E&C Technician; Corpus Christi, TX

What We Are Looking For

Responsible for safe troubleshooting, installation, repair, and operation of mechanical, electrical, and instrument equipment.

• Understand accepted troubleshooting guidelines for PLC, control valves, and all PLC logic.
• Possess overall knowledge of the installation, operation, and repair of assigned equipment.
• Maintain sufficient inventory of electrical supplies and repair parts to meet most emergency situations.
• Takes care of company vehicle, keeping it clean and organized.
• Reports any unsafe practices or actions to supervisor.
• Continuously seeks better and more efficient ways of doing job.
• Keeps lines of communication open to supervisor and other company employees while meeting the needs of all customers.
• Makes callouts on equipment.
• Works with project managers, engineering, and contractors on all new construction projects.
• Maintains all controls, monitors alarms and sensor tests.
• Troubleshoots and schedules electrical maintenance for the assigned location.
• Solid understanding of electrical motor control.
• Has knowledge of electrical prints and is capable of making appropriate red‑line changes to them.
• Assists PLC programming personnel.
• Good understanding of PLC cause and effect.
• Supervises electrical contractors.
• Job level will be commensurate with experience and knowledge.

• Education: High School degree or equivalent.
• Experience: General knowledge of compressor stations, gathering system, and processing plant operations.
• Certifications: Valid operating license with acceptable driving record under company insurers.
• Competencies and
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Customer orientation.
  • Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to other employees and outside contractors.
  • Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals).
  • Apply common sense to carry out day‑to‑day operational issues.
  • Make quick and reasonable decisions in sometimes adverse conditions.

• Uses physical force to lift, push, pull, and hold equipment/tools.
• Climbs and works at various heights; may work while standing, sitting, lying down, crouched, or kneeling.
• Routinely reacts to visual, aural, and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to visually inspect work.
• Regularly bends, stoops, moves from ground level to higher levels, raises/lifts from ground level a load up to 50 lbs., manually transports a load up to 75 lbs., and applies up to 150 foot‑pounds of torque.
• Regularly gets in and out of vehicles and rides over rough roads.
• Candidates may be subject to Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and alcohol testing requirements.
• Subject to overtime and call‑outs.

• Works mostly outdoors, in and around mechanical, industrial, and electrical equipment.
• Required to climb equipment and work in confined areas (e.g., tanks, between compressors, vessels).
• May work in hazardous conditions including hydrocarbon vapor, adverse weather conditions, and extreme temperatures.
• Wears safety equipment as required.

Supervisory responsibility:
None

• Journeyman electrician.

Maximo or other enterprise asset management application experience.

Kinder Morgan is a large energy infrastructure company operating in North America. Access to reliable, affordable energy is a critical component for improving lives around the world. We are committed to providing energy transportation and storage services in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner for the benefit of the people, communities, and businesses we serve.

Kinder Morgan provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, family status, status as an individual authorized to work in the U.S., or any other status protected by law.

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