Gauger

About the Role

This is a journey-level nonexempt position that works under general supervision. The role involves gauging and testing products at system entry, exit points, or tankage/storage in coordination with customer/supplier representatives. You will complete receipt or delivery records and maintain records of results for district reports. Routine site activities include adjusting flow or pressure and noting maintenance needs.

Responsibilities

• Make safety and environmental integrity top priorities each day.
• Ensure compliance with company manuals and policies.
• Gauge, sample, and carefully record all pertinent information needed in the custody transfer of oil from a sales tank to the pipeline.
• Ensure the oil meets minimum requirements before purchasing by performing all necessary steps outlined in the gauging manual.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Gain/Loss issues on the system, seeking fair volume assessments at all locations.
• Service and maintain field pumps and LACT units.
• Keep locations clean.
• Daily observe any traveled section of the pipeline for leaks, line markers, and needed maintenance.
• Report all leaks and repairs needed to the supervisor immediately.
• Keep company vehicles, field equipment, stations, and shop areas clean, serviced, and organized.
• Inspect construction projects as needed.
• Keep all paperwork and documentation required up to date and complete.
• Work with customers and fellow employees to provide excellent customer service.
• During on-call status, individuals must always have cell phones with them. Timely responses are essential.
• Follow company policies, practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid state operating license and acceptable driving record determined by the Company.

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).
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out day-to-day operation issues.
• Ability to make quick and reasonable decisions in sometimes-adverse conditions.

Working Conditions

• 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 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.
• Works mostly outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial, and electrical equipment.
• Required to climb 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.
• Because this position requires donning SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus), employees must pass a SCBA fit test and screening as a condition of employment.

About the Company

Kinder Morgan is a large energy infrastructure company operating in North America. We are committed to providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of the people, communities, and businesses we serve.