What are the responsibilities and job description for the 25-650.E - Field Operator position at Hilcorp?
Monitors and operates wells and associated surface equipment including pumps, natural gas compressors, pumping units, valves, tanks, and other vessels, and helps maintain a safe work environment for the company.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Gauges and records tanks and gas meters.
- Opens and closes valves and tank hatches.
- Inspects equipment for safety problems, leaks, or wear and tear, and makes or recommends appropriate repairs.
- Procures necessary materials and supplies to complete daily tasks.
- Reads and verifies automatic gauges, at specified intervals, to determine flow rate of fluids.
- Operates pumps, pumping units, compressors, separators and responsible for overall operation of wellsite equipment.
- Retrieves and performs required tests for quality and integrity on product samples.
- Maintains logs of meter readings, test results, and adjustments made.
- Completes “Daily Production Sheets,” and reports results to designated office by daily deadline.
- Completes “Gauge Reports” with ending and beginning tank levels, and reports results to designated office on a monthly basis.
- 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.
- Implements company’s “Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan” (SPCC), as needed.
- Reports leaks or defective equipment to supervisor.
- Inspects and maintains all surface equipment, pipelines, valves, and flanges to detect malfunctions, such as loose connections and leaks.
- Clamps seals around valves to secure tanks.
- Shuts down equipment, following supervisor’s instructions, in case of an emergency.
- May be required to work at multiple fields.
- Monitors alarms and responds to alarms/pages 24 hours per day.
- 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.
- 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.
- Required: Six (6) months minimum of contracting directly for Hilcorp Energy.
- Preferred:
- One (1) year minimum of oilfield experience.
- Ability to work established work schedule.
- Ability to drive and operate company vehicle.
- Demonstrate a degree of understanding of 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).
- Demonstrate 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 recognize when non-standard or non-routine conditions exist at the facility, notify supervisory staff, and offer recommendations for solutions to the problem.
- Basic computer skills.
- Basic mathematic and mechanical skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
- Valid Driver’s license required.
- 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.
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