Advisor Senior, Refining

Company
HSB Solomon
Location
Houston , United States

Solomon Associates, a subsidiary of Hartford Steam Boiler and MunichRe, is seeking candidates for a Senior Refining Advisor 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 candidate will be a core member of Solomon’s Solutions Delivery team focused on Solomon’s global advisory business. The Senior Advisor will be responsible for client engagement, project management, benchmarking activities, maintaining technical integrity of advisory projects for which they are responsible, and for providing subject-matter expertise related to business performance and operations, in the area of Refining production operations. The candidate will directly contribute to the success and profitability of Solomon’s core businesses, where engagements may be individual or in collaboration with other team members.

In this role, the candidate will work as a client-facing advisor, an advisor to other client teams, and as a creative problem-solver that enables client success. Solomon’s engagements cover a wide range of topics, from strategy to operational improvements. The Senior Advisor will have rounded expertise in multiple areas of refining production operations. The Senior Advisor is expected to become proficient in Solomon’s benchmarking methodologies and studies that, when combined with industry experience, will develop a strong belief in the benefits Solomon’s unique approach provides to clients.

Senior Advisors are expected to lead and participate in Solomon advisory engagements at client locations worldwide, with associated travel (domestic and international) up to 25% of the time average per year. This position would be based in Solomon’s Dallas or Houston offices. Applications UK based will be considered. 

 

Responsibilities

Services Delivery

• Delivers services, products and solutions and acts as a Project Manager for assigned consulting projects, or as a Refining Unit Subject Matter Expert.

• Delivers benchmarking study results presentation to Clients.  Analyzes client data to determine performance and working with clients develops products and programs to facilitate performance improvement.

• Reviews client data to improve accuracy and consistency of data quality.

Client Partner

• Serves as Client Partner for assigned client accounts and is the client relationship manager and trusted technical advisor for Solomon services, studies and products.  Will have several assigned clients from single site through to Multi-National Major Energy companies with multiple assets.

Internal Collaboration

• Provides support to product management teams, advises on customer feedback/satisfaction, and introduces product development ideas.
• Collaborates on product development features.

Resource Planning

• Provides project management, including resource and cost forecasting, using ERP system, resource planning, and negotiation for resources.

Education

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum, or related engineering field)

Preferred:

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

Work Experience

Required:

• 15+ years progressive Fuels Refining and/or Refining Consultancy experience
• Proven leadership of leading business improvement initiatives either as external or internal consultant to executive teams.
• Direct experience in operations management, operations readiness, production planning, continuous improvement programs, organizational design, operating costs optimization.

Preferred:

• Process Improvement, energy or emissions reduction project
• Strategic Planning/Investment experience

• Site based technical or management operational leadership roles
• Experience with Solomon’s benchmarking studies

KNOWLEDGE & Skills

Required:

• Demonstrated ability to translate data and information into practical solutions and recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to approach clients with a good balance of technical understanding and commercial savvy; knows when and where to draw the line when proposing solutions to clients
• Understanding of the nuances of working with clients from multiple social, ethnic, cultural and business backgrounds
• Ability to present and provide insightful analysis up to and including the C Suite of multinational companies and federal-level governmental agencies
• Ability to develop new advisory business, provide support to Business Development Team, and ability to expand services/solutions
• Proficient project management skills to manage key project workflows and overall coordination of projects
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include verbal, written, public speaking, listening and presentation skills
• Ability to build strong client relationships and deliver client-centric solutions
• Excellent people skills with the ability to successfully collaborate in a global, multi-disciplinary, diverse, matrixed, and dynamic team environ
• Familiar with data analytics methods and tools
• Ability to explain complex analytical concepts to people from other fields
• Dedication to creating high-quality solutions, delivery of high-quality work products, written proposals, and materials within deadlines and using Solomon documentation standards as appropriate
• Understanding of business operations, key performance metrics, and the ability to align data analysis with strategic business objectives.
• Ability to apply Solomon methodologies as analysis tools to support recommended improvement changes to a client’s current operations
• Demonstrate superior analytical skills, quantitative problem-solving skills even when problems are not well defined 
• Knowledge of engineering calculations, spreadsheet or database expert user
• Demonstrated ability to lead in difficult situations
• Proficient in Microsoft® Office products such as Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®
• Demonstrated ability to influence change and support/drive change management which positively impacts overall profitability of the business
• Effectively and efficiently navigate workflows and processes to accomplish work and the ability to identify and recommend improvements​​​​​​​
• Proven track record of continuous improvement and creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Actively coaches other advisors in areas of subject matter expertise

 

Other:

• Ability to travel domestic and internationally up to 25%

 

 

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.