Gas Operator Job Description
Gas Operator Duties & Responsibilities
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Gas Operator Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Gas Operator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: GED, ABSA, DOT, H2S, OPITO
Education for Gas Operator
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Employers hiring for the gas operator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and High School Degree in Technical, Engineering, Foundation, Industrial, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Education, Electronics, Associates, Computer
Skills for Gas Operator
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Gas Operator Examples
Gas Operator Job Description
- Maintains responsibility for the overall operation, safety and reliability of National Grids operating system
- Handle daily operation of Oil + Gas, marine logistics business
- Provide response of quotations of Oil + Gas, marine logistics to clients
- Provide quick and correct solutions to clients
- Involved in performing service and main installations, abandonments and tie-ins
- Involved in maintenance and repair of buried and above ground gas distribution plant
- Locate underground plant using company records and electronic equipment
- Create and complete accurate records to record all work performed
- Operate construction equipment, including backhoe, front-end loader, dozer, trencher, sideboom
- Work in a team environment with the Construction and Maintenance (C&M) crews on work that is within the scope of their skills and abilities
- Successful candidate must have good communication, organizational and teamwork skills
- Must have a high school degree or GED equivalent
- Minimum of one (1) year related experience and/or training preferred
- Required to climb about equipment and work in confined areas
- Work indoors & outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial and electrical equipment
- Must wear safety equipment as required
Gas Operator Job Description
- Standby Gas Technician rotation for the Region within required response time
- Supporting the DOT Operator Qualification program
- Conducting company and contractor OQ assessments, as needed, to ensure employees are properly qualified and meet all qualification requirements
- Determining initial training requirements for each employee and contractor personnel and ensures that all training is completed satisfactorily in pursuit of new employee development
- Maintaining operator refresher training and schedules and administers refresher training
- Developing and delivering training to support needs analysis
- Maintaining all training documentation, including initial and refresher training, outlines of training, training schedules
- Coordinating and cultivating inter-department support/interaction as needed
- Training and evaluating Gas Apprentices by having the ability to clearly and effectively present information, oral and written, and to respond to questions
- Providing technical classroom/lab training of our Gas Apprentice Program and participate regularly on the Gas Apprenticeship Review Committee
- Use physical force to lift, push, pull, and hold equipment/tools
- Climb and work at various heights
- Candidates must be adept at reading maps, blueprints and piping schematics and have the ability to identify and respond to all audio and visual alarms generated by the SCADA system
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, or High School Diploma and five years of relevant natural gas experience (gas control, field operations, engineering, design, modeling, compression, measurement, utilization, ) or High School Diploma and five years of control room experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and four years of relevant natural gas experience (gas control, field operations, engineering, design, modeling, compression, measurement, utilization, ) or High School Diploma and ten years of relevant natural gas experience (gas control, field operations, engineering, design, modeling, compression, measurement, utilization)
- On call availability as required
Gas Operator Job Description
- Performing work assignments in a manner which properly safeguards the public, employees, and property of others and the Company
- Performing work assignments in accordance with departmental instructions, procedures
- Ensuring our gas tools and equipment are inventoried, maintained and in good working condition
- Instrumental in the operation and oversite of an OQ auditing program for in-house crews contractors to ensure our construction quality assurance/quality control is at a very high level
- Inspects, operates, and services equipment and systems in the transfer, storage, processing and distribution of natural gas, liquefied natural gas and liquid and gaseous propane
- Adjusts process controls to meet production specifications of liquefied natural gas, propane-air production and LNG vaporization
- Performs purging operations and regulatory mandated inspections on process piping and equipment
- Performs moderately complex calculations to adjust process parameters, process performance, and plant inventories
- Position requires rotating shift work, working with processes containing hazardous materials, working from elevations, exposure to all weather, exposure to chemical plant like conditions and varied reporting locations (WMLNG/SGLNG CD# Notch - Cliff)
- Subject to meeting respirator qualifications
- Proven record of working independently and safely under little direct supervision
- Rotating shift schedule (nights, weekends and holidays) as needed
- Occasional overnight travel for work and training
- Subject to DOT alcohol and drug testing requirements
- Minimum 3 years oilfield experience required
- Must have the ability and willingness to work extended hours and weekends if needed
Gas Operator Job Description
- Provide assistance to the crew in the construction and installation of natural gas distribution systems
- Provide back up for the Operator and assist in completion of duties
- Operate excavation equipment for placement of gas mains and services
- Ability to operate equipment with potential to progress to safely operating around live gas mains
- Manage and execute daily operating plans and strategies
- Develop and recommend proven operating strategies for varying pipeline conditions, utilizing effective linepack management strategies and hydraulic evaluations
- Monitor and control gas compression, metering and remote valve facilities to ensure the required gas volumes, linepack and contract pressures are achieved on a daily basis
- Co-ordinate scheduled outage execution and proactively manipulate system linepack and facilities in order to minimize system impact and enable outage / maintenance completions
- Respond to alarms and events in accordance with the documented handling and reporting guidelines
- Analyze and respond to unscheduled facility outages, abnormal operating conditions and emergency situations
- Proven record of working independently, under little direct supervision
- Successful candidate must have good communication skills and organization skills, must demonstrate a strong desire to apply innovative ideas in the field and have strong leadership skills
- Reports to Gas Field Services Foreman
- Daily interactions with Gas Services Foreman, Gas Services Operators, Production Foreman, Automation Foreman, Lease Operators, Operations Superintendents, and District Manager
- Must hold a Class A CDL (minimum)
- Prepare equipment for inspection
Gas Operator Job Description
- Develop and maintain excellent customer service standards, confidentiality, and working relationships with Shippers, Producers, and Connecting Pipeline Operators
- Building, installing and repairing gas distribution regulator stations, gas overpressure protection devices, and related equipment
- Documenting inspections using computers and related software
- Assisting Construction Maintenance during routine maintenance and emergencies
- Repairing and troubleshooting gas system odorizers
- Calculating proper odorant rates
- Assess, plan, coordinate, and implement Technical Training for the Natural Gas Business Unit (NGBU)
- Review changes to business processes, standards, manuals, and regulations and ensure they are properly integrated into training and OQ plans for the NGBU
- Lead projects to implement the Pipeline Safety Management System Training and Performance Assurance Components, liaising with internal team members and others in the NGBU to ensure solid process safety for the Technical Training and Qualifications team
- Manage training and OQ vendors, and review the training materials for contractors
- Report deviations and defects to Foreman
- Assist Artisans in daily activities
- Grade 12 with Maths & Science & English (Must)
- NQF 2 Mechanical occupational qualification (Must)
- Valid driver’s licence C1 (must)
- Basic mechanical maintenance understanding