What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pipeline Controller position at Genesis Energy, L.P.?
Genesis Energy, L.P. is a publicly traded, master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas. We provide critical pipeline infrastructure supporting long-lived, world-class developments in the Gulf of America. Our business also includes a diversified suite of Jones Act compliant marine transportation equipment used to transport crude oil and intermediate refined products along the Gulf and East Coast, and major river systems, the production and marketing of other specialty chemicals with no known substitutes and an increasingly integrated portfolio of onshore crude oil pipelines and terminals along the Gulf Coast.
Key Duties:
Key Duties:
- Learn standard operating procedures to monitor flow and operate pipelines on a 24-hour basis from a centralized remote location to ensure timely and accurate product delivery or receipts for customers and suppliers.
- Establish skill set necessary to operate and monitor product pipelines, the storage facility operations, remote pumping facilities, and supplier sites.
- Learn procedures of the emergency response communications system for the notification of pipeline management/government agencies per Department of Transportation (DOT) and state regulations.
- Learn to document oil movements and all over & short situations.
- Develop skills needed to communicate with customers when verifying oil deliveries and timing of delivery.
- Work with more senior Controllers, Scheduler and field personnel to develop the knowledge needed for the safe and efficient delivery and/or receipt of oil volumes.
- Participates in and promotes the Company’s safety program to coworkers.
- On the job training for 4-6 months (PHMSA trainings along with in house trainings to gain the knowledge to be a qualified operator)
- Trainee will shadow a Controller 3 for 4-6 months depending on learning curve and testing abilities
- Works under close supervision with clearly defined procedures
- Has limited discretion to vary from established procedures
- Work is prescribed with little autonomy
- High school diploma or GED;
- Must be computer literate in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- Must be reliable and committed to producing and maintaining current, accurate documentation of oil movement situations.
- Must be able to work effectively in a multi-task environment.
- Must be able to communicate effectively both orally and written
- Must be able to work effectively in a fast paced, high stress environment
- Must be able to work an alternating shift from days to nights