Sour Gas Field Operator - 14/14 Rotation

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Jal, NM

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for monitoring and maintaining all equipment associated with remote compressor stations, valve sites, and pipelines. The role involves daily operational duties related to the process of gathering and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Responsibilities include compressor and engine preventative maintenance, assisting with overhauls, station loss control, testing and monitoring of engine and compressor performance, and maintaining, operating, and repairing gas dehydration and all other gas process equipment from station inlet through station discharge.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
Valid Driver’s License required
Must be able to pass drug test and background check
Must be able to work 12-hour shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS): Develops experience with software package with multiple maintenance functionalities such as equipment data management, preventative maintenance, work order system, scheduling planning, inventory control, asset tracking.
Equipment Maintenance: Develops knowledge of and ability to perform asset-specific preventative and predictive maintenance to assure equipment operation at acceptable performance levels.
Mechanical Aptitude: Develops ability to understand and apply mechanical concepts and principles such as, but not limited to, sounds, heat conduction, velocity, gravity, friction, pressure, kinetic and potential energy, etc. when working or using mechanical machinery.
Natural Gas Composition: Develops knowledge of natural gas components, their chemical composition and effects of temperature and pressure.
Operation & Control: Develops understanding of how process controls and automation are used to operate equipment in process plant.
Operation Monitoring: Develops ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Public Safety & Security: Develops knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Safety: Applies in difficult or complex situations ability to recognize safety risks in operational activities and use appropriate measures to control and manage identified risks.
Safety Awareness: Ability to recognize and identify potential hazards. Evaluates changes in work environment with respect to impact on safety of self and others. Understands potential threats created by deviation from safety procedures and improper use of tools and equipment. Uses personal protection equipment. Uses tools and equipment in compliance with manuals and training. Calls attention to potential and actual hazardous conditions as they arise. Demonstrates knowledge of lockout/tag out procedures. Stops work if there are unsafe working conditions.
Systems Analysis: Develops ability to determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Responsibilities

Operates production equipment, including engines, dehydration equipment, filter vessels, environmental controls, pumps, compressors, separators, free water knockouts, gas gathering systems, and central tank batteries.
Gauges tanks and checks pump action to maintain pipeline pressure within guidelines.
Collects fluid/gas samples and conducts production and fluid tests.
Provides maintenance and repairs to facilities and equipment.
Practices awareness concerning issues of health, safety, and the environment.
Can include OQ-covered responsibilities similar to Pigging Technicians, Pipeline Operators, and Corrosion Technicians.