Sr Pipeline Technician; Lyons, KS

Sr Pipeline Technician (Lyons, KS)

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Northern Natural Gas offers a knowledge-based compensation program called Skill-Based Pay. Skill-Based Pay is a system that rewards employees for acquiring, demonstrating and maintaining work skills.

In addition, Northern Natural Gas offers an annual discretionary incentive bonus 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 an extremely competitive product where needed in varying business, regulatory and operational climates. Employees are paid according to the skills demonstrated as well as the tasks performed.

In this system, Northern Natural Gas rewards personal initiative and pays for skills, rather than seniority. With a broader base of skills, employees can tackle new problems better and faster. Employees develop a wider view of the work at Northern Natural Gas and more fully understands the impact their decisions have at their work sites and for the entire company.

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• Controls – Install, maintain and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human machine interfaces, motor control centres, and medium and low voltage power distribution and pneumatic control devices utilized 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.
• Liquified 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.

• Assist in performing scheduled preventative maintenance on operational equipment at assigned facility.
• Recognise abnormal operating conditions.
• Support emergency response.
• Locate pipelines and oversee third‑party excavation and line crossings. Install and inspect pipeline markers.
• Operate work equipment including but not limited to power tools, hand tools, and specialised instruments used in pipeline operations, maintenance and repair of facilities.
• Maintain and operate facilities in compliance with specifications, codes, safety and environmental standards/records and company operating procedures.
• Assist in maintaining records pursuant to required state, federal and company procedures.
• Review work assignments with the team to ensure work is completed with established safe work practices and reporting.
• Contribute to a team‑centric work environment based on mutual respect and integrity.
• Support the Company’s CHAMPION culture, which centres around personal responsibility, continuous improvement and delivering quality for our customers.

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