Permian Water Infrastructure Negotiator
Houston, TX, US
About us
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The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
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What role you will play in our team
As a Permian Water Infrastructure Negotiator, you will be responsible to identify and pursue opportunities that deliver portfolio synergies, create optionality, and generate value for the ExxonMobil water portfolio. Top priorities are to develop and cultivate relationships with counterparties to lead structuring, negotiation and execution of high-value deals in support of ExxonMobil’s Upstream Unconventional business. The portfolio has responsibility for a regional subset of the total portfolio, with specific responsibility for Midland Basin Water. The role is office-based in Spring, TX and will involve travel.
What you will do
- Contract Development / Management
- Negotiate and execute water agreements consistent with ExxonMobil commercial strategies; lead negotiations on deals with third parties that include embedded options accretive to ExxonMobil portfolios and asset base
- Handle water portfolio across ExxonMobil’s Unconventional portfolio
- Identify new opportunities and execute opportunity flow
- Business Development
- Support asset development by creating takeaway strategies for areas of development
- For development in areas with existing contracts/dedications, coordinate third party infrastructure connections and complete associated contracting
- Identify, negotiate, and execute value accretive contracts that leverage ExxonMobil midstream assets (including third-party volumes)
- Relationship Management
- Develop and maintain strong business relationships with key customers and third party contacts
- Represent ExxonMobil in the relevant area of business in the market; develop relationships with new potential suppliers, and understand available market opportunities
- Optimize general interest and cross functional returns through interactions with value chain partners
- Maintain and enhance knowledge of Permian Water Infrastructure market fundamentals and standard industry contracting practices
- Execute portfolio strategies to improve Upstream portfolio based on flow assurance needs (focusing on high grading for maximum general interest)
About You
- ExxonMobil is seeking applicants with Upstream oil and gas knowledge and 10+ years of commercial experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Management, Supply Chain, Marketing or equivalent degree
- Applicants must have excellent collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills and can deliver results in a performance-driven and team-oriented environment
- Significant experience and interest in commercial transactions is desired
Preferred Knowledge/Skills/ Experience
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills; strong commercial negotiation skill set
- Strong critical thinking skills; ability to exercise business judgement/make sound decisions
- Detail-oriented and capable of producing results in time-constrained situations
- Adaptable to changing business needs and requests
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills; Strong communications skill set and ability to develop & foster key internal/external contacts
- High commitment to identify, define, and execute opportunities to capture market
- Deep knowledge of how to develop and execute commercial agreements
- Significant experience and interest in commercial transactions is desired; Business economics / Analysis required
- Ability to understand / support multiple opportunities across unconventional portfolio
- Mature understanding of produced water and supply water operations
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
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