Clean Energy Career Opportunities
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Managing, analyzing and sourcing of third party trucking organizations and negotiating rates in order to reduce costs and ensure timely delivery.
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Managing transportation of supplies, material and equipment including scheduling and dispatching.
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Supervision of 2 or more direct reports
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Opportunity Snapshot

If you combine logistics savvy with solid analytical skills, this newly created role offers you the opportunity to make an impact in one of our hottest areas of focus: squeezing margins out of the production and transportation of our fuels. You will ensure we deliver products in a timely manner while driving down transportation costs, and the challenges will be diverse and intriguing, including minimizing evaporation of liquid natural gas (LNG) during cryogenic transport. Quick question for you - click here This is a strategically important role reporting directly to the Vice President of Operations and interacting with multiple areas of our business. Your success could set the stage for your role to expand.

Clean Energy is North America's leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation, and a global leader in expanding international natural gas vehicle markets. With experience and expertise built over more than a decade, we are committed to helping our customers -- companies operating all kinds of fleets from the goods movement sector, to refuse and public transit, to shuttles and taxi fleets -- gain the measurable economic and environmental advantages of natural gas fueling. We have more than 1000 employees and are continuing to expand our 280-station portfolio.

Pictured: we deliver LNG, compressed natural gas (CNG), biomethane / renewable natural gas (RNG) and other products to fueling stations around the US and Canada. And that's just part of our logistics picture.

The Requirements

To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have:
  • A bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical field.
  • At least five years of experience in logistics and proven knowledge of major, over-the-road transportation / long-haul trucking. Cryogenic experience is preferred. Quick question for you - click here
  • Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to analyze multiple factors to determine the lowest logistics cost.
  • Advanced skills in MS Excel, including modeling, and familiarity with other MS Office applications.
  • Familiarity with ordering, logistics and transportation management systems; experience implementing logistics systems is a plus.
  • Thorough knowledge of DOT regulations including drug and alcohol testing requirements, and the ability to apply federal, state and local legislation concerning all types of transportation.
  • The ability to negotiate.
  • Good communication and organizational skills.
  • Independent judgment and the ability to make sound decisions.
You also will need to be willing and able to travel 10% to 15% of the time.

Please note that our offices currently are in Seal Beach, where you will start, but we are planning to move to Newport Beach in mid-2013.

Role Overview

You will manage the day-to-day issues regarding Clean Energy's LNG transportation and logistics service to ensure effective and economical support to clients, sales and operations. This will include overseeing a team of two with deep experience scheduling routes and coordinating with a third-party trucking company. Quick question for you - click here

Your mission will be to bring a new, strategic level of planning to this function in order to ensure customer satisfaction, optimize efficiency and control costs. Your initial focus will be on LNG trucking, although down the road you'll include other logistics activities. We have almost 50 existing LNG stations, another 70 about to open, and 75 in various stages of planning and construction.

Your key objectives will include:
  • Developing and implementing systems and best practices for analyzing various factors (locations, distance traveled, evaporation, etc.) to control costs.
  • Sourcing, evaluating, selecting and managing relationships with third-party trucking organizations.
  • Ensuring we are making optimal use of MercuryGate, our recently implemented transportation management system, and other technology tools.
Once you have mastered the LNG challenges, you will broaden your scope to include support of field services operations such as site remediation, transportation of construction materials and manufactured equipment, and more.

Note: this is a high level overview of the role. To take a deeper dive into the details, see the Role Specifics tab.

Pictured: the solid waste and environmental services industries are "early adopters" of natural gas vehicles because natural gas is cheaper, cleaner, domestically abundant, and it works. Many customers have fueling facilities on their property that we supply, service and support.

