What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facilities Operations Specialist position at Amp Americas?
About Amp Americas
Founded in 2011, Amp Americas is a pioneering company in the renewable energy sector, specializing in the development and operation of RNG production facilities that convert dairy waste into carbon-negative hydrogen, transportation fuel, and power. Our vertically-integrated approach leverages over a decade of expertise in carbon-negative fuel development, operations, services, and marketing to deliver comprehensive solutions addressing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air, land, and water quality.
Position Summary
The Facilities Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe operation of our RNG assets, maximizing uptime and production, while optimizing reliability and performance. This position reports directly to the Sr. Director of Operations Engineering, collaborating extensively with operations and engineering staff through regular on-site support to troubleshoot issues impacting throughput or yield, commission new plants, and implement process and technology improvements at our facilities by designing, specifying, and implementing process improvement projects. The incumbent must be skilled in vendor management and familiar with common gas processing equipment. A results-oriented, self-motivated engineer is needed to work cross-functionally to support or lead a diverse set of project and/or operational tasks that may arise in a start-up environment.
Key Responsibilities
Founded in 2011, Amp Americas is a pioneering company in the renewable energy sector, specializing in the development and operation of RNG production facilities that convert dairy waste into carbon-negative hydrogen, transportation fuel, and power. Our vertically-integrated approach leverages over a decade of expertise in carbon-negative fuel development, operations, services, and marketing to deliver comprehensive solutions addressing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air, land, and water quality.
Position Summary
The Facilities Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe operation of our RNG assets, maximizing uptime and production, while optimizing reliability and performance. This position reports directly to the Sr. Director of Operations Engineering, collaborating extensively with operations and engineering staff through regular on-site support to troubleshoot issues impacting throughput or yield, commission new plants, and implement process and technology improvements at our facilities by designing, specifying, and implementing process improvement projects. The incumbent must be skilled in vendor management and familiar with common gas processing equipment. A results-oriented, self-motivated engineer is needed to work cross-functionally to support or lead a diverse set of project and/or operational tasks that may arise in a start-up environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full scope, including but not limited to, identification, prioritization, and execution of process improvement projects for AMP facilities digesting biomass into biogas and upgrading into RNG.
- Propose process improvement projects and determine cost and financial performance.
- Scope out equipment requirements and compare quotations from vendors.
- Ensure quality of procured equipment, not limited to FAT Testing, and shop visits.
- Determine scope of work for vendors, for correct installation and commissioning of new equipment
- Work cross functionally for controls upgrades, operational changes, etc.
- Successfully commission the process changes.
- Identify and troubleshoot issues at biogas upgrading plants as well as devise improved alternative strategies in collaboration with onsite operations staff.
- Create action plans for resolving issues by evaluating operation targets, unit performance, and limitations.
- Interface with multi-disciplinary teams to develop and monitor project metrics, manage project data. Incorporate lesson's learned and evaluate new project designs from an operations perspective.
- Summarize operating trends and engineering data recommending corresponding actions to plant management.
- Collaborate with Vendors and Plant Managers to develop SOPs and other training material for operations staff.
- Manage vendors to improve reliability and lower operating costs.
- Perform Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFAs) and implement solutions with support from plant management.
- Train new operators on root cause analysis and optimal plant operation.
- Assist Regulatory team in fugitive emission and carbon intensity (CI) score tracking and monitoring.
