Laramie Energy

Plant Operator

by | Feb 17, 2025 | CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS

Job Title: Plant Operator

Department: Operations

Reports To: Production Manager – North Operations

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Pay Range: $51,840-$66,330

SUMMARY

The Plant Operator is responsible for all operations on site.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Focus on proactive ways to achieve HSE goals for reducing injuries, near misses, and permit deviations. Leads by example. Creates an environment that engages all employees to seek out and minimize risks to enhance a safer work environment.
  • Establishes and ensures operations maintain housekeeping standards.
  • Perform thorough investigations into all incidents (safety and environmental) that occur in Operations. Follow up on action items to completion with team.
  • Provide safety leadership by having safety talks/meetings with operators, encouraging participation in the behavior-based safety observation system to reduce injuries by identifying unsafe/at-risk behaviors. Promote a do it safely culture that does not cut corners and follows all safety procedures. Enforce all safety rules.
  • Perform duties trained in during emergencies. Stay current with emergency procedures.
  • Ensure all safety work permits are issues with 100% compliance to procedures.
  • Ensure team members follow operating procedures to ensure product quality is consistent and meets specifications. Perform thorough investigations on quality issues.
  • Ensure that long- and short-term production commitments are met.
  • Understand unit capacities and bottlenecks and identify opportunities for improvements to meet business plan needs
  • Ensure plans with maintenance that equipment is prepped, clean, and locked out for as required.
  • Work with Maintenance on developing long range Turnaround Plans to ensure the plant stays compliant with mechanical integrity requirements and plans to maximize plant reliability. Ensure operations are occurring per the production schedules.
  • Ensure all operators complete all shift reports as required and perform a thorough shift relief. Also ensure all operators are performing a thorough shift relief at their work areas.
  • Develop and promote consistent communications as appropriate during off-shift hours due to any HSE, quality, and production issues that occur on shift.
  • Increase process/plant reliability by measuring on-stream, identifying improvement areas, developing action plans and executing them while working with other plant resources.
  • Maximize profitability through production optimization, implementing new products and capacity and by controlling costs appropriately.

COMPETENCIES

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Analytical -Collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data.

  • Communications – Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
  • Cooperation – Establishes and maintains effective relations; exhibits tact and consideration; offers assistance and support to co-workers; works cooperatively in group situations.
  • Safety and Security – Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

  • Proficiency with Microsoft products, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • 2+ years in Plant or Compressor Station Operations
  • 3+ years’ experience in the oil and gas industry

LANGUAGE AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and the public.

REASONING ABILITY

  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. The ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATION

  • None required

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.