I & E Technician - Senior

Join a high-performing team as a Senior I&E Technician where your expertise with Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMIs, natural gas-fired turbines, and reciprocating compressors keeps critical assets running safely and reliably. Candidates will be considered for employment at any of the following locations: Magic City, Twitty, Briscoe, Shamrock, Mobeetie/Old Mobeetie, Kelton, Allison, Miami, Canadian, McLean, Pampa, Wellington, Clarendon, Memphis, Quitaque, Turkey, Wayside, Claude, and South Plains.

Responsibilities

• Install, operate, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate/adjust, and maintain the following equipment:
  • Calorimeters
  • Gravitometers/Densitometers
  • Chromatographs
  • Telemetering systems
  • Moisture analyzers
  • ESD systems
  • Electronic odorization systems
  • Flow computers
  • pH and conductivity probes
  • Instrumentation
  • Meter tubes and orifice plates
  • Satellite equipment
  • Analytical equipment
  • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and remote terminal units
  • Distributed Control System (DCS)
  • Programmable Logic Control (PLC) systems
• Perform preventative maintenance and/or analytical testing on compressors/engines, drivers, and auxiliary equipment.
• Maintain electrical power circuits, switch gear, and power distribution including high voltage.
• Perform and/or observe measurement equipment witness tests.
• Install and maintain security/intrusion systems.
• Drive and ensure maintenance is complete on company vehicles.
• Maintain, calculate, and prepare reports and records including:
  • Maintenance and repair records
  • Safety and environmental reports
  • Mechanical drawings
  • Electrical schematics and diagrams
  • Pressure readings
  • Material and supply orders
  • Loop sheets
  • Meter tube/orifice plate ratios
  • Orifice and positive meter flow rates and capacities
• Responsibilities may include Department of Transportation (DOT) covered functions, including operations, maintenance, or emergency response on a pipeline.
• Respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions where impaired performance could result in serious injury or property damage.

Requirements

• Experience in use and function of tools and equipment applicable to position including:
  • Manual/power tools
  • Electronic testing devices
  • Control devices
• Experience and training related to:
  • Gas processing fundamentals
  • Computers and related software
  • Governmental rules, regulations, and (electric) codes
  • Company policies and procedures including safe handling practices for flammable gases, liquids, and high-pressure systems
  • Reliability Based Programs
• Experience reading and interpreting repair orders, mechanical drawings, procedures, charts, diagrams, dials, gauges, and equipment manuals.
• Experience preparing, processing, or verifying maintenance and repair records, safety and environmental reports, electrical schematics and diagrams, pressure readings, and material and supply orders.

Skills

• Knowledge of the use and function of reciprocating or gas turbine engines, compressors, and electronic and processing equipment.
• Knowledge of instrumentation, electronics, tools, and control systems.
• Ability to apply addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and algebraic formulas.
• Ability to communicate and/or exchange written and verbal information and instructions.

Physical Demands

• Heavy Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Frequently:
  • Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about.
  • Walking: Moving about on foot.
  • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word.
  • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear.
• Occasionally:
  • Sitting: Remaining in a seated position.
  • Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling).
  • Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder.
  • Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force.
  • Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking).
  • Climbing: Ladders, stairs.
  • Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling.
  • Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist.
  • Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees.
  • Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine.
  • Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction.
• Constantly:
  • Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction.
  • Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity).
  • Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity).
  • Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects/materials such as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement, or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the fingertips.
  • Tasting/Smelling.
  • Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.
  • Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
  • Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships.
  • Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors.
  • Frequent repetitive motion.
  • CRT (Computer Monitor(s)).

Working Conditions

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Frequently:
  • Well lighted, climate-controlled areas.
  • Outdoor weather conditions.
  • Wet or humid conditions (not weather related).
  • Extreme cold (not weather related).
  • Extreme heat (not weather related).
  • Dust, fumes, gases.
  • Moving mechanical parts.
  • Potential electric shock.
  • Prolonged exposure to vibration.
  • High pitched noises/loud noises.
  • Unprotected heights.

Travel

Travel expected within an assigned area, and as required to other locations. Driving may be required, including the use of a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license.

Pay

Expected Salary Range: $87,000.00 - $131,000.00