Petroleum Inspector - El Paso, TX

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour depending on experience.

About the role

Oil and Petroleum Inspectors visit client facilities, including barges and ships, shore tanks, railcars, and tank trucks for quantity surveys of a variety of commodities including petroleum and petrochemicals inspection and collects samples for laboratory analysis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a valid driver’s license and a working vehicle (car or truck, no motorcycles) at all times.
• Receive orders, obtain information, and gather paperwork from Operations Supervisor(s) on movements.
• Ensure that all equipment is in good operating condition – calibration verification, correct and clean. This includes safety and monitoring equipment appropriate to the job.
• Report to job-site punctually and observe all applicable company, federal, and state regulations and standards, Terminal, Refinery, and/or vessel requirements, including safety and measurement standards.
• Attend “Key Meetings” with external personnel ashore and/or abroad. Represent the Company by appearance and conduct. Behave ethically at all times.
• Communicate any problems, discrepancies, or other noteworthy incidents to the Operations Supervisor and/or Dispatcher without delay.
• Obtain samples, gauge shore tanks, vessel(s), barge(s), railcar(s), and/or tank truck(s) as specified per job order.
• Label sample containers with full and correct identifying data, including location of sample, material, type of sample, safety information, time collected, etc.
• Promptly and accurately calculate quantities and complete all required paperwork and distribute copies appropriately.
• Promptly and safely deliver samples to the laboratory for analysis or turn in for retain, or client facilities for analysis or retain.
• Review any discrepancies with Operations Supervisor, sign and return job order form.
• Maintain a 24-hour on-call status.
• Support and participate in the Company’s Business Management System (BMS).
• Attend company meetings as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education development certificate (GED).
• Knowledge of company HS&E procedures and associated governmental regulations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.
• Maintain a valid driver’s license and a working vehicle (car or truck, no motorcycles) at all times.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance.
• Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear; and taste and smell.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Frequently required to climb and descend stairways, ladders, and gangways.
• Must regularly lift and/or move and/or climb with up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds (with assistance).
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly works in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; and near flammable material.
• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• Possibility of working in enclosed spaces.
• Appropriate safety training is provided.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Company-matched Retirement plan.
• Generous Paid Time Off and Company Holidays.
• Life Insurance and AD&D coverage.
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 10 weeks for pregnancy).
• Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD).
• Optional life and pet insurance.
• EAP and Total Wellbeing Lifestyle Programs.
• Tuition Assistance and/or Professional Development.
• Employee Discounts.