Pipeline Operator

About This Role

This position involves intermediate-level work related to gas and/or liquids pipeline system operations, covering a geographic area in and around Calumet, OK. The role focuses on performing pipeline operations and maintenance activities on various systems and equipment, ensuring safe and efficient operation.

Responsibilities

• Perform pipeline operations and maintenance activities on systems including compressor stations, gas storages, dehydration facilities, pumping facilities, measurement facilities, and related equipment
• Startup and shutdown equipment
• Change charts
• Locate and mark lines
• Monitor cathodic protection/basic pipe coatings
• Blow drips
• Perform and/or dispatch line locates
• Conduct construction watch
• Monitor usage and/or replace lubricants, fluids, inhibitors, chemicals, etc., as needed
• Exchange information regarding pipeline operations, maintenance, measurement, and other activities with public/governmental officials, employees, contractors, customers, producers, and landowners
• Provide calculations, compile, and/or prepare information and reports including gas/liquid flow and quality, maintenance and/or repair logs, pipeline/corrosion activities, construction inspection, and appropriate regulatory requirements
• Drive and ensure maintenance is completed on assigned company vehicles
• React immediately to emergency situations to prevent injury to self and others
• May include Department of Transportation functions, including operations, maintenance, or emergency response on a pipeline
• Be alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions, where impaired performance or failure to follow safety precautions could result in serious injury or property damage

Requirements

• 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, training and/or knowledge of company and governmental operating/safety procedures and environmental regulations
• Experience, training and/or knowledge of characteristics of natural gas and gas liquids
• Experience, training and/or knowledge of pigging pipelines, blowing drips, gauging tanks, and collecting liquids
• Experience, training and/or knowledge of construction methods
• 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
• Knowledge of cathodic protection/corrosion control activities
• Ability to use tools and equipment including computers and related software
• Ability to establish, prioritize assignments and complete assignments in a timely manner with limited supervision
• 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 apply the use of formulas to estimate or calculate flow rates and volumes
• Ability to apply basic arithmetic

About the Company

ONEOK is a Fortune 500 company with over 100 years in business, serving as a leading midstream service provider. The company prioritizes safety, sustainable operations, environmental responsibility, and its employees.