Plant Operator IV

NES Fircroft; Kenedy (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking a senior operations professional to monitor and operate a plant via a control room, ensuring safe and efficient performance. The role emphasizes technical leadership, proactive problem solving, and coordination across teams to implement improvements.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in plant operations and a track record of applying knowledge to diverse situations, while upholding HSE standards and major accountability for critical equipment and processes.

Qualifications

• Senior level with 7+ years of experience.
• Provides more technical support than administrative support.
• Technical/functional specialist in discipline.
• Able to apply extensive knowledge to a wide variety of situations.
• Recommends solutions to complex problems.
• Performs major accountabilities.
• Leads in the technical/functional area coordinating others (not a supervisor).

Responsibilities

• Monitor and operate the plant from a control room.
• surveil operating equipment and critical parameters and maintain logs.
• Prepare equipment for maintenance and perform maintenance and inspections.
• Identify improvement opportunities and work with others to implement changes.
• Support and comply with HSE Management System policies and programs.

Skills

Senior level

7+ years experience

Technical specialist

Problem solving

Lead coordination

Team collaboration

Job description

Key Accountabilities

• Responsibly and consistently monitors and operates the plant through a control room.
• Conducts surveillance of operating equipment and critical parameters, while keeping accurate operations logs.
• May prepare equipment for maintenance and perform maintenance and preventative inspections.
• Identifies improvement opportunities and work with others to implement changes.
• Supports and complies with the policies, goals, efforts, and programs of COP's Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System.

Required and Preferred Skills and Experience

• Senior level, typically 7+ years of experience.
• Provides more technical support than administrative support.
• Typically viewed as a technical/functional specialist in discipline.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge and experience to a wide variety of situations.
• Recommends solutions to complex problems.
• Performs major accountabilities.
• Typically acts as a lead in the technical/functional area, coordinating the work of others, but is not a supervisor.

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 andManufacturingsectors 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.