Pipeline Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
• Knowledge of the general design and operation of a liquid or gas pipeline.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Basic computer skills, including opening, creating, and updating content in MS Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
• Ability to read maps, prints, drawings, and technical manuals.
• Ability to assume responsibility, be flexible, perform duties, and handle multiple tasks under potentially stressful or hazardous conditions.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with individuals, teams, customers, and stakeholders at various organizational levels in a professional manner.
• Ability to modify communication style to influence, persuade, negotiate, and engage parties according to the audience and circumstance.
• Initiative and a proactive approach to addressing issues; ability to complete tasks quickly and efficiently.
• Conscientiousness, dependability, and commitment to the role, team, and company.
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors around industrial and electrical equipment and in temperature extremes caused by weather and operating equipment.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and hold equipment and tools; climb and work at various heights; and work standing, sitting, lying down, crouched, or kneeling.
• Ability to react to visual, aural, and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and visually inspect work.
• Ability to work in confined spaces, such as tanks and spaces between compressors or vessels.
• Ability to regularly bend, stoop, move between ground and higher levels, raise or lift from ground level, lift up to 50 lbs., manually transport a load up to 75 lbs., and apply up to 100 foot lbs. of torque.
• Ability to get in and out of vehicles regularly and ride over rough roads.
• Ability to wear required special safety equipment and lift and put on emergency breathing apparatus and/or protective equipment.
• Ability to take call-outs and work overtime.
• Must live or relocate within one hour of the reporting location.

Nice To Haves

• VoTech certificate or Associate's degree in Electrical/Electronics, an Oil & Gas technical field, or related work experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in the operation, maintenance, and/or construction of a hazardous liquid or gas pipeline facility, or a similar facility or system.
• Experience and knowledge of industry-related maintenance and repair standards.
• Knowledge of turbine engines, centrifugal pumps, regulators, motor-operated valves, electronic controls, and medium electrical voltage, with an understanding of NGL or gas pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform or assist with routine maintenance of pumps and electric motors, including bearing and seal replacements, alignments, couplings, sumps, fans, and drain piping modifications.
• Maintain mechanical equipment such as block valves, control valves, air compressors, and valve actuators.
• Assist with replacement of pumps, motors, valves, and other equipment as needed.
• Maintain and operate custody transfer measurement facilities and perform product quality control tests.
• Participate in and successfully complete training programs, process safety management reviews, and safety meetings required for regulatory compliance.
• Meet the requirements of the Company's Operator Qualification.
• Review procedures as necessary to ensure compliance with company and industry standards and regulatory agency requirements.
• Perform remedial and preventative maintenance and maintain facility appearance and safety through good housekeeping practices.
• Perform preventative and general maintenance on electronic and pneumatic equipment and associated parts.
• Provide training and technical support.
• Use precision tools and test equipment as needed.
• Respond to operational emergencies as a member of an area emergency response team.
• Perform regulatory-required inspections.
• Monitor NGL receipt and delivery activities to appropriate pipelines.
• Locate pipelines as needed and oversee excavations and line crossings.
• Launch and receive cleaning pigs and assist with launching and receiving smart pigs.
• Install pipeline markers and perform routine inspections on rights-of-way.
• Maintain and operate corrosion control equipment.
• Attend and participate in damage prevention meetings.
• Interface with private, state, federal, and other landowners.