Technician, Analyzer; Houston Ship Channel

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals;

petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Analyzer Technician will possess strong mechanical/electrical aptitude and skills. Ability to use hand tools, follow written and verbal instructions. Able and willing to work in either a team environment or on an individual bases as circumstances warrant. Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Operate, repair, test, troubleshoot, adjust and/or install bench and on-line, portable process gas / liquid chromatograph equipment used in the natural gas industry.

• Perform mechanical functions and duties of inspecting, checking, troubleshooting, repairing, and replacing all mechanical equipment in order to maintain high levels of safe and productive equipment performance.

• Properly completes records of time and required regulatory reports.

• Maintains close contact with the supervisor regarding maintenance trouble reports and scheduled equipment maintenance to affect a minimum interruption of product throughout.

• Ability to optimize work to affect a minimal amount of overtime.

• Participate in available cross training to effectively develop skills in areas specific to other technicians.

• Attend all safety meetings and safety training courses as required by regulatory agencies.

• Ability to properly collect gas and NGL samples.

• Installing, operating and maintaining gas and liquid sampling and sample conditioning systems.

• Acquiring information on site using stain tubes or electronic devices for obtaining H2S, CO2, O2, water content and nitrogen.

• Scheduling, completing and witnessing chromatograph test.

• Developing and maintaining chromatograph test schedules.

• Installing equipment from drawings, schematics and manufacturer's manuals.

• Troubleshooting and rectifying equipment failures using voltmeters and test equipment.

• Planning, scheduling and coordinating work with other departments to ensure timely completion of equipment installation and repair.

• Operating appropriate PC software.

• Improve the reliability of the gas chromatographs currently in use at the plants and on the pipeline system.

• Routinely review procedures to achieve positive performance.

• Ensure compliance of all Company and industry standards to meet the requirements of all regulatory agencies.

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent is required.

• An Associate's degree in a technical field, such as:
  Chemistry, Gas Measurement, Electronics, etc. is preferred.

• A minimum of 5 years' work experience in the natural gas industry is preferred.

• A basic to advanced level of knowledge in gas measurement is required.

• A valid driver's license with acceptable driving record is required.

• Ability to follow written or spoken instructions; understand equipment repair manuals; and Federal, state and local codes and regulations is required.

• General knowledge in the field of electronics, natural gas chemistry, gas chromatograph, operations, applications, equipment and servicing methods is required.

• The ability to perform basic mathematical calculations, such as, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical solutions is required.

• Basic computer skills such as: opening, creating and updating content in MS Word documents and Excel spreadsheets are required.

• Ability to assume responsibility, be flexible,…