LNG Shift Manager, Liquefaction (Ref ID: 466)

ABOUT NEXTDECADE CORPORATION NextDecade Corporation is an energy company accelerating the path to a net-zero future. Leading innovation in more sustainable LNG and carbon capture solutions, NextDecade is committed to providing the world access to cleaner energy. Through our subsidiaries Rio Grande LNG and NEXT Carbon Solutions, we are developing a 27 MTPA LNG export facility in South Texas and have proposed a carbon capture and storage project at the site. We remain committed to advancing and lowering the cost of utilizing carbon capture and storage and helping companies reduce their facility emissions and achieving their clean energy goals.. NextDecade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.” NextDecade is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.next-decade.com. 
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE 

The Shift Manager, Liquefaction, is one of the critical roles in the production organization, with a primary responsibility to ensure safe, efficient start-up, shutdown, and operational activities of the Rio Grande LNG and NEXT Carbon Solutions facility. This role will ensure that the personnel, processes, and procedures are in place and adequate to provide safe, sustainable and reliable plant operations. The Shift Manager Liquefaction must successfully communicate with the necessary team members, maintenance and other supporting groups.
As a key front-line leader at RGLNG, the Shift Manager, Liquefaction will interact directly with a large group of stakeholders from various asset disciplines (Maintenance, Engineers, HSSE, C&P), contractors, and vendors, necessitating the completion of leadership, HSSE, and soft skills-specific training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take pride and care when dealing with people, and your work. Know that every day, you have an impact on safety, your community and the environment.
• Demonstrate a relentless commitment towards personal and process safety.
• Drive knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching to accelerate overall team competence.
• Develop a One-Team approach to support all other team members when and where possible.
• Develop strong working relationships with stakeholders’, within and outside your team, to boost co-operation and a One-Team approach transcending into multi-disciplinary delivery.
• Demonstrate a strong personal commitment to Diversity and Inclusion through collaboration across functional and cultural boundaries.
• Display a strong positive attitude to manage and support change and improvement in our dynamic processes, ways of working and our overall performance as we evolve into a fully operating asset post Commissioning Start-up and Ramp-up (CSURU).
• Manage the shift workforce, and other resources in a manner that meets the daily Safe operations, and performance in terms of timing, quality and quantity.
• Manage an integrated operation involving a wide range of processing units including feed gas pipeline, gas pre-treatment, liquefaction, utilities, LNG storage and loading.
• Ensure compliance with all RGLNG procedures and policies.
• Contribute to operating procedures, safe work practices, continuous improvement and other relevant improvement initiatives by providing the input necessary to update them on a frequent basis.
• Demonstrate effective safety leadership by participating in walkdowns and sharing observations with coworkers.
• Responsible for performing the functions listed in the various Operation Management System elements, such as safe systems of work, operations production management, knowledge management, and Marine management, in accordance with approved processes.
• Responsible for ensuring all safety, process safety, and quality events are reported in a timely manner.
• Act as a coach and mentor to all shift operation team, and act proactively to fill any competence gap. Assist in development and execution of a training plan for each of their shift team members.
• During the commissioning and start-up phase, actively support project activities such as P&ID punching, system completeness checks, punch close-out checks, cleaning activities (flushing, air blowing, blasting, degreasing), and reviewing pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures.
• Support the development and utilize Digitization/IT initiatives that challenge industry norms and future proof the business.
• As Incident Commander, respond to emergencies by leading the shift emergency team and following established protocols.
• May require travelling for meetings an