company initiatives.
  • Problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision in a dynamic work environment.
  • Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite consisting of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education and Certifications:

  • Education and Certifications: Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences, Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Process Safety, or Fire Protection preferred), or a related field.
  • Experience:
  • Analyst: Three (3) years or more of relevant experience, LNG preferred. Compensation will be determined by level of experience.
  • Senior Analyst: Five (5) years or more of relevant experience, LNG preferred. Compensation will be determined by level of experience.

DIRECT REPORTS

There are no direct reports.

FREEDOM TO ACT

The Analyst/Senior Analyst has a high degree of aptitude in their field and requires moderate supervision. The Analyst/Senior Analyst shall be empowered to recommend corrective actions as needed and will document the corrective actions that may have violated company policy or laws and regulations pursuant to facility regulatory requirements, permits or authorizations.

WORK CONDITIONS

  • Job is performed in a typical office and/or construction site environment, is subject to time pressures and constraints, and is often dependent on input from others.
  • Business requirements may occasionally necessitate that work be performed from home, after normal work hours or on weekends.
  • Business requirements may include periodic travel to operating facilities or facilities under construction.
  • Subject to drug and alcohol testing, per applicable federal regulations or as required by Cheniere.

ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employee''s performance due to physical, mental, or emotional disability.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.

About the Company

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Cheniere Energy Inc

Our company

Around the globe, countries, communities and companies want many of the same things: to be productive, healthy and safe. At Cheniere, we provide clean, secure and affordable energy to the world — energy that can reduce carbon emissions, help lead to cleaner air, and light homes and power factories — all manufactured and transported by modern energy infrastructure run by a world-class workforce.

The energy we make is liquified natural gas, or LNG. We began operations in 2016, and we’re already the largest producer of LNG in the United States and the second largest LNG operator in the world. Our LNG has reached dozens of markets on five continents, and the demand for our fuel is expected to grow as countries around the world seek cleaner ways to power their economies.

While you’ll find our headquarters in Houston, Texas, and our LNG facilities in Southwest Louisiana and South Texas, we are a global company with offices in London, Singapore, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo.

Our facilities

Cheniere’s energy infrastructure represents a more than $38 billion investment in the future of energy and is a demonstration of the company’s ability to execute. Cheniere established industry records for bringing new liquefaction units online ahead of schedule and is the fastest company to produce and export 1,000 cargoes of LNG.

Cheniere is operating, constructing and developing two LNG facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. These massive LNG facilities reliably and safely process billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day into LNG and load the liquid energy onto insulated ships that keep the product cold for their journeys around the world.

Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility, which is located in Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana, began export operations in 2016 and currently has six fully operational liquefaction units, or ​trains.” With all six trains complete, the aggregate nominal production capacity of Sabine Pass is approximately 30 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG.

Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG facility in South Texas is the first greenfield LNG export facility in the U.S. lower 48 and began operations in 2018. All three Trains are operating, and the aggregate nominal production capacity of the Corpus Christi facility is approximately 15 mtpa of LNG.

Our business

What we do is provide LNG to customers, but how we do it makes us different. Cheniere is a full-service LNG provider. 

We purchase natural gas from the robust, transparent and liquid North American gas market, process the natural gas into LNG, and offer our customers the option to load the LNG onto their vessels at our terminals, or we will deliver the LNG to regasification facilities around the world.

Approximately 85% of Cheniere’s expected aggregate LNG production capacity, either completed or under construction, is contracted through long-term take-or-pay style agreements with creditworthy counterparties. The remaining volumes of LNG we can produce are available for our integrated marketing unit to sell into the market. That gives Cheniere the unique combination of stability and opportunity — long-term, contracted, stable cash flows, plus marketing opportunities driven by shorter-term natural gas supply and demand fundamentals in markets worldwide.

Natural gas is transported to Cheniere’s LNG facilities on third-party pipelines on which we own firm transportation capacity, as well as on pipelines Cheniere has constructed, owns and operates.

COMPANY SIZE
1,500 to 1,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Energy and Utilities
WEBSITE
https://cheniere.com/