Compressor Station Operator St

Berkshire Hathaway Energy • Ithaca, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

BHE GT&S has an exciting career opportunity as a Compressor Station Operator at our Borger Station in Ithaca, NY.

Requirements

• Three months documented mechanical experience in any COMBINATION of the following: Industrial equipment, compressors, pumps, electrical motors, controls circuitry, engines AND/OR Natural gas reciprocating/combustion/turbine engines AND/OR Related natural gas industry experience AND/OR Related military experience AND/OR the equivalent related education (technical school or college)
• Documented computer skills
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Operate various equipment and tools weighing up to 90 pounds.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Climb ladders and work from elevated work surfaces.
• Ability to crawl, stoop, and work in limited spaces, on scaffolding and in awkward positions.
• Testing required.
• Ability to analyze problems, collect accurate data and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to follow mandatory safety rules and standard operating procedures and use personal protective equipment.
• Ability to work independently or as a crew member.

Nice To Haves

• Related natural gas industry experience.
• Hands on natural gas compressor station experience

Responsibilities

• Start, stop, and operate reciprocating/turbine engines, compressors and auxiliary equipment and perform minor repairs to equipment and tools at a natural gas compressor station.
• Maintain all station primary and auxiliary equipment (check and adjust water and oil levels, temperatures, pressures, etc.
• Take and record readings such as pressures, temperatures, volumes, run hours, etc.
• Perform tasks such as blowing drips, emptying tanks, refilling fluids, checking tank levels, and managing waste fluids, etc.
• Assist in repairing engines, air compressors, generators, dehydration equipment, etc.
• Keep tools and equipment in safe, orderly, and proper working condition.
• Perform various maintenance duties such as painting, cleaning, polishing, caring for grounds, etc.
• Operate computerized station controls and change pressures and route gas, prepare written reports, regulate, and report pressures, and calculate and report volumes.
• Maintain a safe operating environment.
• Operate and maintain other station facilities.
• Inspect engines and compressors and auxiliary equipment.
• Check water and oil levels and temperatures, engine, and oil pressures, change charts, blow drips, etc.
• Assist in starting and stopping engines, repairing engines, compressors, and other station equipment.
• Operate and attend to space heating and boilers, cooling fans and water pumps.
• May be required to report suction and discharge pressures and calculate and report volumes to Gas Dispatcher and supply other data as requested by Gas Control Section
• Assist in making repairs to engines and other station equipment, including major overhauls.
• Perform various duties incidental to general repair and maintenance work such as painting and repairing structures and equipment, cleaning, polishing, maintaining grounds, digging ditches, etc.
• Make minor repairs to equipment used in the performance of assigned duties, keeping the equipment and tools in safe and proper working condition.
• Prepare records and reports as required.
• Operate computerized station controls.
• Change pressures and route gas as directed.
• May perform other duties as required in higher or lower classifications

Benefits

• Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without accommodation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED