Sr Pipeline Technician (Andrews, TX)

BHE•Kermit, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Pipeline Techs are multi-skilled employees who perform highly technical work within a geographical area on the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Positions will specialize in one or more of the following technical skills: Controls, Measurement, Corrosion, Mechanical, Liquified Natural Gas Operations, Underground Storage Operations, Compressor Station Operations, Pipeline, Equipment Operation, Welding, and Environmental. Northern Natural Gas offers a knowledge-based compensation program called Skill-Based Pay, which rewards employees for acquiring, demonstrating, and maintaining work skills. In addition, Northern Natural Gas offers an annual discretionary incentive bonus up to 10.5%, based on individual and company performance. The goal of Skill-Based Pay is to ensure Northern Natural Gas has a qualified, versatile workforce that produces an extremely competitive product where needed in varying business, regulatory and operational climates. Employees are paid according to the skills demonstrated as well as the tasks performed. In this system, Northern Natural Gas rewards personal initiative and pays for skills, rather than seniority. With a broader base of skills, employees can tackle new problems better and faster. Employees develop a wider view of the work at Northern Natural Gas and more fully understands the impact their decisions have at their work sites and for the entire company.

Requirements

Must be qualified in API 1104 and ASME standards to weld on natural gas pipelines.
Must be qualified in AWS standards for structural welding.
Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.

Nice To Haves

NACE CP1 Tester certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Install, maintain and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human machine interfaces, motor control centers, and medium and low voltage power distribution and pneumatic control devices utilized in pipeline operations.
Program, maintain, operate and troubleshoot gas measurement equipment including gas meters, control valves, relief valves, regulators and associated software, as well as monitoring gas and quality control equipment.
Install, maintain and troubleshoot corrosion protection equipment to ensure pipeline integrity.
Install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair rotating and reciprocating compression equipment.
Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to make liquefied natural gas.
Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to store and deliver natural gas from underground reservoirs.
Ensure reliable operation of compressor station equipment.
Perform pigging operations, damage prevention measures and pipeline right of way maintenance.
Transport, inspect, maintain and operate various mobile heavy equipment including backhoes, boom trucks, semi-trucks, dump trucks, excavators, skid loaders, etc.
Weld on natural gas pipelines according to API 1104 and ASME standards.
Weld structures according to AWS standards.
Maintain environmental standards, environmental activities and regulatory compliance for assigned locations.