Sr Pipeline Technician; North Branch, MN

Pipeline Technician

Northern Natural Gas offers a knowledge‑based compensation program called Skill-Based Pay. The Pay system rewards employees for acquiring, demonstrating and maintaining work skills and includes an annual discretionary incentive bonus of up to 10.5% based on individual and company performance.

The goal of Skill-Based Pay is to ensure Northern Natural Gas has a qualified, versatile workforce that produces a competitive product across various business, regulatory, and operational climates. Employees are paid according to the skills demonstrated and the tasks performed.

In this system, Northern Natural Gas rewards personal initiative and pays for skills rather than seniority. A broader base of skills allows employees to tackle new problems better and faster, and to fully understand the impact of their decisions at their work sites and across the company.

Pipeline technicians are multi‑skilled employees who perform highly technical work within a geographical area on the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Positions specialize in one or more of the following technical skills:

• Controls – Install, maintain and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human‑machine interfaces, motor control centers, and medium‑ and low‑voltage power distribution and pneumatic control devices used in pipeline operations.
• Measurement – Program, maintain, operate and troubleshoot gas measurement equipment including gas meters, control valves, relief valves, regulators, and associated software, as well as monitoring gas and quality‑control equipment.
• Corrosion – Install, maintain and troubleshoot corrosion protection equipment to ensure pipeline integrity. NACE CP1 Tester certification is preferred.
• Mechanical – Install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair rotating and reciprocating compression equipment.
• Liquefied Natural Gas Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to make liquefied natural gas.
• Underground Storage Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to store and deliver natural gas from underground reservoirs.
• Compressor Station Operations – Ensure reliable operation of compressor station equipment.
• Pipeline – Perform pigging operations, damage prevention measures and pipeline right‑of‑way maintenance.
• Equipment Operation – Transport, inspect, maintain and operate various mobile heavy equipment including backhoes, boom trucks, semi‑trucks, dump trucks, excavators, skid loaders, etc. Additional endorsements for hazmat and liquefied natural gas transportation are available.
• Welding – Pipeline welders must be qualified in API 1104 and ASME standards to weld on natural gas pipelines. Structural welders must be qualified in AWS standards.
• Environmental – Maintain environmental standards, environmental activities and regulatory compliance for assigned locations.

BHE Pipeline Group consists of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s interstate natural gas pipeline companies, BHE GT&S, Kern River Gas Transmission Company, and Northern Natural Gas Company. The group operates approximately 21,200 miles of pipeline with a design capacity of about 21.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, owns assets in 27 states, and leads in natural gas transportation and storage. Northern Natural Gas is an equal‑opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.

Key qualifications and requirements:

• An Associate of Applied Science degree in a technical specialization is preferred. Ideal degrees include Associate of Applied Science in aviation maintenance, diesel, natural gas,…