P - Field Operator

Job Objective:
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.

• Clamps seal around valves to secure tanks.
• Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.
• Lowers thermometer into tanks to obtain temperature reading.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Gauges and records tanks and gas meters.
• Ability to be available 24 hours per day (on call for questions, emergencies, etc.).
• 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.
• Completes “8-Day Gauge Reports” with ending and beginning tank levels, and reports results to designated office on a monthly basis.
• May be required to work multiple fields.
• May be required to work at multiple fields.
• Gauges tank containing petroleum and natural gas byproducts, such as condensate, oil, saltwater, or natural gasoline.
• Opens and closes valves and tank hatches.
• Procures necessary materials and supplies to complete daily tasks
• Inspects pipelines, valves, and flanges to detect malfunctions, such as loose connections and leaks.
• Maintains logs of meter readings, test results, and adjustments made.
• Supports company vision and mission.
• Monitors alarms and responds to alarms/pages 24 hours per day.
• Starts pumps and opens valves to regulate flow of oil into and out of tanks, according to delivery schedules.
• Reports leads or defective valves to supervisor
• Retrieves and performs required tests for quality and integrity on product samples.
• Reads automatic gauges, at specified intervals, to determine flow rate of oil into or out of tanks and the amount of oil in tanks.
• Implements company’s “Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan” (SPCC), as needed.
• Records meter and pressure readings at gas well.
• Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
• Inspects equipment for safety problems, leaks, or wear and tear, and makes or recommends appropriate repairs.
• Shuts down equipment, following supervisor’s instructions, in case of an emergency.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Turns bleeder valves or lowers sample container into tank to obtain oil sample.
• Tightens connections with wrenches, and greases and oils valves using grease gum and oilcan.
• Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
• Records readings and test results.
• Completes “Daily Production Sheets,” and reports results to designated office by daily deadline.
• Operates pumps and mobile telephone/radio.

• Demonstrates an increased ability to work unsupervised, act upon an acquired knowledge of how the facilities function, anticipates and corrects problems before they occur or before other parts of the facility are affeced.
• 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.
• Ability to work established work schedule.
• Demonstrates the ability and willingness to remain aware of and direct the whole scope of simultaneous activities at the job site on a routine basis.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
• Four (4) years minimum oilfield experience.
• Ability to operate a boat (if applicable).
• Demonstrates increasing degrees of understanding 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).
• Demonstrates 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.
• Basic mathematic and mechanical skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to consider safety in all decisions.
• Requires less supervision in the performance of routine duties.
• Demonstrates the ability to direct the work of and train other employees of lower rank and/or experience.

• 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.