Quest Integrity, a global leader in inspection and engineering services, is seeking an Integrity Technician who will assist with all phases in the execution of specific pipeline integrity management jobs, which includes the pre-job, on-job and post-job responsibilities. Phases of these jobs will be carried out from their base location and on customer’s job sites using electronic equipment including, but not limited to, geophones, 22hz receivers, 22hz transmitters, laptop with tracking software, line finders, and survey equipment. While performing jobs, responsibilities will also include equipment maintenance. While not performing jobs, specific task training, operator qualifications, and safety training will be required.
Duties And Responsibilities
Pre-job responsibilities may include ‘scope of work development’, checking equipment specific to the job requirements, initial customer contact, compiling a tracking sheet, travel arrangements to jobsite, packing of equipment, informing other crew members of specific job duties and dispatch work orders.
On site duties will include managing company personnel onsite, write field reports on activities completed, administrative reporting, represent the company in a professional manner, hold and coordinate safety meetings, safety permits, manage and maintain company equipment. Duties can also include, pig launching, pig tracking, line finding/marking, site documentation/assessment, AGM deployment, project management, project supervising, attending operator’s meetings, receiving a pig, locating a stuck pig, and cleaning pipelines.
Post-job responsibilities will include travel arrangements, maintenance and packing of equipment, final reporting, give demobilization directives to crew members, and various administration requirements such as time and expense documentation.
Equipment maintenance and general shop upkeep.
Make safety a top priority at all times.
Maintain firm commitment to our Guiding Principles.
Performance of other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENT
Must be willing to travel extensively, often on short notice for durations of a few days to several weeks.
Must be able to perform shift work working either night or day shifts, week-ends, and often days of up to 14 hours. Work is often irregular with gaps of several days or potentially weeks between assignments.
Require possess reasonable credit for the purpose of booking hotels, rent cars and occasionally airline tickets which are all reimbursable by the company during regularly scheduled expense remittals.
Must be able to operate a laptop computer proficiently to receive and dispatch emails, to operate an Excel spreadsheet, to be able to comprehend mapping programs such as Delorme Street Atlas & Microsoft Streets and Trips and to navigate from GPS information to locations on either of these mapping programs.
Must be comfortable and competent in communicating in the English language by phone, text, or email to company personnel and also to outside contractors or clients. Should also possess reasonable math skills for calculation of related subject like speed of travel, ETS’s, flow rates in Bbls/Hr etc.
Ability to teach / impart technical and administrative skills to junior technicians / assistants.
Detail oriented with a dedication to the quality control and quality assurance process.
Ability to multi-task and properly execute multiple simultaneous assignments without sacrificing efficiency or quality of the work.
Ability to communicate and cooperate with diverse groups of people.
Must be customer focused, have an excellent attention to detail and a strong ability to work together in a team environment.
Requires excellent ability to represent the company in a professional manner with regard to communicating and interfacing with clients and capable of maintaining confidentiality.
Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Courteous and respectful in all communications with team members and clients.
Should possess some or all of the following skills and or abilities.
Line locating with pipe locators such as Metrotech, Radio detection or similar
Operation of Wavetrak and or similar pipeline pigging equipment.
Use of Garmin, Trimble, or equivalent GPS equipment for the purpose of general navigation.
Knowledge or experience with Above Ground marker (AGM) systems from as many of the following as possible (NDT, Tuboscope, GE, Rosen, TDW, Armadillo).
Be able to walk pipeline right-of-ways for distances of several miles, work outdoors, stand for extensive periods, and be capable of lifting equipment into and out of crates or truck beds of 70lbs or more.
Candidates require a driver’s license and the ability to rent auto. Also require good hearing and vision for the operation of visual and acoustic pipeline equipment.
US Dept of Trans. / Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Operator Qualifications (OQ’s). Should possess as many as practical or be able to qualify for training of all OQ’s deemed related to the assigned duties.
Possess or be able to qualify for a US Gov. Terminal Workers Identification Card (TWIC) for access to restricted work sites. Should also possess or be able to obtain a passport.
Candidates will be required to undergo US DOT drug & Alcohol testing for transportation industry workers. This will be an ongoing requirement.
Work Conditions
Position is based out of a branch or site location.
Involves field service work within petro/chemical, utility environment, well sites, pipeline right-of-way, and various remote facilities.
Must be able to perform shift work working either night or day shifts, weekends, and often days of up to 16 hours.
Long hours while in the field (7 days a week at 12 -16 hours a day).
Work is often irregular with gaps of several days or potentially weeks between assignments.
Field duties require indoor and outdoor work in a plant atmosphere at very high or cold temperatures sometimes.
Interaction with other crew employees, as well as supervisors and client personnel.
Working in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels.
Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection.
May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes.
Extensive travel (upwards of 80%), both domestically and internationally.
Physical And Mental Requirements
Ability to lift and carry 75 pounds
Must be able to walk and climb except when performing non-field duties.
Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits employee to communicate effectively.
Sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodations, which permits employee to investigations.
Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation, which permit the employee to perform routine office duties.
Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodations to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations.
Sufficient personal mobility to maneuver within a refinery or plant environment to include the ability to gain access to elevated platforms via ladders and stairwells.
Ability to maintain focus and multitask effectively.
TEAM provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
