Lab Technician

oneok; Bridgeport (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ONEOK is seeking a Laboratory Technician at the Bridgeport Plant to support product quality monitoring, process testing, and laboratory operations. You will analyze gas and NGL samples, ensuring compliance with specifications and safe, efficient plant operation.

The role is on-site, with a Monday–Friday schedule. You will maintain and calibrate equipment, follow written procedures, document results, and work closely with lab colleagues in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of gas processing and/or natural gas liquids and applicable testing, analyses, and regulations.
• Knowledge of safety practices related to high pressure products and hazardous materials.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply test data and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze product samples to ensure quality, performing tests including vapor pressure, specific gravity, corrosion, sulfur, composition, and moisture content.
• Perform and interpret plant operational tests such as Lean oil testing and chromatographic analyses of gas and liquid streams.
• Maintain, repair, and calibrate laboratory and process equipment; ensure proper supplies and equipment are available.
• Prepare test data results, recommendations, testing schedules and procedures; document results clearly.

Skills

Gas processing knowledge

NGL testing

Safety practices

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel)

Tools

Chromatograph

PH meter

Centrifuge

Vapor pressure equipment

Job description

#WeAreONEOK - Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

ONEOK is seeking a Laboratory Technician to support product quality monitoring, process testing, and various laboratory operations at the Bridgeport Plant. This role is responsible for analyzing and tracking gas and liquid (NGL) samples to help ensure compliance with product specifications and safe, efficient plant operations. The Laboratory Technician will perform tests such as composition, sulfur, chromatographic analyses, amine testing, and other functions as necessary; while also maintaining, repairing, and monitoring calibrations of laboratory equipment.

This is a hands-on, on-site role that requires someone who enjoys active, detail-oriented work and is comfortable spending much of the day on their feet. Ideal candidates would be self-motivated, with a strong work ethic, mechanical aptitude, and ambitious to learn new protocols and procedures. Candidates with experience following written procedures, writing protocols, documenting results, or supporting technical operations are encouraged to apply.

This position will work closely with other lab employees on-site, and will be part of a collaborative team environment where communication is key to maintaining efficient operations. Adaptability, teamwork, and a positive culture fit are important to long-term success in this role. This position is based on-site at the Bridgeport Plant with a Monday-Friday work schedule, generally 8 hours daily.

Job Profile Summary

Collects and analyzes process water and product samples, ensuring compliance with product specifications.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze product samples to ensure quality, performing tests including but not limited to: Vapor pressure
• Specific gravity
• Corrosion
• Sulphur
• Composition
• Moisture content
• Perform and interpret plant operational tests including but not limited to the following: Lean oil testing
• Chromatographic analyses of gas and liquid steams
• Dew points
• Amine
• Perform maintenance, repair, and calibration on laboratory and process equipment and tools. Ensure proper supplies and equipment are available
• Compile, verify, and/or prepare information, reports, and/or correspondence including but not limited to: Test data results
• Recommendations
• Testing schedules
• Testing procedures
• Letters and memos
• Responsible for sample collection cylinders which included but is not limited to ensuring proper maintenance as well as compliance with applicable regulations

Education

None Required.

Work Experience

• Experience collecting samples and conducting various tests related to gas processing.
• Experience in the use, maintenance, and repair of tools and equipment applicable to position including but not limited to: Chromatograph
• PH meter
• Centrifuge
• Vapor pressure and distillation equipment
• Experience reading, interpreting, and/or preparing written information including but not limited to: Test data results and recommendations
• Testing methods and procedures
• Interpretation of process flow diagrams (PFD's) and process instrument diagrams (PID's)
• Gas Processing Association (GPA) Analytical Data
• Industry Standards

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of: gas processing and/or natural gas liquids and applicable testing, analyses, and regulations
• Knowledge of: safety practices related to high pressure products and hazardous materials
• Knowledge of: word processing and spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• Ability to: apply addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, percentages, and algebraic formulas
• Ability to: communicate and/or exchange information and instructions; conduct oral presentations and/or meetings
• Ability to: operate tools and equipment required.

Licenses and Certifications

State certified Lab Technician may be required depending on the location of the facility

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even tho