24-390.E - Operator

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Performs daily rounds to read and record levels, pressures, volumes, temperatures etc as required per Federal and/or State regulations and facility standard operating procedures.
• Facility/Field Logbook - responsible for detailed record keeping for inhouse/agency reporting.
• Maintains logs of meter readings, test results, and adjustments made.
• Completes other daily records, including, "Compressor/Dehy/Flare Reports," "Spill/Sheen/Tank Inspection Reports," and "Daily Pipeline Surveillance Reports," and reports results to designated office at the end of each month.
• Perform regular equipment maintenance to ensure production capacity and quality is maximized
• Inspects equipment for safety problems, leaks, or wear and tear, and makes or recommends appropriate repairs.
• Communication - This is a team environment working in a hazardous atmosphere. Report all operational and maintenance issues to supervision immediately (leaks, unusual noises, and smells)
• Ensure compliance including the following: Mechanical Integrity, Operator Certification and MOC adherence
• Ask questions, follow the rules, finish what you start, and follow up
• Procures necessary materials and supplies to complete daily tasks
• Implements company's "Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan" (SPCC), as needed.
• Tightens connections with wrenches, and greases and oils valves using appropriate tools.
• Inspects pipelines, valves, and flanges to detect malfunctions, such as loose connections and leaks.
• Starts pumps and opens valves to regulate process fluid flows.
• Shuts down equipment, following supervisor's instructions, in case of an emergency.
• Monitors alarms and responds to alarms/pages 24 hours per day.
• May be required to work at multiple fields.
• Adheres to the company's values - integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.
• Supports company vision and mission.
• Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to be available 24 hours per day (on call for questions, emergencies, etc.).
• Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by

keeping information confidential.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Two (2) years minimum oilfield experience.
• Ability to work a fourteen (14) day on and fourteen (14) day off 12hour shift work schedule.
• Requires less supervision in the performance of routine duties.
• Demonstrates increasing degrees of understanding how the various parts of the oil/gas facility/plant work together (from the wells through the production facilities to the oil and gas sales lines).
• Demonstrates an increased ability to work unsupervised, act upon an acquired knowledge of how the facilities function, anticipates and corrects problems before they occur or before other parts of the facility are affected.
• Demonstrates the ability to routinely operate the facility unsupervised, while maintaining the facility in a safe, environmentally sound condition and maintaining neat and accurate records of the operations.
• Demonstrates the ability to direct the work of and train other employees of lower rank and/or experience.
• Demonstrates the ability and willingness to remain aware of and direct the whole scope of simultaneous activities at the job site on a routine basis.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize when non-standard or non-routine conditions exist at the facility, notify supervisory staff, and offer recommendations for solutions to the problem.
• Basic mathematic and mechanical skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work in arctic conditions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
• Ability to consider safety in all decisions.
• Experience on the North Slope, Alaska is preferred.

Education Requirements:

• Graduation from a high school or GED equivalent or any equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating sufficient knowledge, ability and skill to handle the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• Process Technician or other equivalent technical schooling preferred.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• None.