Plant Operation - Senior

About the role

Your ideas have a place here—step into a Plant Operator role where your work directly supports the safe, reliable, and efficient processing of natural gas liquids. At ONEOK, you'll play a critical role in operating and maintaining plant equipment that helps deliver energy products across the country. In this role, you'll operate and monitor compressors, engines, pumps, turbines, treating systems, and DCS/control board systems while monitoring pressures, temperatures, flow rates, and overall plant performance. You'll perform equipment startups and shutdowns, prepare equipment for maintenance activities, support troubleshooting and repairs, and help ensure facilities operate safely and efficiently. You'll also assist with training less experienced operators, maintain operational records, and contribute to a strong safety-focused culture. We're looking for candidates with experience in gas processing plants, compressor stations, gathering systems, storage facilities, or other oil and gas operations who enjoy hands-on work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain processing plant equipment including compressors, motors, engines, cooling equipment, auxiliary units, pumps, turbines, treating systems, and DCS/control board systems
• Monitor and control pressures, temperatures, flow rates, and reflux rates
• Start, stop, and operate equipment
• Prepare equipment for maintenance activities including permitting, lock out/tag out, and decommissioning
• Assist mechanics and others in performing repairs to compressors, engines, turbines, auxiliary equipment, pumps, process controls, and related equipment
• Provide training to less experienced operators
• Identify and report any safety and/or environmental concerns
• Compile and/or maintain information such as time sheets, work logs, safety/environmental forms, and equipment maintenance and repair records
• Drive and ensure maintenance is complete on company vehicles
• Responsibilities may include Department of Transportation (DOT) covered functions, including operations, maintenance, or emergency response on a pipeline
• Remain alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions; impaired performance or failure to follow safety precautions could result in serious injury or property damage

Requirements

Education

None required.

Work Experience

• Experience with and thorough knowledge of compressor station, storage field, gathering field, and/or processing plant operations
• Experience and training pertaining to gas and liquid processing fundamentals
• Experience and training pertaining to applicable company and governmental operating practices and procedures
• Experience and training pertaining to safe handling of flammable gases, liquids, and high-pressure systems
• Experience reading and interpreting drawings, diagrams, work logs, dials, gauges, charts, procedures, and operational and repair manuals
• Experience maintaining and preparing information such as safety/environmental reports, work logs, maintenance/repair logs, and time sheets
• Experience interacting and communicating effectively

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to analyze, adjust, and perform minor repairs on compressor engines, process facilities, and related equipment
• Ability to apply addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Knowledge of computers; demonstrated ability to access and/or perform basic computer functions utilizing company software applications
• Ability to communicate and/or exchange information and instructions

Licenses and Certifications

None required.

Physical Demands

Strength Factor Rating: 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. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Physical Demand Details

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

Working Conditions

Employee is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.

• Well lighted, climate controlled areas (Frequently)
• Outdoor weather conditions (Frequently)
• Wet or humid conditions (not weather related) (Frequently)
• Extreme cold (not weather related) (Frequently)
• Extreme heat (not weather related) (Frequently)
• Dust, fumes, gases (Frequently)
• Moving mechanical parts (Frequently)
• Potential electric shock (Frequently)
• Prolonged exposure to vibration (Frequently)
• High pitched noises/loud noises (Frequently)
• Unprotected heights (Frequently)
• Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)
• CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

Travel to company locations and/or for training.

Driving

Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license.

Pay

Expected Salary Range: $83,000.00 - $125,000.00

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• 6% 401(k) match plus quarterly profit-sharing contributions
• $100,000 in life insurance
• Annual bonuses
• Minimum of three weeks of PTO