Lease Operator
2001-30000
Other
WaynesboroLocation
Waynesboroa month ago
Posted datea month ago
Entry / JuniorMinimum level
Entry / JuniorProductionJob category
ProductionWhat are you going to do
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Essential skills and knowledge
Skills and Qualifications
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Ensure personal safety and the safety of co-workers, adhering to and enforcing all safety rules.
- Act as the primary operations contact for assigned facilities, with knowledge of process flow, unit chemistry, major line-ups, and safety equipment, including isolation points.
- Monitor processes using computer data, schematics, and physical inspections to ensure optimal operations.
- Issue Safe Work Permits, demonstrating proficiency in current operating conditions and assessing chemical, personnel, and process safety risks.
- Conduct gas testing to ensure safe maintenance activities.
- Perform process monitoring, including tank gauging, reading meters, recording data, sampling, and checking equipment for leaks, freezing, or overheating.
- Conduct visual maintenance by monitoring temperature, pressure, level, flow rate, and vibration, ensuring equipment operates within defined parameters.
- Adjust process parameters to maintain product specifications.
- Maintain company vehicles and coordinate oil sales and saltwater hauling as necessary.
- Keep accurate electronic or paper records, including gauge sheets, noting production changes.
- Inspect and verify control valve positions for proper alignment.
- Perform basic equipment maintenance, such as adding lubricants, tightening valve packing, changing filters, and clearing equipment.
- Communicate with the Production Foreman about process conditions and changes.
- Perform equipment winterization and summarization for efficiency.
Essential skills and knowledge
Skills and Qualifications
- High school diploma required; college degree or trade school certificate preferred.
- Previous experience in a closely related role.
- Strong interpersonal skills and team-oriented mindset.
- Ability to work rotating shifts and be available for call-outs as needed.
- Experience maintaining, operating, and repairing surface equipment for oil and gas production.
- Strong computer skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Physical ability to lift more than 50 lbs, climb ladders and stairways, and use a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
- Familiarity with safety detectors and related equipment.
- Capacity to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
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