Associate Pipeline Controller – Trainee

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Associate Pipeline Controller Position

The Associate Pipeline Controller is a Trainee opportunity with on-the-job training as well as classroom and simulation learning. As an Associate Pipeline Controller, you will be monitoring and controlling the flow of product across the system and ensure that related tasks and activities are completed safely while maintaining system integrity. You are someone who has interpersonal skills, is detail oriented, a multi-tasker, high tolerance for stress, customer focused, analytical, problem solver, and can take initiative. Testing and demonstrated skills proficiency are required at designated intervals to ensure that the required duties can be performed safely and effectively.

What You Get to Do:

Apply standard methods of operating, operations philosophies and tools to ensure control processes are conducted consistently.

Contribute to process improvements and troubleshoot issues.

Proactively monitor and control pipeline pressures and flow rates by remotely starting and stopping appropriate pumping units.

Read, comprehend and evaluate graphic schedules to maintain accurate movements and deliveries of product; routinely provides constructive feedback to Schedulers.

Monitor and correctly respond to alarms caused by normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.

Execute documented procedural action plans promptly to prevent or minimize emergencies.

What You Bring to the Table:

High School Diploma or General Education Degree from an accredited institution; will consider a combination of experience and/or education.

Live within a 60-minute commute of the work location.

Valid Driver’s License and acceptable driving record to drive company and personal vehicles to perform required tasks.

Ability to work on rotating 12-hour shifts and expected to be available for a variety of shifts. The nature of the work requires availability for overtime.

Gift for situational awareness.

Solid basic mechanical and mathematical skills.

Ability to work extended hours, holidays, and/or weekends as required.

Obsession with safety and continually elevating standards through personal integrity, respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Self-motivated, have phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra to Bring?

Technical school or under graduate degree from an accredited college or university.

Pipeline experience in a control room environment.

Shift work experience.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

Prosperity, Health, Wellness, and Happiness – Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards (https://www.colpipe.com/careers/benefits-and-total-rewards)

Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Physical Requirements & Work Conditions:

Controllers must be well rested and alert at the start of and for the duration of their entire 12-hour shift. Must be able to work in normal office lighting settings. Normal color recognition and identification. Digital dexterity for operation of calculator, PC keyboard and mouse. Hearing in the normal range. Lift up to 20 pounds. Controllers must be able to sit for extended periods. Speak at a normal voice range. Write legibly. Ability to read 11 font on a computer monitor for extended periods. Work alone at a computer console for most of the workday. Perform detailed, regimented tasks and sustain concentration under stressful situations. Perform a variety of tasks at once. Maintain shift lengths and schedule rotations as established and coordinated by management to ensure off-duty time sufficient to achieve eight hours of continuous sleep.

This is a Department of Transportation (DOT) covered job and is subject to all applicable regulatory requirements such as testing for the presence of prohibited drugs and alcohol as defined under 49 CFR Part 199 as a condition of employment, to include pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable cause/suspicion and fit for duty testing.

Colonial adheres to PHMSAs (Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration) Control Room Management Rule, and as such, incumbents in this role must live within 60 minutes (90 minutes for previously grandfathered employees) from their designated work location and notify management of any changes to their home address while in this role.

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Statement to all Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations:

Colonial Pipeline accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Colonial Pipeline employees, hiring managers, or send to any Colonial Pipeline facility. Colonial Pipeline is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.