Role Specifics

In this role you will:
  • Manage the timely and cost effective transportation of LNG supply, construction material and equipment, and manufactured equipment including scheduling and dispatching.
  • Analyze transportation sequence and time phasing, contractual commitments, customer specifications, route and design changes and other data to plan transportation activities and schedules through completion of service.
  • Analyze tariff rates, freight classifications, delivery schedules, carrier capabilities and transportation regulations, and develop rail, truck and barge rates.
  • Assist in the development and preparation of manuals, bulletins and systems to provide logistics support.
  • Work with trucking companies on service issues, billing and shipment errors. You'll verify all transporters are qualified, including maintenance of up-to-date transportation contracts and Certificates of Insurance.
  • Negotiate truck rates for USE facilities and provide transportation support as required.
  • Monitor and approve invoices from vendors, as applicable, and complete monthly transportation accruals.
  • Assist the sales department in securing new business and maintaining existing business, including offsite visits and project start up as needed.
  • Coordinate transportation and logistics in support of offsite and intercompany shipments.
  • Support corporate initiatives during the development of strategies and activities to enhance the level of customer satisfaction.
  • Provide guidance and direction to staff supporting the Logistics Department as well as management of contractors and other staff during the oversight of various projects.
Note: this is a detailed description of the role. To get the 30,000 foot view, see the Role Overview tab.

Pictured: Clean Energy is building America's Natural Gas Highway, a coast-to-coast infrastructure to deliver CNG, LNG and RNG to an expanding customer base.

Why Clean Energy

High visibility impact -- by raising our approach to logistics from tactical to strategic, you should score some early victories and then be able to build on that momentum. Our senior leaders take notice any time an employee can enhance the bottom line, and this area is of particular interest.

Career options -- our hope is to continue to grow such that the logistics team also will need to expand, and that would mean your role would expand. You will enjoy the entrepreneurial energy of driving positive change, but also have the security, stability and resources of Clean Energy.

Proven strong leadership -- you will join a team of accomplished, seasoned professionals at Clean Energy, led by Andrew Littlefair. Mr. Littlefair served as President of Pickens Fuel Corp (PFC), predecessor company of Clean Energy, which he co-founded in 1997 with Boone Pickens and was Staff Assistant to then President Ronald Reagan in the Office of Presidential Advance from 1983 to 1987. Our executive team's profiles can be viewed at CleanEnergyFuels.com.

Solid growth -- Clean Energy has the right solutions at the right time, as more and more organizations are exploring alternative fuel vehicles and solutions. For instance, in 2009 we opened the world's largest public LNG truck fueling station to serve the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as regional trucking; this facility will help transportation companies comply with the Port of Long Beach's Clean Air Action Plan.

Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive program, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises, such as a discretionary match on our 401(k) plan -- in four of the last five years the company has matched 50% of the employee's annual contribution.

Pictured: much of the fuel we transport goes to public fueling stations, such as this multi-use one at Los Angeles International Airport. The station serves taxis and transit vehicles as well as 18-wheelers.

Keys to Success

You'll need a strong process orientation as you develop and implement systems and procedures, as well as the leadership skills to influence and motivate people across departmental lines. You'll need highly developed interpersonal skills that can help you troubleshoot and solve problems cross-functionally, push back when necessary while still maintaining a uniform focus, and gain team and leadership respect. You'll also need to stay current on major issues and trends in legislation and guidelines from regulatory agencies.

In order to find success, you'll determine what you need and know how to get it. You're the expert so we expect you to own the position, approaching the initiative as a value proposition that will increase our level of service, and you should be as scalable as the systems, handling more and more as we grow. A personality that will fit here will be independent and self-starting, intellectual and analytical, and have a strong service orientation.

About Clean Energy

Taking the Lead in Clean-air Transportation

Clean Energy has a broad customer base in the solid waste, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 21,000 vehicles at 224 strategic locations across the United States and Canada.

Clean Energy owns and operates two LNG production plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA, with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. It also owns and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, TX that produces renewable methane gas or biomethane for delivery in the nation's gas pipeline network.

The Clean Energy vision extends beyond servicing the high fuel-use requirements of fleet operators. We are committed to helping businesses access the measurable advantages of clean-fuel solutions. Simultaneously, we are committed to protecting our environment as the leader in clean-air transportation. Clean Energy has proven that business and environmental goals can indeed find common ground, with mutually profitable results. Our vision and efforts have received recognition and awards from business and environmental organizations alike.

