Pipeline Technician
On-siteCunningham, California, United States
Job Summary
Maintain and operate crude oil pipelines, pump stations, and custody transfer measurement facilities while performing routine maintenance on pumps, motors, valves, and associated mechanical equipment. Execute preventative and general maintenance on electronic controls, pressure regulators, and block valves, utilizing precision tools to replace seals, bearings, and couplings. Launch and receive cleaning pigs, inspect right-of-ways, and respond to operational emergencies in accordance with company procedures. Interface with landowners and complete required training programs, safety meetings, and operator qualification standards. This role involves working in an industrial field environment with potential travel and on-call availability for emergency situations.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to obtain and maintain all certifications for Operator Qualifications, Safety, and any other regulatory requirements
- Strong commitment to job safety, understanding company policies and company practices, and staying informed and following regulatory requirements
- Demonstrate mechanical aptitude and dexterity in the use of tools and equipment
- Ability to read and interpret alignment sheets, schematics, and P&IDs, as well as perform basic mathematical calculations (additions, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals)
- Proficient in written and verbal English communication
- Exhibit ability and desire to work independently and as part of a team as required
- Utilize basic computer skills, including spreadsheet and word processing applications, and possess the technical capacity to learn other software programs as needed
- Internally motivated to start tasks and projects and committed to follow them until completion
- Organized; able to manage time efficiently and prioritize tasks and projects effectively
- Attention to detail and ability to catch errors and inconsistencies in own work
- Ability to critically evaluate complex situations and make decisions
- Requires High School Diploma or equivalent
- Requires a valid Driver's License
- Ability to enunciate clearly and project voice to communicate around noise
- Operate motor vehicles and drive, on company business, to various worksites and locations
- Ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, or similar structures
- Remain in a stationary position, often standing, sitting, kneeling, or crouching for prolonged periods
- Adjust or move objects up to 50 pounds in all directions
- Repetitive motions that may include the wrists, hands, or fingers
- Operate machinery or power tools
- Assess the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
- Use a computer, read, work with small materials, or other task causing eyestrain for a prolonged duration
- Operate in an indoor/outdoor industrial field environment and is often subject to extreme temperatures due to the weather and the equipment involved
- Work in potentially hazardous environments at various project sites
- Ability to periodically travel for extended periods of time
- Ability to be available for responding to emergency situations after work hours, nights, weekends, and on-call as needed
- 5%
Desired Qualifications
- 1+ year(s) of direct oil field experience is preferred
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