Storage Operator - Intermediate

ONEOK•Erath, LA

12d

About The Position

Performs activities related to the operation and maintenance of storage facilities. The role includes rotating shift work at a storage facility and operating and maintaining facility equipment, including engines, gas compressors, and gas dehydration equipment. The employee monitors pressure and equipment operation, performs measurement and quality assurance/quality control activities, maintains facility appearance, and ensures company vehicles are maintained. Duties may include DOT-covered pipeline operations, maintenance, or emergency response. The employee must remain alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions where impaired performance or failure to follow safety precautions could cause serious injury or property damage. Travel to other locations is required; depending on assigned tasks, the employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license.

Requirements

Training and experience relative to company and governmental operating and safety procedures.
Training and experience relative to gas system and liquid pipeline maintenance operations.
Training and experience relative to storage well injection and withdrawal.
Training and experience relative to construction and maintenance activities.
Training and experience relative to characteristics of products handled.
Ability to operate and maintain an underground storage facility.
Ability to apply basic arithmetic, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ability to travel over uneven terrain, including mud, gravel, sand, rocks, ice, and/or snow.
Ability to work in confined areas.
Ability to react immediately to emergency situations to prevent injury to self and others.
Ability to detect and react to warning signals at work sites.
Ability to operate tools and equipment as required.
Medium physical work: exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including frequent standing and walking; constant balancing, crawling, reaching, manual and finger dexterity, feeling, and vision; and occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, stooping, kneeling, and crouching.
Ability to work in inside and outside environmental conditions, including occasional exposure to outdoor weather, wet or humid conditions, extreme temperatures, dust, fumes or gases, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, vibration, loud noises, and unprotected heights.
Applicable driver's license if assigned a company vehicle.

Responsibilities

Perform rotating shift work at a storage facility.
Operate and maintain storage field equipment.
Perform measurement activities, including gauging tanks, changing charts, and blowing drips.
Maintain facility appearance and perform quality assurance/quality control activities.
Operate engines, gas compressors, and gas dehydration equipment.
Monitor pressure and check equipment operation.
Drive and ensure maintenance is completed on company vehicles.
Read, record, prepare, and/or process information from charts, dials, gauges, controls, and other recording devices.
Document equipment maintenance and repair, equipment operation and performance problems, and safety/environmental information on forms.
Perform DOT-covered functions that may include pipeline operations, maintenance, or emergency response.
Respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions.
Travel to other locations as required.