Pictured: the political climate is ripe for expansion in environmentally friendly fuels, and Clean Energy is in the vanguard of the industry.

Opportunity Snapshot

If you combine logistics savvy with solid analytical skills, this newly created role offers you the opportunity to make an impact in one of our hottest areas of focus: squeezing margins out of the production and transportation of our fuels. You will ensure we deliver products in a timely manner while driving down transportation costs, and the challenges will be diverse and intriguing, including minimizing evaporation of liquid natural gas (LNG) during cryogenic transport. Quick question for you - click here This is a strategically important role reporting directly to the Vice President of Operations and interacting with multiple areas of our business. Your success could set the stage for your role to expand.

Clean Energy is North America's leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation, and a global leader in expanding international natural gas vehicle markets. With experience and expertise built over more than a decade, we are committed to helping our customers -- companies operating all kinds of fleets from the goods movement sector, to refuse and public transit, to shuttles and taxi fleets -- gain the measurable economic and environmental advantages of natural gas fueling. We have more than 1000 employees and are continuing to expand our 280-station portfolio.

Pictured: we deliver LNG, compressed natural gas (CNG), biomethane / renewable natural gas (RNG) and other products to fueling stations around the US and Canada. And that's just part of our logistics picture.

The Requirements

To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have:
  • A bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical field.
  • At least five years of experience in logistics and proven knowledge of major, over-the-road transportation / long-haul trucking. Cryogenic experience is preferred. Quick question for you - click here
  • Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to analyze multiple factors to determine the lowest logistics cost.
  • Advanced skills in MS Excel, including modeling, and familiarity with other MS Office applications.
  • Familiarity with ordering, logistics and transportation management systems; experience implementing logistics systems is a plus.
  • Thorough knowledge of DOT regulations including drug and alcohol testing requirements, and the ability to apply federal, state and local legislation concerning all types of transportation.
  • The ability to negotiate.
  • Good communication and organizational skills.
  • Independent judgment and the ability to make sound decisions.
You also will need to be willing and able to travel 10% to 15% of the time.

Please note that our offices currently are in Seal Beach, where you will start, but we are planning to move to Newport Beach in mid-2013.

Role Overview

You will manage the day-to-day issues regarding Clean Energy's LNG transportation and logistics service to ensure effective and economical support to clients, sales and operations. This will include overseeing a team of two with deep experience scheduling routes and coordinating with a third-party trucking company. Quick question for you - click here

Your mission will be to bring a new, strategic level of planning to this function in order to ensure customer satisfaction, optimize efficiency and control costs. Your initial focus will be on LNG trucking, although down the road you'll include other logistics activities. We have almost 50 existing LNG stations, another 70 about to open, and 75 in various stages of planning and construction.

Your key objectives will include:
  • Developing and implementing systems and best practices for analyzing various factors (locations, distance traveled, evaporation, etc.) to control costs.
  • Sourcing, evaluating, selecting and managing relationships with third-party trucking organizations.
  • Ensuring we are making optimal use of MercuryGate, our recently implemented transportation management system, and other technology tools.
Once you have mastered the LNG challenges, you will broaden your scope to include support of field services operations such as site remediation, transportation of construction materials and manufactured equipment, and more.

Note: this is a high level overview of the role. To take a deeper dive into the details, see the Role Specifics tab.

Pictured: the solid waste and environmental services industries are "early adopters" of natural gas vehicles because natural gas is cheaper, cleaner, domestically abundant, and it works. Many customers have fueling facilities on their property that we supply, service and support.

