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JOB FUNCTIONS AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Ensure strong collaboration and foster strong working relationships with various departments across the organization including, but not limited to Maintenance, I&E, Measurement, Engineering/Construction, ES&H, and PSM.
- Encourage a positive organizational culture that values professional development and strives for continuous improvement.
- Demonstrate initiative, ownership, and accountability towards best-in-class operational performance with respect to safety, environmental, and reliability.
Technical Responsibilities:
- Provide optimization, troubleshooting support, and coordination of vendor technical support for process equipment including, but not limited to thermal oxidizers, combustors, flares, and fired heaters.
- Opportunity exists to expand scope of responsibility to include oversight of turboexpanders and refrigeration screw compression.
- Prior instrumentation and controls experience with burner management systems (BMS) and process control systems implemented on industry-standard PLC platforms (Honeywell SLATE, Allen-Bradley GuardLogix, Siemens SIMATIC, etc.) is preferred.
- Monitor equipment reliability, identify recurring failures modes, and recommend permanent solutions to resolve bad actor components and improve unit runtime.
- Support best-in-class emission performance, including development and implementation of corrective action plans to resolve equipment downtime that directly impacts excess emission events.
- Champion improvements to the frequency and job plan scope of scheduled equipment maintenance based on industry best practices and vendor-specific feedback.
- Identify process control deficiencies for equipment and coordinate with Engineering and I&E/Automation teams to implement recommended improvements.
- Collaborate with Maintenance and I&E teams to promptly resolve urgent operational issues, prioritize work orders, and schedule preventative maintenance.
- Provide technical and operational expertise for hazard and operability (HAZOP), process hazard analysis (PHA), and root cause analysis (RCA) studies.
- Plan and support project execution and/or equipment maintenance during plant outages in coordination with Operations, I&E, Maintenance, and/or Engineering/Construction.
- Be on-call to respond to equipment reliability issues when identified by Plant Operations Technicians on shift.
- All other duties assigned.
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum education of high school diploma or equivalent required.
- Valid driver license required.
- Minimum 3-5 years of related work experience.
- Willingness to perform scheduled shift work at plant facilities, including 14/14 schedule on days.
- Knowledge of midstream gas processing unit operations and equipment.
- Knowledge of fired equipment, including thermal oxidizers, combustors, flares and fired heaters.
- Knowledge of instrumentation and the ability to troubleshoot issues associated with wiring, configuration, calibration, and/or electrical power (120 VAC and 24 VDC).
- Knowledge of PLC control system functionality and instrumentation interfaces.
- Strong work ethic with demonstrated ability to effectively work and complete projects with minimum supervision.
- Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, with the ability to respond to call outs to fulfill business objectives as needed.
- Ability to lift, push, and pull at least a minimum of 50 lbs.
- Ability to work in changing climate conditions.
- Able to work in close quarters: work while kneeling, squatting, sitting, climbing, and standing.
- Follow and adhere to all applicable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) guidelines: eye protection, footwear, 4-gas monitor, flame-resistant clothing).
- Regular and reliable attendance.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Targa Resources provides equal employment opportunities based on merit, experience, and other work-related criteria and without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We also strive to provide reasonable accommodation to employees’ beliefs and practices that do not conflict with Targa’s policies and applicable law. We value the unique contributions that every employee brings to their role with Targa.