Operator - Watford City Plant (Finance)
Position Description
The operator is responsible for overall daily operations of processing plant and compressor station and assists with maintenance activities.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
• Measure and record production at various locations.
• Operate processing plant, gas compressors, pumps, and other related equipment.
• Perform minor repairs and major repairs with assistance from others on compressors and other related equipment.
• Take callouts and respond in a timely manner.
• Assist mechanical, measurement, and other company personnel as needed.
• Ensure the cost effectiveness and efficiency of all engines and associated equipment.
• Ensure that the product and gas meet the requirements and specs of the customer.
• Operate and maintain compressor stations and processing plant daily. Record production and equipment readings.
• Complete appropriate documentation and paperwork for all activities performed.
• Report all excessive downtime to appropriate people.
• Maintain company vehicle appropriately.
• Other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
Education and/or experience:
• High school degree or equivalent.
• General knowledge of compressor stations, gathering system, and processing plant operations.
• Follow company policies, practices, and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications:
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer orientation.
• Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one and small group situation to other employees of the company and outside contractors.
• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals).
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out day-to-day operation issues.
• Ability to make quick and reasonable decisions in sometimes-adverse conditions.
Certificates, licenses, registrations:
• Valid state operating license with insurable driving record under company insurance policy.
Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Use physical force to lift, push, pull and hold equipment/tools.
• Climb and work at various heights. May work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched or kneeling position.
• Routinely react to visual, aural and other signals, including alarms and instructions and required to visually inspect work.
• Regularly bend, stoop, move from ground level to higher levels, raise/lift from ground level a load up to 50 lbs., manually transport a load up to 75 lbs., and apply up to 150 foot pounds of torque.
• Regularly get into and out of vehicles and ride over rough roads.
• Walk an average of 5 miles per day, up to 7 miles per day.
• Candidates may be subject to Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing requirements.
• Subject to overtime and callouts.
Working conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Works mostly outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial and electrical equipment.
• Required to climb about equipment and work in confined areas (i.e., tanks, between compressors, vessels).
• May be subject to work in hazardous conditions including hydrocarbon vapor, adverse weather conditions, and extreme temperatures.
• Wears safety equipment as required.
Because this position requires donning SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus), employees must pass a SCBA fit test and screening as a condition of employment.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
