Measurement Technician

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Cadiz, OH

About The Position

The Measurement Technician inspects, calibrates, repairs, and maintains instruments used to measure, control, and analyze natural gas, LPG, and other hydrocarbons. The position supports measurement system balances and customer relations and provides technical support to metering and regulation stations within an assigned geographic area. The technician monitors system performance, troubleshoots anomalies, and maintains accurate, regulatory-compliant documentation.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Valid driver's license.
Must be able to pass a drug test and background check.
Must be able to work overtime as requested and on call when scheduled.
Developing ability to calibrate instruments accurately and precisely in accordance with established procedures, with awareness of environmental factors that may affect calibration.
Understanding of data integrity and ability to use validation methods to ensure measurement data accuracy and precision.
Understanding and practical experience with gas measurement, including volume-to-energy conversions and adjustments for atmospheric pressure and compressibility.
Understanding of causes of measurement uncertainty, including metering device selection, installation, operation, information processing, and maintenance.
Knowledge and practical experience with gas metrology industry standards from API, AGA, GPA Midstream Association, and related organizations.
Practical knowledge of industrial instrumentation used to measure, monitor, or control temperature, level, pressure, and flow.
Ability to recognize safety risks and hazards, evaluate workplace changes for safety impacts, and apply appropriate measures to manage risks.

Responsibilities

Install, operate, inspect, maintain, test, and calibrate natural gas measurement equipment.
Provide technical support for metering and regulation (compressor) stations in the assigned geographic area.
Monitor measurement system performance.
Troubleshoot anomalies and perform root cause analysis.
Inspect, maintain, repair, and perform preventive maintenance on measurement devices and equipment, including flow computers, mass flow meters, turbine meters, Coriolis meters, gas chromatographs, and sulfur analyzers.
Install, configure, and program telemetry units used in smart metering.
Oversee meter proving.
Witness third-party meter calibrations.
Maintain complete, accurate, and regulatory-compliant documentation.
Work overtime as requested and be on call when scheduled.