Position Requirements
Education and/or experience:
- High school degree or equivalent
- General knowledge of compressor stations, gathering system, and processing plant operations
- Working knowledge of mechanical equipment
- Knowledge and experience in safe handling practices of flammable gases, liquids, and high-pressure systems
- Follows company policies, practices, and regulatory requirement
Qualifications:
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Customer orientation
- Ability to effectively present information in a one–on-one and small group situation to other employees of the company and outside contractors
- Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals)
- Apply common sense understanding to carry out day-to-day operation issues
- Ability to make quick and reasonable decisions in sometimes-adverse conditions
Certificates, licenses, registrations:
- Valid state operating license with driving record insurable under company insurance standards
Physical demands: The physical demands 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.
- Uses physical force to lift, push, pull and hold equipment/tools
- Climbs and works at various heights. May work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched or kneeling position
- Routinely reacts to visual, aural and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work
- Regularly bends, stoops, moves from ground level to higher levels, raises/lifts from ground level a load up to 50 lbs., manually transports a load up to 75 lbs., and applies up to 150 foot pounds of torque
- Regularly gets into and out of vehicles and rides over rough roads
- Walks an average of 5 miles per day, up to 7 miles per day
- Candidates may be subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing requirements
- Subject to overtime and callouts
Working conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Works mostly outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial and electrical equipment
- Required to climb about equipment and work in confined areas (i.e., tanks, between compressors, vessels)
- May be subject to work in hazardous conditions including hydrocarbon vapor, adverse weather conditions, and extreme temperatures
- Wears safety equipment as required
Because this position requires donning SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus), employees must pass a SCBA fit test and screening as a condition of employment.