What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer III - Pipeline Risk Engineer position at Williams?
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
As an Engineer III, you’ll work independently on projects and technical assignments that directly impact our operations. Your extensive knowledge of processes and ability to evaluate, innovate and handle numerous projects are vital to this role. You may be asked to prepare and deliver presentations and lead small, specialized teams to identify and resolve technical and project management issues!
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Day in the Life :
As a Risk Engineer, your role is integral to generating accurate pipeline risk analyses for our Integrity Management Program. You'll begin by collaborating with a specialized technical team, using risk modeling software to identify potential vulnerabilities in the pipeline system. You may also examine historical data to improve the accuracy of these risk profiles.
Throughout the day, you'll address emerging challenges. Your action-oriented approach allows you to guide the team toward swift problem resolution. You'll coordinate with external regulators to validate risk assessments and ensure compliance with safety standards. You may also review design projects to confirm they meet company and industry compliance requirements.
Your organizational and interpersonal skills will be essential, especially when completing DOT-required paperwork for incidents and coordinating notifications across departments.
Responsibilities / Expectations :
- Performs a wide spectrum of moderately difficult assignments, requiring technical evaluation, innovation, and judgement while maintaining customer satisfaction
- Works independently on mid-sized projects / technical assignments supporting operations
- Maintains a strong understanding of industry and operational requirements
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of safety requirements, produces results and meets goals
- Exhibits proficiency in Company processes, policies, procedures, and guidelines established by organization and governing agencies
- Prepares and delivers presentations to individuals
- Interprets internal / external customer needs, assesses requirements and identifies responses
- Works on a combination of engineering specialties covering more than one subject area
- Collaborates with teams to ensure compliance, build improvement plans and meet training needs
- Champions processes, procedures and safety standards
- Other duties as assigned
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About Tulsa :
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire . With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
