Water Transfer Operator

Summary

DHI’s Water Transfer service line collects and moves water through poly pipe, lay flat hose and underground pipeline systems from water sources to customer frac jobs. Water Transfer employees work on crews and are responsible for setting up, operating, and rigging down jobs safely. Their work is laborious and performed outdoors in all types of conditions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Laying and picking up poly line, lay flat hose, running transfer pumps, and essential equipment for water transfer operations.
• Experience running skid steers and deploying lay flat hose.
• Loading and unloading pipe, field materials, and equipment onto trailers and trucks for safe transport
• Observing machine operations, and gauges, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions
• Setting and servicing pumps and generators at job sites
• Following all safety procedures and using proper PPE as required per specific job task
• Assist in containment and spill clean ups
• Communicating with other workers, using signals, radios, and telephones
• Using common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches
• Driving trucks and other vehicles to transport equipment, personnel and perform job task
• Attending and successfully completing training as directed for DOT, OSHA and safety

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• One year of experience and/or equivalent training
• Must be detail oriented due to the necessity of safety
• Must possess strong oral and written communications skills
• Able to thrive in a team environment
• Experience in energy industry a plus
• Must have a Drivers License
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenanc

Physical Demands

• Work is regularly performed in outside weather conditions, including rain and extreme cold and heat, near moving mechanical parts; exposure to high wind, ice, snow, wet and/or humid conditions, vibration, and dust is expected.
• Worker will be subject to other physical activities required, to include climbing, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, seeing, talking, hearing and performing repetitive motions
• Exposure to noise levels requiring the use of hearing protection
• Prolonged sitting, standing, walking
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to individually lift: Maximum 75 lbs

Work Schedule 

• This position requires 40 hours per week and the willingness to work additional hours when needed.
• This position will be scheduled on a rotational work schedule that meets business needs. 

Safety

• Each DHI employee is responsible, professional, and accountable for conducting their job tasks in a safe and healthy manner.  Employee responsibilities include performing your job in accordance with Health Safety Security & Environmental (HSSE) philosophy, standards, programs, rules and permits.  Each employee will work responsibly and take any necessary precautions to protect him/herself, as well as others in the work area from injury and health hazards.  Employees are expected to immediately report all incidents to a Manager or Person in Charge (PIC) and to the appropriate field HSE coordinator.  In addition, employees are expected to actively participate in HSSE meetings and promptly correct unsafe acts and/or conditions.  A detailed listing of employee responsibilities can be found in the DHI’s Safety Handbook.

Compensation Information

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Benefits 

• Medical, dental, vision, coverage in addition to life and disability insurance plans
• Paid Vacation Days 
• Retirement and Savings (401K) plan 

Disclaimer Clause

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the employee assigned to this position. There are no exhaustive lists of all duties and responsibilities, knowledge, skills abilities, physical demands and working conditions associated with the position.