Field Operator - Entry
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Oil & Gas
Overview
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Summit Midstream Corporation (NYSE: SMC) is a value-driven corporation focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States.
We currently operate natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering systems in four unconventional resource basins:
- the Williston Basin in North Dakota, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations;
- the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming;
- the Fort Worth Basin in Texas, which includes the Barnett Shale formation; and
- the Piceance Basin in Colorado, which includes the liquids-rich Mesaverde formation as well as the emerging Mancos and Niobrara Shale formations.
Our systems and the basins they serve are as follows:
- the Polar & Divide system, which serves the Williston Basin;
- the DFW Midstream system, which serves the Fort Worth Basin;
- the Grand River system, which serves the Piceance Basin; and
- the Niobrara G&P system, which serves the DJ Basin.
SMC has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is natural gas transmission infrastructure that provides transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas.
We generate a substantial majority of our revenue under primarily long-term and fee-based gathering agreements with our customers. The majority of our gathering agreements are underpinned by areas of mutual interest (AMIs) and minimum volume commitments (MVCs). Our AMIs provide that any production drilled by our customers within the AMIs will be shipped on our gathering systems. The MVCs are designed to ensure that we will generate a minimum amount of gathering revenue over the life of each respective gathering agreement.
The fee-based nature of the majority of the gathering agreements enhances the stability of our cash flows and limits our direct commodity price exposure.
Since our formation in 2009, our management team has established a track record of executing this strategy through the acquisition and subsequent development of DFW Midstream, Grand River, Polar & Divide, Niobrara G&P, and Double E Pipeline.
Relocation
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No Relocation assistance provided.
Work Sponsorship
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Summit Midstream will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the Company receiving satisfactory results from a pre-employment drug screening, a criminal background check, and reference checks and your satisfaction of all other applicable fitness for duty requirements.
DOT Compliance
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Responsibilities may include Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). functions per PHMSA or FMCSA. Job duties also require the employee to be alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions, and where impaired performance, or failure to follow safety precautions, could result in serious injury or property damage. Maintain working knowledge of regulatory requirements, perform required tasks, and complete associated documentation (OSHA, DOT, EPA, etc.).
A Field Operator operates, inspects, maintains, and repairs pipelines, compression and measurement facilities.
- Inspect, maintain and repair as needed all facilities as assigned, including but not limited to pipelines, compression, and measurement facilities
- On-call responsibility for areas of responsibility as needed
- Maintain working knowledge of regulatory requirements, perform required tasks, and complete associated documentation (OSHA, DOT, EPA, etc.)
- Responsibilities may include Department of Transportation functions per PHMSA and/or FMCSA. Job duties also require the employee to be alert and respond immediately to dangerous or hazardous conditions, and where impaired performance, or failure to follow safety precautions, could result in serious injury or property damage.
- Plan, organize and prioritize assigned responsibilities and work independently
- Work independently as liaison between Summit Midstream and outside entities, i.e. landowners, emergency response agencies, contractors and other pipeline companies
- Operate and assist in maintenance activities at compressor facilities
- Perform pipeline patrols and inspect lines throughout the area and coordinate the activities of crews at other locations
- Manage all activities with a focus on safety and compliance
- Use proper tools and equipment to perform integrity management and regulatory tasks on oil or liquids pipelines
- Monitor activity in and around pipeline and facilities and respond as necessary to protect system integrity
- Maintain required forms, records and reports
- Respond to pipeline emergencies; perform cleanup associated with field ops and corrosion control activities
- Other duties as assigned
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2 to 5 or…
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