Lease Operator

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensure personal safety and the safety of co-workers, adhering to and enforcing all safety rules.
• Act as the primary operations contact for assigned facilities, with knowledge of process flow, unit chemistry, major line-ups, and safety equipment, including isolation points.
• Monitor processes using computer data, schematics, and physical inspections to ensure optimal operations.
• Issue Safe Work Permits, demonstrating proficiency in current operating conditions and assessing chemical, personnel, and process safety risks.
• Conduct gas testing to ensure safe maintenance activities.
• Perform process monitoring, including tank gauging, reading meters, recording data, sampling, and checking equipment for leaks, freezing, or overheating.
• Conduct visual maintenance by monitoring temperature, pressure, level, flow rate, and vibration, ensuring equipment operates within defined parameters.
• Adjust process parameters to maintain product specifications.
• Maintain company vehicles and coordinate oil sales and saltwater hauling as necessary.
• Keep accurate electronic or paper records, including gauge sheets, noting production changes.
• Inspect and verify control valve positions for proper alignment.
• Perform basic equipment maintenance, such as adding lubricants, tightening valve packing, changing filters, and clearing equipment.
• Communicate with the Production Foreman about process conditions and changes.
• Perform equipment winterization and summarization for efficiency.