TRD Operator-2

Republic Services•Kenedy, TX

About The Position

The Company’s E&P division provides oilfield waste services and operates treatment, recovery and disposal facilities; engineered landfills; and salt water disposal injection wells. The TRD Operator is responsible for operating generation facilities and associated equipment, investigating abnormal operating conditions, initiating corrective action, and performing preventative maintenance. Operators may work in any of six areas of a generation facility: Press Operator, Centrifuge Operator, Heating Operator, Receiving Operator, Yard Operator, or Plant Fluid Operator. The role also includes other job-related duties as assigned or apparent. Press Operator duties include filling mix tanks and applying perlite as needed; initiating, maintaining, and completing press runs; opening the press at the end of each cycle, dropping cake, and cleaning plates for the next cycle; keeping the press area clean; moving fluids; gauging tanks; and monitoring fluid levels. Centrifuge Operator duties include operating mud plant activities and maintaining associated equipment; filling mix tanks and applying polymers as needed; initiating, maintaining, and completing centrifuge runs; keeping the centrifuge area clean; moving fluids; gauging tanks; and monitoring fluid levels. Heating Operator duties include moving cold fluids through the hot oil unit into heated tanks and heating fluids as needed; communicating with plant personnel to ensure fluids come from the correct sources and arrive heated at the correct destination; monitoring fluid levels in suction and receiving tanks; and maintaining the hot oil unit and work area. Receiving Operator duties include receiving plant fluids and moving them from the receiving area to assigned tanks; maintaining tank levels and ensuring space is available; recording exact fluid quantities and completing paperwork; and keeping the receiving area clean. Yard Operator duties include responsibility for plant heavy equipment; arranging pickup and delivery of solids leaving the plant; managing cake roll-off levels so processing can continue; loading cake trucks and securing outgoing loads; ensuring cake is properly mixed with fly ash and suitable for disposal; overseeing equipment maintenance; and arranging repairs with mechanics. Plant Fluid Operator duties include moving fluids through the plant manifold room to their final destinations, arranging pickups for fluids leaving the plant, overseeing quality control for oil sales and water disposal, maintaining manifold-room pumps, valves, and pipes, and keeping the area clean.

Requirements

Experience in the operation of generation facilities and associated equipment.

Responsibilities

Operate generation facilities and associated equipment.
Investigate abnormal operating conditions, initiate corrective action, and perform preventative maintenance.
Depending on assignment, operate and maintain press, centrifuge, heating, receiving, yard, or plant-fluid operations.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.
Press operations: fill mix tanks and apply perlite as needed; run the press; open it at the end of cycles, drop cake, clean plates, maintain cleanliness, move fluids, gauge tanks, and monitor fluid levels.
Centrifuge operations: operate mud plant activities, maintain associated equipment, fill mix tanks and apply polymers as needed, run the centrifuge, maintain cleanliness, move fluids, gauge tanks, and monitor fluid levels.
Heating operations: move and heat fluids using the hot oil unit, coordinate fluid sources and destinations with plant personnel, monitor tank levels, and maintain the unit and area.
Receiving operations: receive and route fluids to assigned tanks, manage tank capacity, record quantities, complete paperwork, and maintain area cleanliness.
Yard operations: manage plant heavy equipment and outgoing solids, maintain cake roll-off availability, load and secure cake trucks, ensure cake is appropriately mixed with fly ash, oversee equipment maintenance, and arrange repairs with mechanics.
Plant fluid operations: route fluids through the manifold room, arrange fluid pickups, oversee oil-sale and water-disposal quality control, maintain pumps, valves, and pipes, and keep the area clean.