Operator

About the Role

As an Operator at Freeport LNG, you will play a key role in supporting the organization's commitment to safety, environmental excellence, continuous improvement, and teamwork. You will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of your assigned unit in the field, working under the direction of the Shift Supervisor and Shift Team Leader. This position requires working a rotating schedule with flexibility to accommodate changes and provide overtime coverage as needed.

Responsibilities

• Make control changes in the field as necessary to ensure smooth overall operations.
• Comply with all facility safety, environmental, and health requirements.
• Conduct scheduled rounds of the outside facility to ensure parameters are within the safe operating envelope.
• Monitor all plant equipment (oil levels, vibration, etc.) and correct or report problems.
• Permit daily work in accordance with company procedures.
• Apply energy isolation systems in accordance with company procedures.
• Complete progression plan as instructed by supervision and training staff.
• Complete facility-specific training and duties as assigned by site supervision.
• Obtain all samples as required.
• Attend routine Safety meetings and updates.
• Assert and follow all Life Saving Rules.
• Participate in and train in emergency response actions as an Initial Response Team (IRT) member on-shift in an emergency event.
• Attend planned and/or scheduled regulatory trainings and/or drills as required to maintain IRT/ERT status.
• Perform other duties as assigned and deemed necessary by facility supervision.

Qualifications

Minimum Required:

• Associate's Degree in Process Technology; or
• High School Graduate or GED equivalent with 1+ years’ applicable experience working in operations within an LNG, NGL, or chemical plant.

Preferred:

• Associate's Degree in Process Technology with 3+ years’ applicable experience working in operations within an LNG, NGL, or chemical plant.
• Experience in operations of an LNG facility utilizing a DCS system.
• Experience with the operations of a Honeywell Experion DCS System.

Skills

• Good written/verbal technical communication skills.
• Ability to receive and follow work instructions from Supervisors/Team leaders.
• Active learner.
• Self-starter/motivated.
• Ability to follow operating procedures.
• Good mechanical background.
• Trained in Emergency Response.
• Ability to work under pressure in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong commitment to HSE with the ability to inspire and lead others.

Working Conditions and Physical Expectations

• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration.
• Occasionally exposed to extreme conditions at construction job sites.
• Noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
• May be required to wear respiratory protective equipment.
• Must be able to wear all necessary PPE to perform job functions.
• Operates in an industrial plant environment.
• Exposure to indoor and outdoor weather conditions.
• Possible exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy weather conditions.
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts and electrical circuits.
• Exposure to constant or intermittent sounds of a pitch level sufficient to cause marked distraction.
• Ability to obtain and maintain work authorization/security clearance through a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Routinely uses standard office and field communications equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers w/scanner and fax, and radios.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Very active role requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the shift.
• Frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to drive to other Company work locations as required.
• Ability to move throughout all areas of the facility.
• Stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Physically able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle, and move items weighing up to 50 lbs. without assistance.
• May be required to enter confined spaces.
• May be required to work at elevated heights.

Location: Freeport, TX