Supervisor - Operations Engineering

ONEOK•Tulsa, OK

17d•$136,000 - $204,000

About The Position

Provides supervision and oversight for Operations Engineering activities supporting pipeline and facility assets in the Refined Products and Crude Oil business segment. The role leads engineering support, project execution, risk mitigation, integrity-related activities, and responses to emerging operational issues. It partners with Operations, Asset Integrity, Environmental, Commercial, EHS&S Compliance, Corrosion, Tank Integrity, and other stakeholders to improve asset safety, reliability, compliance, and performance. The Supervisor leads and develops employees, provides technical guidance and operational support, manages capital and expense project lifecycles, and oversees engineering and integrity work. The role responds to operational events, coordinates cross-functional efforts, reviews designs and incident findings, and supports continuous improvement, engineering standards, and preventive maintenance. Travel to facilities, pipeline locations, and project sites is required during critical work, and scheduled or call-out support may be needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Ability to lead teams, establish priorities, manage competing assignments, and deliver work within schedule and budget constraints.
Ability to recommend and implement initiatives, standardize practices, and drive continuous improvement.
Knowledge of pipeline and facility design, construction, operation, maintenance, integrity, and reliability practices.
Knowledge of material failure, structural and remaining-strength analysis, mechanical integrity principles, industry standards, and applicable governmental regulations.
Ability to read and interpret regulations, engineering drawings, blueprints, contracts, manuals, specifications, surveys, charts, load studies, technical reports, and correspondence.
Ability to evaluate and resolve engineering design, calculation, equipment, operational, and project execution issues.
Ability to work effectively during emergent events and changing operational conditions.
Ability to communicate, negotiate, and collaborate effectively with employees, leadership, internal customers, external stakeholders, contractors, regulators, and landowners.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly, logically, and concisely in written and verbal formats.
Ability to use standard office technology and company systems required for assigned duties.

Nice To Haves

At least 7 years of relevant engineering experience.
Experience supporting pipeline systems, hydrocarbon processing, terminals, or related facilities.
Previous leadership, supervision, project management, or cross-functional team leadership experience.
Professional Engineer license.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop employees by setting performance expectations, aligning work with organizational goals, managing workload and priorities, and providing feedback and development opportunities.
Provide leadership, technical guidance, troubleshooting, and day-to-day support for pipeline and facility engineering activities.
Manage cross-functional initiatives and identify continuous improvement opportunities for engineering programs, reliability, project execution, and operational support.
Lead engineering support and response for releases, overpressure events, equipment failures, abnormal operations, shutdowns and restarts, inspections, audits, investigations, natural events, and other emergent conditions.
Manage capital and expense project lifecycles, including scope, cost and schedule planning, funding requests, forecasting, prioritization, stakeholder communication, and execution.
Coordinate Asset Integrity Engineers, Operations Engineers, and Project Managers on work affecting asset integrity, reliability, compliance, or operations, and lead expedited emergent projects.
Oversee pipeline risk-reduction and integrity projects, including valve relocations, emergency flow restricting device installations, river crossing replacements, pipeline relocations, and other mitigation work.
Provide engineering oversight and troubleshooting for pumps, piping, valves, control valves, relief devices, controls, vapor combustion and recovery equipment, docks, and related infrastructure.
Review releases, abnormal operations, maximum operating pressure events, process hazard analysis and audit action items, management of change reviews, and incident findings to identify engineering enhancements and lessons learned.
Oversee remaining-strength evaluations, corrosion-related repairs, facility piping inspections, nondestructive examination, hydrotesting, vibration studies, and other mechanical integrity or reliability initiatives.
Review new construction and modification designs, support engineering standards and preventive maintenance content, evaluate emerging technologies, and provide technical input for nonstandard equipment or design requests.
Travel to facilities, pipeline locations, and project sites during critical work; represent the company in meetings, inspections, bid activities, and interactions with regulators, landowners, contractors, and other external parties.
Participate in scheduled and call-out support as needed to meet operational and project requirements.