Specialist, Operational Assurance

Job Type:

Regular

Plains All American is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). We own an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. On average, Plains handles more than 6 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL in its Transportation segment. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

We are looking for highly-motivated individuals who enjoy working as part of a team in a dynamic and entrepreneurial work environment.

The Specialist, Operational Assurance plans, executes, and continuously improves the Plains’ OMS Assurance program, processes, and activities in the U.S. and Canada.

The successful candidate effectively collaborates across the OMS functions to sustain assurance methodologies and reinforce a continuous improvement culture. Assurance activities include but may not be limited to:  recurring internal protection program audits, external management system audits, third-party management system audits, sub-element assessments, operational area assessments, and employee surveys. You will model Plains’ commitment to the sustainment and continuous improvement of our OMS, conformance with management system requirements, and maintains productive professional relationships with sub-element sponsors, sub-element owners, and field leadership. #Plains

Job Responsibilities:

OMS Assurance Program

• Maintains, implements, and continuously improves the OMS Assurance Program to mature program effectiveness
• Implements the rolling OMS Assurance Plan to plan, conduct, and document internal management system audits, assessments, and surveys
• Supports assessments including planning, coordination, execution, reporting, and follow-up
  • Maintains and implements the plan to conduct periodic OMS assessments to evaluate effectiveness and maturity, including sub-element (corporate) assessments and operational area (field) assessments
  • Benchmarks against others in the industry when the information is available
  • Identifies gaps and feedback for sub-elements, and assists in the development of improvement actions
• Leads internal management system audits including planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up
  • Maintains and implements the rolling audit plan to assure the minimum three-year cycle for asset integrity, health and safety, damage prevention, security, environmental protection, emergency management, and other OMS sub-elements for adequacy and effectiveness in meeting management system requirements
  • Assures audit standard of care is applied and records are managed accordingly
  • Incorporates relevant management system audit protocols from the United States and Canada
  • Identifies audit findings for management system deficiencies, facilitates development of corrective actions, and tracks corrective action closure
•  Leads external management system audits with regulators and third-party providers
  • Coordinates information requests from auditor, to include establishing expectations and deadlines for responses from sub-element owners and providing documentation to the auditor
  • Facilitates progress throughout the audit
  • Receives draft audit report from external auditor, provides review and comment with relevant operational senior leaders and sub-element owners prior to providing comments back to auditor
  • Receives final audit report and findings, communicates to senior leaders and sub-element owners, facilitates development of corrective actions, and tracks to closure
• Leads safety culture surveys to include planning, coordination, execution, reporting, and follow-up
  • Implements the plan to conduct periodic OMS employee surveys to gather employee perceptions and opportunities for improvement based on Operations Leadership Team intent
  • Conducts surveys and/or selects and contracts with subject matter experts to participate as needed
  • Compiles survey reports for sub-element and organizational leadership to use in developing responsive actions for targeted improvement
• Compiles, analyzes, and reports OMS Assurance data for Operations Leadership Team, Operations Management Team, and Management Review to focus attention and action in determining and implementing continual improvement.

Communication

• Works with all levels of management and operational personnel, to include prioritizing information needs and scheduling audit participants
• Works with Regulatory compliance and I