Pipeline Operator

About This Role

This pipeline operator role is responsible for ensuring the integrity, safety, and reliability of the pipeline system through routine maintenance activities and real-time monitoring. The person in this role conducts visual inspections, manages equipment changes, and ensures compliance with all relevant regulations. It suits a candidate who can analyze and resolve complex operational problems.

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting routine activities based on maintenance plans, monitor digging and boring in and around lines, and conduct line crossing inspections, ensuring the integrity, safety, and reliability of the pipeline system
• Provide any equipment changes to the master data team to keep records accurate and keep pipeline map data current with GIS, ensuring accuracy in mapping systems
• Assist with performing periodic visual inspections of lines to identify and address any anomalies or potential maintenance needs
• Maintain the pigging schedule, overseeing and coordinating pigging activities for pipeline integrity
• Maintain compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations, with strong support from the OKC staff
• Operate lines in compliance with all regulatory permits or Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, maintaining adherence to industry standards
• Provide timely and accurate information on emergency events to the technical services foreman, contributing to effective emergency response efforts
• Assist in monitoring real-time surveillance of pipeline systems including pressures, volumes, and overall system balances on a regular basis to ensure optimal pipeline performance and identify potential issues
• Perform corrective tasks based on work orders, including overseeing vendor performance and ensuring timely completion and adherence to established standards and safety protocols
• Coordinate with chemical tech to ensure internal pipeline protection is sufficient, oversee measures for external pipeline protection, and work collaboratively with production staff to troubleshoot areas of concern related to restrictions and obstructions, addressing operational issues promptly
• Work under supervision to assist in routine departmental tasks related to pipeline maintenance and operations, prioritizing projects, monitoring costs, implementing SOPs, and providing technical training to optimize results
• Promote a safe work environment and actively support and participate in the company's Safety Awareness For Everyone (SAFE) program, encouraging a culture of safety among the team
• Possess the right and obligation to stop work in unsafe conditions, contributing to a safe and secure working environment for all personnel

Requirements

• High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED) is required
• 0-3 years of relevant experience, preferably in E&P Operations specializing in areas such as Pipeline Inspections, Operations, and Maintenance or a related field

About the Company

Devon offers careers focused on innovation, creative problem-solving, and positive change, aiming to help employees manage their personal life and care for their families through its values, workplace practices, wellness programs, benefits, and compensation.