Advisor Senior, Upstream

Company
HSB Solomon
Location
Houston , United States

HSB Solomon Associates LLC (Solomon), a subsidiary of Hartford Steam Boiler and MunichRe, is seeking candidates for a Senior Upstream 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, Manama, and Singapore. Solomon provides data-driven, strategic insight across the energy industry, leading to greater efficiency, reliability, and profitability.

Basic Function

The Senior Upstream Advisor will be a core member of Solomon’s Solutions Delivery team focused on Solomon’s global advisory business. This position 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 Upstream production operations. The Senior Advisor 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 onshore and offshore Upstream production operations. This position 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 15% of the time. The position can be based in one of Solomons primary office locations (Houston, Dallas, Farnborough, UK, or Bahrain). The opportunity is also open to remote working from any location.

Responsibilities

• Services Delivery
  • Delivers services, products, and solutions and acts as a project manager for assigned projects or as a subject matter expert
  • Delivers benchmarking study results presentation to clients
  • Analyzes client data to determine performance and works with clients to develop 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 an assigned Business Unit, ranging from a 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 in the Upstream energy industry. Energy Operator or consultancy experience are equally valuable
  • Experience should include at least four of the following areas: operations management, production operations, facilities engineering, maintenance, turnarounds, operations readiness, operations continuous improvement, health and safety, operating costs, well servicing, and supply chain management
• Preferred:
  •  Onshore and offshore production operations experience
  • Conventional and unconventional experience
  • Site based technical or management operational roles

Technical Skills

• Required:
  • Demonstrated ability to translate data and information into practical solutions and recommendations
  • Ability to present and provide insightful analysis up to and including the C Suite of multinational companies and federal-level governmental agencies
  • Willingness and ability to develop new advisory business, provide support to Business Development Team, and ability to expand services/solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to manage key project workflows and overall coordination of projects
  • Ability to apply Solomon methodologies as analysis tools to support recommended improvement changes to a client’s current operations
  • Knowledge of engineering calculations and spreadsheet or database expert user
  • Proficient in Microsoft® Office products such as Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®
  • Delivery of high-quality work product using Solomon documentation standards as appropriate
• • Actively coaches other advisors in areas of subject matter expertise

Non-Technical Skills

• Required:
  • Must demonstrate strong job quality motivation and possess high degree of intelligence
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal, written, listening, and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead in difficult situations
  • Demonstrate superior analytical skills, quantitative problem-solving skills even when problems are not well defined 
  • Ability to explain complex analytical concepts to people from other fields
  • Understanding of the nuances of working with clients from multiple social, ethnic, cultural and business backgrounds
  • Demonstrated ability to influence change and support/drive change management which positively impacts overall profitability of the business
  • Must be able to earn and command the respect of Solomon colleagues and project teams, manage client relationships, and be credible to potential clients
  • Proven track record of continuous improvement and creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Other:
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%