Pipeline Specialist

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Energy Transfer began as a small intrastate natural gas pipeline operator. The company owns and operates one of North America’s largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets, with a strategic footprint in all of the major U.S. production basins.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Pipeline Specialist who will work with field operating personnel daily to provide technical expertise and assistance to Area Directors, Operations Managers, Engineers, Technicians, and other operating personnel as required to ensure the safe and reliable operation of pipeline facilities, damage prevention, public awareness, and pipeline integrity programs.

Education Level

• A minimum of an associate degree in an engineering-related field or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in place of a degree and 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Requires a minimum of an associate degree in an engineering-related field or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant industry experience.

Work Experience

• Possess work-related experience

Duties/Responsibilities

• Damage Prevention and Public Awareness; Work with area management and Houston Public Awareness manager to coordinate, administer, and document contractor, utility, one-call, landowner, and other public awareness communications.
• High Consequence Area (HCA): Review and validate proposed HCA changes.
• Class Location Process – Interact with area personnel and division/Houston GIS to determine the existence of sites or population density that may trigger the extent of existing or creation of a new class location. Review and validate proposed class location changes.
• Encroachment Analysis and Remediation – Lead role in addressing proposed encroachment activities by outside parties including landowner actions, road and highway projects, municipal and utility projects, developer, and residential projects, etc. Responsibilities will include direct interface beyond the initial contact to present clear and consistent company requirements; enforce company requirements as needed; ensure proper documentation and proposed plans are forwarded to appropriate departments within O&E; and act as a liaison between the third party and O&E when company facility modifications are required.
• Right-of-Way Maintenance Coordination – Resource to area management for coordination of multiyear R/W maintenance programs including budget preparation, contracting, and execution.
• Shallow Cover and Exposed Pipe – Lead in addressing shallow cover and exposed pipe across the division. Responsibilities include reviewing shallow cover and exposed pipe locations, working with landowners and contractors to address shallow cover, mitigating creek crossing issues, and managing Capital & Operations project work.
• Pipeline Shut-out Procedure review and approval – Responsible for review and approval of pipeline shut-out procedures related to any pipeline outage.
• Line Cleaning and ILI Coordination – Responsible for coordination and planning of line cleaning activities and the running of ILI tools as required by the integrity group.
• Employee Qualifications – Resource to area management in performing training and qualification evaluations for SPP and OQ.
• Pipeline engineering and maintenance technical support – Responsible for providing directly or indirectly, technical support to field operating personnel in the areas of –
• Road and surface load calculations
• Blasting calculations and precautions
• Emergency response coordination (leaks/ruptures)
• Welding technical support

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Able to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
• Be able to work without direct supervision and have excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to enable incumbent to work closely with field work crews and Area Management, and coordinate work with other appropriate technical resources.
• Possesses human relations skills to effectively operate in a work crew-oriented environment with a willingness to support work crew objectives.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills to review data from multiple sources, and identify trends and root causes.
• Strong computer literacy and proficiency.

Working Conditions

• Must have a good driving record
• Natural gas gathering and processing is an “around the clock” operation and incumbents are required to be reasonably available to respond to emergencies and other operational needs whenever they occur.
• Natural Gas Plant work is subject to hazardous conditions, including escaping gas, adverse weather conditions, extreme temperatures, heights, high-pressure gas lines, heavy lifting, and cramped conditions.
• The position is subject to applicable U.S. Department of Transportation Drug & Alcohol regulations.
• Require travel.
• Required to live within a reasonable distance of their reporting location.

Benefits/Perks

• 401k and Savings
• Disability Coverage
• Health Coverage
• Paid Time Off

Employer’s Statement

Energy Transfer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.