ONEOK

Runs pipelines that move natural gas and fuels

Pipeline Operator

Telecom & Utility Field ServicePosted on Nov 6

Full-timeColwich, KS, USA$78k - $116k

About the Job

Requirements

Experience operating and maintaining pipeline systems and related equipment used in natural gas and liquids gathering and transmission systems.
Experience in field functions including measurement, cathodic protection, and compressor or pump station operations.
Experience maintaining and repairing equipment.
Experience and training related to company and governmental operating and safety procedures, environmental regulations, characteristics of natural gas and gas liquids, pipeline pigging, blowing drips, gauging tanks, collecting liquids, construction methods, gathering and transmission system operations, emergency response procedures, and communication skills.
Experience patrolling pipelines, performing leakage surveys, and locating and marking lines.
Experience working with valves, dehydration equipment, scrubbers, and separators.
Experience using applications such as Microsoft Excel, Project, Access, and Word.
Experience interacting, negotiating, advising, and communicating effectively, including exchanging written and verbal information and instructions.
Experience with cathodic protection and corrosion control activities.
Ability to use tools and equipment, including computers and related software.
Ability to establish and prioritize multiple complex assignments with competing deadlines and request assistance as needed.
Ability to apply mathematics, algebraic formulas, and programmed statistical methods.
Ability to apply formulas to estimate or calculate flow rates and volumes.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify alternate solutions or approaches to problems.
Ability to communicate technical and other information in a logical, organized, and coherent manner.
Ability to direct or delegate work assignments.
Ability to perform heavy physical work, including exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, 25 to 50 pounds frequently, and 10 to 20 pounds constantly.
Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including frequent standing and walking; occasional sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and tasting or smelling; constant reaching, handling, fingering, feeling, near and far vision, depth perception, and color vision; and frequent talking and hearing.
Ability to work inside and outside, including in outdoor weather, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold or heat, dust, fumes, gases, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, vibration, loud noises, unprotected heights, repetitive motion, and with computer monitors.
Ability to travel to other locations up to 30% within the assigned geographic region.
May be required to hold the applicable driver's license when assigned a company vehicle.

Responsibilities

Perform and coordinate diagnoses and troubleshooting of complex pipeline operations and maintenance activities on systems including compressor stations, gas storage facilities, dehydration facilities, pumping facilities, measurement facilities, and related equipment.
Perform pipeline system tasks including startup and shutdown, pigging, collecting liquids, changing charts, gauging tanks, locating and marking lines, monitoring cathodic protection and basic pipe coatings, conducting leakage surveys and pipeline patrols, blowing drips, performing or dispatching line locates and training others on them, and serving as a construction watch or overseeing construction activities.
Monitor usage and replace lubricants, fluids, inhibitors, chemicals, and other materials as needed to ensure safe and efficient equipment operation.
Exchange information about pipeline operations, maintenance, measurement, and other activities with public and governmental officials, employees, contractors, customers, producers, and landowners.
Establish calculations, compile or prepare information and reports, and assist others with gas and liquid flow and quality, maintenance and repair logs, gas and liquid samples, pipeline and corrosion activities, construction inspection, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Drive and ensure maintenance is completed on assigned company vehicles.
Coordinate or oversee employees engaged in pipeline operations, maintenance, and other activities as needed.
Anticipate changes in work demands and identify assignments or training to meet those demands.
Recommend new processes, formulate new ideas, and lead implementation of new processes.
Determine materials required for operations and prepare appropriate purchase requisitions.
Ensure compliance with company policies related to Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Transportation requirements, and prepare appropriate documentation.
Respond immediately to emergency situations to prevent injury to self and others.
Perform Department of Transportation-covered functions, including pipeline operations, maintenance, or emergency response, and remain alert and respond immediately to hazardous conditions where impaired performance or failure to follow safety precautions could cause serious injury or property damage.

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JOB SUMMARY

Job Profile Summary

Perform advanced level work related to gas and/or liquids pipeline system operations acting as a subject matter expert.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Perform and/or coordinate, diagnoses and troubleshoots complex pipeline operations and maintenance activities on systems including compressor stations, gas storages, dehydration facilities, pumping facilities, measurement facilities, and related equipment which may include, but is not limited to:
- Startup and shutdown
- Pigging
- Collecting liquids
- Changing charts
- Gauging tanks
- Locating and marking lines
- Monitoring cathodic protection/basic pipe coatings
- Leakage survey/patrolling pipelines
- Blowing drips
- Perform, dispatch, and/or train on line locates
- Construction watch and/or oversee construction activities
Monitor usage and/or replace lubricants, fluids, inhibitors, chemicals, etc., as needed to ensure safe and efficient operation of equipment
Exchange information regarding pipeline operations, maintenance, measurement, and other activities with public/governmental officials, employees, contractors, customers, producers, and landowners
Establishes calculations, compile and/or prepare information and report, assisting others on matters including but not limited to:
- Gas/liquid flow and quality
- Maintenance and/or repair logs
- Samples (gas/liquids)
- Pipeline/corrosion activities
- Construction inspection
- Appropriate regulatory requirements
Drive and ensure maintenance is completed on assigned company vehicles
May coordinate/have oversight of employees engaged in pipeline operations, maintenance, and other activities
Anticipate changes in work demands and identify assignments or training to meet those demands
Recommend new processes and formulate new ideas; take lead role to execute implementation of new processes
Determine materials required for operations and prepare appropriate purchase requisitions
Ensure compliance with company policies related to OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements, preparing appropriate documentation
React immediately to emergency situations to prevent injury to self and others
Responsibilities may include Department of Transportation (DOT) covered functions, including operations, maintenance, or emergency response on a pipeline. Job duties also require the employee to be alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions, and where impaired performance, or failure to follow safety precautions, could result in serious injury or property damage.

Education

None Required.

Work Experience

Following job related experience required:
Experience operating and maintaining pipeline systems and related equipment utilized in natural gas and liquids gathering and transmission systems
Experience in various field functions including measurement, cathodic protection, and compressor/pump station operations
Experience in maintenance and the repair of equipment
Experience and training related to:
- Company and governmental operating/safety procedures and enviornmental regulations
- Characteristics of natural gas and gas liquids
- Pigging pipeline, blowing drips, gauging tanks, and collecting liquids
- Construction methods
- Transmission and/or gathering system operations
- Emergency response procedures
- Communication skills
Experience in patrolling pipelines, performing leakage surveys, and locating/marking lines
Experience in working with valves and dehydration equipment, scrubbers, and separators
Experience in use and function of applications such as: Microsoft Excel, Project, Access, Word, etc.
Experience interacting, negotiating, advising and communicating effectively and in exchanging written and verbal information and instructions
Experience with cathodic protection/corrosion control activities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to: use tools and equipment including computers and related software
Ability to: establish and prioritize multiple complex assignments with competing deadlines in a timely manner requesting assistance as needed
Ability to: apply math, algebraic formulas and programmed based statistical methods
Ability to: apply the use of formulas to estimate or calculate flow rates and volumes
Ability to: use logic and reasoning to identify alternate solutions or approaches to a problem
Ability to: communicate thoughts, ideas, information, messages and other written information, which may contain technical material, in a logical, organized and coherent manner
Ability to: direct and/or delegate work assignments

Licenses and Certifications

None required

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

Heavy Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Frequently)
Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)
Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Occasionally)
Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)
Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)
Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)
Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)
Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)
Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)
Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)
Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)
Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)
Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)
Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)
Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Constantly)
Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)
Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)
Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Constantly)
Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Constantly)
Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)

Working Conditions/Environment

Employee is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions

Working Conditions

Well lighted, climate controlled areas (Frequently)
Outdoor weather conditions (Frequently)
Wet or humid conditions (not weather related) (Frequently)
Extreme cold (not weather related) (Frequently)
Extreme heat (not weather related) (Frequently)
Dust, fumes, gases (Frequently)
Moving mechanical parts (Frequently)
Potential electric shock (Frequently)
Prolonged exposure to vibration (Frequently)
High pitched noises/loud noises (Frequently)
Unprotected heights (Frequently)
Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)
CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

Travel to other locations up to 30% within assigned geographic region(s) required

Driving

Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license

ONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, national origin, gender identity, disability, military/veteran status, genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.

The job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request an accommodation email [email protected] or call 1-855-663-6547.

Expected Salary Range

$78,000.00 - $116,000.00

About the Company

ONEOK

Runs pipelines that move natural gas and fuels

ONEOK runs pipelines, processing plants, fractionators and storage that move natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products and crude oil for energy producers and buyers across the United States. Its system runs from the wellhead to Gulf Coast export docks, so it handles gas from the moment it leaves a well until the products reach customers. Producers send raw gas to its plants, where ONEOK strips out liquids such as ethane and propane, separates them, and ships them to refiners, chemical makers and overseas buyers. Most of its income comes from fees for gathering, processing, transport and storage rather than from selling commodities. It was founded in 1906 as Oklahoma Natural Gas and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Tulsa, OK
Founded: 1906

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