Area Supervisor, Pipeline Operations

Job Title: Area Supervisor
Location: Northwest Indiana                                                                    
Department: Operations                               
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervise daily operations of pipeline facilities to ensure that pipeline operations are accomplished efficiently. This includes ensuring that all pipeline activities are conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner within corporate policies, procedures, and financial controls, and governmental regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Not all inclusive)

• Provide visible participation and stewardship of our clients’ Behavior Based Safety Program to their work team and to the entire organization through proper implementation of the tools of the system.
• Ensure safe and environmentally responsible operations as well as compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Supervise the pipeline facility workforce (represented/non-represented) to foster a productive work environment while ensuring compliance with all policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Lead local teams in company Integrity Management System, Facility, Inspection & Maintenance Management System, and Behavior Based Safety compliance.
• Ensure compliance with company training plans.
• Develop and steward a work area’s projects, programs and plans aligned with company budget, integrity standards, policy, and administrative procedures.
• Sponsor/lead work team meetings to ensure team alignment.
• Appropriately delegate daily deployment of personnel and local project planning activities
• Establish work standards and ensure high-quality work products among work groups.
• Serve as primary field contact for personnel administration and represented employee issues.
• Stewardship of and adherence to collective bargaining agreements
• Plan operations support and necessary relief.
• Ensure product quality and accurate measurement.
• Maintain facilities and equipment.
• Ensure physical assets are maintained in safe operating conditions while maximizing facility utilization, including coordination of preventive maintenance, capital projects, and unplanned equipment failures to minimize cost and reduce downtime.
• Develop and steward facility capital/expense budgets.
• Recruit, perform first line interviews and make hiring recommendations to upper management.
• Motivate, train, and develop personnel.
• Regular attendance

Education, Prior Work Experience and Specialized Skills and Knowledge:

• Ten years of experience in the pipeline industry
• High personal standards
• Collaborator and promote teamwork.
• Capable of using computer systems and software.
• Initiative-taker – takes initiative to identify and solve problems.
• Effective communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written.
• Working knowledge of company policies, procedures, and governmental regulations that affect pipeline operations.
• Knowledge of petroleum products, pipeline equipment, and operations

Physical Environment/working conditions:

• Normal field office environment, working outdoors in all weather conditions as appropriate.

• Occasionally climbing stairs, walking, standing, kneeling, stooping, bending, and crouching.
• Occasionally walking on all outdoor terrains
• Occasional respirator use
• Ability to frequently lift up to 20 lbs. and occasionally lifting up to 40 lbs.
• Frequently reaching for and gripping objects
• Frequent travel
• Frequent sedentary position
• Frequent telephone use and reading

Other: 

• PHMSA regulated role.
• Hearing Conservation
• Respirator User
• Emergency response responsibilities (HAZWOPER)
• Access to proprietary information
• Residency within 30 miles of work location (NW Indiana)
• IMS 5A Key Position

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.