Measurement Specialist

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Midland, TX

About The Position

At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment. Learn more about Marathon Petroleum’s benefits at www.mympcbenefits.com . Position Summary Provide technical and operational services and promote the high performing culture in the areas of Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids and Crude Oil Measurement to ensure fair and accurate measurement for our customers and to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operations. Enables the development of a high performing culture through a consistent focus on Quality Assurance (QA) throughout asset and operating life cycle. This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level. The actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED.
Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in gas measurement operations with increasingly progressive leadership or support responsibilities
Strong knowledge of industry measurement standards (i.e. GPA, AGA, API etc.).
Valid Drivers License

Nice To Haves

Associates degree in a technical or business discipline or combination of education and experience. Bachelors preferred.
10 years of relevant experience in gas measurement operations with increasingly progressive leadership or support responsibilities
Experience working with (and/or designing) gas measurement systems common across Logistics (e.g. orifice, Coriolis meters, ultrasonic meters, turbine meters, flow computers, Gas Chromatography, Analyzers).
Experience using Flow-Cal and Test-it software

Responsibilities

Support Field Measurement Team’s with OJT signoff
Lead and support the development and implementation of measurement best practices, standards, processes, and procedures associated with physical hydrocarbon measurement and analytics for continual improvement of measurement systems.
Provide expert level technical support to the measurement systems team during monthly close to ensure accuracy of the data being provided from the field.
Provide technical support in the areas of determining root cause failures of measurement devices and provide recommendations for resolution.
Identify discontinued and obsolete equipment and make recommendations for replacement to minimize risk to the physical balance.
Lead and/or support quality assurance including but not limited to validation of new technologies, perform audits of internal and 3 rd party measurement stations, perform factory acceptance test and support meter station design and commissioning.
Lead and/or support complex troubleshooting including but not limited to abnormal operating conditions, incident investigation, technical analysis, loss control study, resolution of measurement discrepancies, and review EFM data for accuracy and completeness.
Own and provide expert level technical support for field measurement devices and technologies e.g. Ultrasonic Meters, Gas Chromatographs, Flow Computers, Orifice Meters, Coriolis Meters, Turbine Meters and Radios
Stays current on proposed and pending regulatory and industrial practices changes (e.g. DOT, BLM, SOX, API, APG, AGA), seeks to understand the resultant impact on MPLX and develops strategies and tactics to ensure cost-effective and timely compliance.
Provide expert level support to the Measurement Projects team through Fab Shop inspections, Factory Acceptance Testing as well as Site Acceptance Testing.