Role Specifics

In this role you will:
  • Manage the timely and cost effective transportation of LNG supply, construction material and equipment, and manufactured equipment including scheduling and dispatching.
  • Analyze transportation sequence and time phasing, contractual commitments, customer specifications, route and design changes and other data to plan transportation activities and schedules through completion of service.
  • Analyze tariff rates, freight classifications, delivery schedules, carrier capabilities and transportation regulations, and develop rail, truck and barge rates.
  • Assist in the development and preparation of manuals, bulletins and systems to provide logistics support.
  • Work with trucking companies on service issues, billing and shipment errors. You'll verify all transporters are qualified, including maintenance of up-to-date transportation contracts and Certificates of Insurance.
  • Negotiate truck rates for USE facilities and provide transportation support as required.
  • Monitor and approve invoices from vendors, as applicable, and complete monthly transportation accruals.
  • Assist the sales department in securing new business and maintaining existing business, including offsite visits and project start up as needed.
  • Coordinate transportation and logistics in support of offsite and intercompany shipments.
  • Support corporate initiatives during the development of strategies and activities to enhance the level of customer satisfaction.
  • Provide guidance and direction to staff supporting the Logistics Department as well as management of contractors and other staff during the oversight of various projects.
Note: this is a detailed description of the role. To get the 30,000 foot view, see the Role Overview tab.

Pictured: Clean Energy is building America's Natural Gas Highway, a coast-to-coast infrastructure to deliver CNG, LNG and RNG to an expanding customer base.

Why Clean Energy

High visibility impact -- by raising our approach to logistics from tactical to strategic, you should score some early victories and then be able to build on that momentum. Our senior leaders take notice any time an employee can enhance the bottom line, and this area is of particular interest.

Career options -- our hope is to continue to grow such that the logistics team also will need to expand, and that would mean your role would expand. You will enjoy the entrepreneurial energy of driving positive change, but also have the security, stability and resources of Clean Energy.

Proven strong leadership -- you will join a team of accomplished, seasoned professionals at Clean Energy, led by Andrew Littlefair. Mr. Littlefair served as President of Pickens Fuel Corp (PFC), predecessor company of Clean Energy, which he co-founded in 1997 with Boone Pickens and was Staff Assistant to then President Ronald Reagan in the Office of Presidential Advance from 1983 to 1987. Our executive team's profiles can be viewed at CleanEnergyFuels.com.

Solid growth -- Clean Energy has the right solutions at the right time, as more and more organizations are exploring alternative fuel vehicles and solutions. For instance, in 2009 we opened the world's largest public LNG truck fueling station to serve the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as regional trucking; this facility will help transportation companies comply with the Port of Long Beach's Clean Air Action Plan.

Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive program, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises, such as a discretionary match on our 401(k) plan -- in four of the last five years the company has matched 50% of the employee's annual contribution.

Pictured: much of the fuel we transport goes to public fueling stations, such as this multi-use one at Los Angeles International Airport. The station serves taxis and transit vehicles as well as 18-wheelers.

Keys to Success

You'll need a strong process orientation as you develop and implement systems and procedures, as well as the leadership skills to influence and motivate people across departmental lines. You'll need highly developed interpersonal skills that can help you troubleshoot and solve problems cross-functionally, push back when necessary while still maintaining a uniform focus, and gain team and leadership respect. You'll also need to stay current on major issues and trends in legislation and guidelines from regulatory agencies.

In order to find success, you'll determine what you need and know how to get it. You're the expert so we expect you to own the position, approaching the initiative as a value proposition that will increase our level of service, and you should be as scalable as the systems, handling more and more as we grow. A personality that will fit here will be independent and self-starting, intellectual and analytical, and have a strong service orientation.

About Clean Energy

Taking the Lead in Clean-air Transportation

Clean Energy has a broad customer base in the solid waste, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 21,000 vehicles at 224 strategic locations across the United States and Canada.

Clean Energy owns and operates two LNG production plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA, with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. It also owns and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, TX that produces renewable methane gas or biomethane for delivery in the nation's gas pipeline network.

The Clean Energy vision extends beyond servicing the high fuel-use requirements of fleet operators. We are committed to helping businesses access the measurable advantages of clean-fuel solutions. Simultaneously, we are committed to protecting our environment as the leader in clean-air transportation. Clean Energy has proven that business and environmental goals can indeed find common ground, with mutually profitable results. Our vision and efforts have received recognition and awards from business and environmental organizations alike.

Pictured: the political climate is ripe for expansion in environmentally friendly fuels, and Clean Energy is in the vanguard of the industry.
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