ESKIMOS Tank Farm Operator

As a tank farm operator, you receive and discharge fuel from tanker truck shipments and pipelines. Your duties include taking a sample within a specified period to analyze product quality using various tests, such as measuring acidity and composition. You also inspect products based on compliance and standards set by your company, the industry, and the government.

• Transfer products to storage tanks and ensure all equipment is up to code to avoid spills and contamination.
• Maintain an organized log with all product transactions, quality control actions, and any maintenance performed.
• Inspect the hydrant system, tanks, and pipelines, and report anything unusual or outside your expertise to your supervisor, including leaks or temperature and pressure abnormalities.
• Assist in facility maintenance that includes tank cleaning and filter changes plus performs mechanical work on hydrant valves, boxes, painting, and duties of similar skill levels.
• Properly clean and use of materials that will not have an effect on personal wildlife or the environment.
• Proper use of equipment, which includes:
  • Atmospheric testing and monitoring equipment.
  • Ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions.
  • Communication equipment necessary to maintain contact with the standby person.
  • Personal protective equipment as needed.
  • Lighting equipment as needed.
  • Barriers and shields as needed.
  • Equipment, such as ladders, is needed for safe ingress and egress.
  • Rescue and emergency equipment as needed.
  • Any other equipment necessary for safe entry into and rescue from permit spaces.

ASRC’s Core competencies include Leading Self, Leading People, and Leading the Organization. In addition to our core competency model, our framework includes competencies specific to the various levels of positions within our company. For more information on our core competencies, please contact the HR Department and reference the ASRC Leadership Framework.

• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

• Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.

• Uses time effectively and efficiently, concentrating his/her efforts on the more important priorities.

• Strong knowledge, understanding, and sensitivity to the Inupiat culture.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous tank cleaning or spill cleanup is preferred but not mandatory.

• 40-hour Hazwoper certificate required.
• Confined Space certificate required.
• First Aid and CPR preferred.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate information in 1 on 1 and small group situations to customers, coworkers, and/or supervisors.

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential…