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Area Lead - Bethel Gathering

Job ID #: 29682 Location: ND-WILLISTON

Functional Area: Misc./Trades Position Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 1 - 3 Years Relocation Provided: No

Education Required: High School Diploma

RC/Department: 5982 -GPL-W-TIOGA CRUDE OPERATIONS :KMPL

Position Description

This is a first-line supervisory position with responsibility to act in support of the Operations Supervisor. This position is responsible for coordinating the activities of the pipeline operators and supervising the maintenance and operation of the pipeline. Essential duties and responsibilities: • Demonstrate and demand a safety culture of zero accidents. Ensure compliance with company manuals and policies. • Take all possible measures to protect the environment, the public, employees, and assets. • Take responsibility for the compliance of required safety and governmental documentation. Ensure documentation is up to date and complete. • Understand and be proficient in gauging and operations. • Supervise and coordinate the activities of the pipeline gaugers. • Take overall responsibility for equipment maintenance and repair on the system in your assigned area. • Consult with Operations Supervisor on large maintenance and repair issues. • Oversee contractors to ensure safety and quality on projects assigned to you. • Review and approve invoices from contractors for work done in your assigned area. • Use good critical thinking skills to identify and solve problems. • Be open and receptive to change and the exchange of ideas. • Hold operational meetings and ensure the proper training of the pipeline operators. • Understand emergency procedures, review SPCC and FRP annually, and be prepared for emergency response within your assigned area. • Maintain customer relationships and provide excellent customer service by maintaining communication and aggressively solving problems that arise. Notify your supervisor of any issues. • During “on call” status, individual need to have cell phone with them at all times. Timely responses are essential. • Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

Education and/or experience: • High school degree or equivalent. • General knowledge of gathering systems, product movement, pipeline construction, and pipeline maintenance. • Follows 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 acceptable driving record. 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. • Uses physical force to lift, push, pull and hold equipment/tools. • Climbs and works at various heights. May work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched or kneeling position. • Routinely reacts to visual, aural and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work. • Regularly bends, stoops, moves from ground level to higher levels, raises/lifts from ground level a load up to 50 lbs., manually transports a load up to 75 lbs., and applies up to 150 foot pounds of torque. • Regularly gets into and out of vehicles and rides over rough roads. • Walks 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.

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.