Compressor Station Operator

Compressor Station Operator 24hr. at BHEGT summary:

The Compressor Station Operator is responsible for operating and maintaining natural gas compression equipment and related facilities, ensuring safe and efficient gas transmission. Duties include monitoring pressures, performing minor repairs, maintaining equipment, and preparing operational reports while adhering to safety protocols. This role requires mechanical experience, computer skills, and the ability to work rotating shifts under potentially hazardous conditions.

BHE GT&S has an exciting career opportunity for a Compressor Station Operator 24 Hr., at our Mullett Station in Powhatan Point, OH.

• Operate internal combustion engines, turbines, and related equipment and facilities used to pump and compress natural gas.
• May report or direct the reporting of pressures and operating conditions to Gas Dispatcher and keep records or reports.
• Change pressures and route gas as directed.
• Operate all secondary equipment such as water pumps, generators, motors, and heating boilers, etc.
• Make minor repairs to engines and equipment, assist in major overhauls, and keep tools and equipment in safe and proper working conditions.
• Perform various maintenance duties such as painting, cleaning, polishing, and caring for grounds, etc.
• Prepare records and reports as required.
• Direct compressor station operators or other assigned employees in the performance of assigned duties.
• May perform other duties as required in higher or lower classifications.
• Order and receive material and maintain appropriate records.

• May operate and maintain boilers, performing incidental duties, such as maintaining correct water level, operating auxiliary equipment, checking safety valves, changing charts, etc.
• Start, stop and operate reciprocating/turbine engines, compressors and auxiliary equipment and perform minor repairs to equipment and tools at a natural gas compressor station.
• Maintain all station primary and auxiliary equipment (check and adjust water and oil levels, temperatures, pressures, etc.
• Take and record readings such as pressures, temperatures, volumes, run hours, etc.
• Perform tasks such as blowing drips, emptying tanks, refilling fluids, checking tank levels, and managing waste fluids, etc.
• Assist in repairing engines, air compressors, generators, dehydration equipment, etc.
• Keep tools and equipment in safe, orderly, and proper working condition.
• Operate computerized station controls and change pressures and route gas, prepare written reports, regulate, and report pressures, and calculate and report volumes.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Maintain a safe operating environment.
• Operate and maintain other station facilities.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Six months documented mechanical experience in a COMBINATION of the following: industrial equipment, compressors, pumps, electrical motors, controls circuitry, engines AND/OR reciprocating/combustion/turbine engines, other engines AND/OR related natural gas industry experience AND/OR related military experience AND/OR equivalent related education (technical school or college.)

• Documentedcomputer skills
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Operate various equipment and tools weighing up to 90 lbs.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Climb ladders and work from elevated work surfaces.
• Ability to crawl, stoop, and work in limited spaces, on scaffolding and in awkward positions.

• Ability to follow mandatory safety rules and standard operating procedures and use personal protective equipment.
• Ability to analyze problems, collect accurate data and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work independently or as a crew member.

• Related natural gas industry experience.
• Hands on natural gas compressor station experience

• High school diploma or GED.

• Online Aptitude Cognitive and Mechanical tests.

• This position is required to work a 12-hour rotating shift or other defined schedule.
• This position is subject to callouts, and you must be available and willing to work overtime…