Basic Function

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for personal safety, the safety of co-workers and promoting Goal Zero work environment; responsible for carrying out all work activities in compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
• Performs duties in adherence with Enterprise procedures, standards, and specifications.
• Takes personal leadership role in daily activities, task planning, incident investigations and work performance as related to the Enterprise’s key focus areas of Safety, Environmental, Quality, Reliability, and Cost of operation.
• Provides accurate and timely communication to co-workers and works with other functions to improve individual and team performance. Provides ideas, raise concerns, and promotes an environment in which everyone is treated with respect.
• Serves and participates on committees dealing with investigations, policy and procedure development and special groups designed to improve the workplace environment. Expected to understand and support the scheduler role dependent on the console worked.
• Participates in training and skill development of other Controllers. Engages in frequent developmental dialog w/ their supervisor and others to continually enhance personal and group performance and development.
• Monitors and operates Equistar Pipeline’s systems to provide quality service to customers / suppliers of the organization and meet all designated monthly quotas and / or scheduled transfers of products and commodities. The Controller must be able to operate the system to meet emergency needs that can arise at the various customer sites.
• Monitors and responds to EPO’s Computational Leak Detection software, is responsible for troubleshooting imbalances and initiating Maintenance callouts to perform field troubleshooting, leak checks and repair as necessary to return pipelines to a balanced condition.
• Monitors and maintains the process of outside facilities, including remote operation of the facility equipment and direction of the facility operator.
• Provides communications to the Pipeline maintenance departments on equipment outages or potential problems that could affect the operation of the system, and supervision of personnel after normal working hours via the on-call program to maintain the integrity of the Pipeline systems.
• Monitors product quality to ensure that the product delivered into or from the Equistar system is on test and meets all customer / supplier specifications.
• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining operational records of the process system, constantly upgrading the system through teamwork with the SCADA group to change or tune the system within the proper parameters.
• Monitors a vast array of communication systems, i.e., satellite system, data transfer T1’s, microwave system, 900 MHz radio system to support the SCADA network, and the 450 MHz two-way radio system that provides communications and guidance to the various maintenance groups on the pipeline and in the storage facility.
• The Pipeline Controllers are the first contact in an emergency situation; they ensure the process is started for on-site response and activation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and employee / community alert systems. Maintain an open line of communication between the field and the EOC to support the needs of the Incident Commander and the field groups.
• This position is expected to travel in the event that Control Center operations are re-located from the primary Control Center location (CLK) due to annual testing of systems, Hurricane evacuation, other site evacuation and / or training at off-site locations.

Qualifications & Skills

• High school graduate or GED
• 10 years’ experience in Facility/Plant Operations with 5 years or more console operations experience, logistics, or equivalent pipeline maintenance experience on pipeline systems. (5 years related experience in Pipeline operations preferable)
• Working knowledge of computer systems used for operations process control (DCS/SCADA). A background in chemical plant processes is a valuable tool to the knowledge base for this position.
• Incumbent must be able to work 12-hour rotating shift and provide overtime coverage.
• Controllers are required to live within a 1 hr. commute of the primary control center as required to meet regulatory and company guidelines for fatigue management and hours of service limits.
• The Critical Essential Competencies for this position are Customer Focus, Drive for Results, Broad Perspective, Process and Safety Management, Interpersonal Capability and Motivating Others. Basic computer skills are also a requirement for this position.

Competencies