SOCC Control Center Manager

Summit Midstream Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Midstream Partners is seeking an SOCC Manager to oversee the Operations Control Center in Houston, Texas. This role involves managing pipeline operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, and leading a team to optimize efficiency and safety. Candidates should have experience in the pipeline industry and strong leadership skills.

Benefits

Company Paid Holidays

Discretionary Performance Bonus

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Benefit Plan

Retirement Plan Match

Qualifications

• Experience in natural gas gathering and transmission preferred.
• Control center experience in pipeline or liquids industry.
• Supervisory experience managing field technicians or operators.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations and ensure compliance with DOT standards.
• Direct team to manage flow of natural gas and liquids.
• Respond to abnormal operating conditions and manage customer relations.

Skills

Pipeline operations

SCADA systems

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Technical education preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Summit Midstream Corporation (NYSE: SMC) is a value-driven corporation focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States.

We currently operate natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering systems in four unconventional resource basins:

• the Williston Basin in North Dakota, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations;
• the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming;
• the Fort Worth Basin in Texas, which includes the Barnett Shale formation; and
• the Piceance Basin in Colorado, which includes the liquids-rich Mesaverde formation as well as the emerging Mancos and Niobrara Shale formations.

Our systems and the basins they serve are as follows:

• the Polar & Divide system, which serves the Williston Basin;
• the DFW Midstream system, which serves the Fort Worth Basin;
• the Grand River system, which serves the Piceance Basin; and
• the Niobrara G&P system, which serves the DJ Basin.

SMC has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is natural gas transmission infrastructure that provides transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas.

We generate a substantial majority of our revenue under primarily long-term and fee-based gathering agreements with our customers. The majority of our gathering agreements are underpinned by areas of mutual interest (“AMIs”) and minimum volume commitments (“MVCs”). Our AMIs provide that any production drilled by our customers within the AMIs will be shipped on our gathering systems. The MVCs are designed to ensure that we will generate a minimum amount of gathering revenue over the life of each respective gathering agreement. The fee-based nature of the majority of the gathering agreements enhances the stability of our cash flows and limits our direct commodity price exposure.

Since our formation in 2009, our management team has established a track record of executing this strategy through the acquisition and subsequent development of DFW Midstream, Grand River, Polar & Divide, Niobrara G&P, and Double E Pipeline.

Summit Midstream is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Relocation: No Relocation assistance provided.

Summary:

The SOCC Manager is responsible for the overall function and performance of the Summit Operations Control Center. The center is located at our corporate office and operates 24 hours per day and 365 days per year. The Control Center is responsible for monitoring and controlling the movement of natural gas and liquid materials through pipelines in accordance with contractual requirements, consistent with system capabilities, operating characteristics and conditions. Starts/stops pumps/compressors, operates valves remotely, analyzes changing conditions and alarms and makes necessary adjustments. The Control Center monitors pipeline and facility integrity, tank storage levels and system pressures to maximize efficiency, safety, and quality. It also participates in planning, scheduling, and implementing facility operations, shutdowns, and start-ups pursuant to PHMSA Control Room Management (CRM) 49 CFR Part 192 Transportation of Natural Gas by Pipeline and Part 195 Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline

Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

• Leads the overall daily operating plan to ensure daily scheduled receipts and deliveries are met within DOT and tariff standards, while optimizing compression/pump equipment usage and maintaining safe operations;
• Directs a team of Supervisors, Leads and Controllers to operate and control the flow of natural gas/liquids through pipelines from the Summit Operations Control Center (SOCC) utilizing a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system;
• Ensures documentation of all relevant operational information in the Console Logger Application (CLA) system;
• Communicates operating plan and briefing of system status as part of shift change protocol per CRM guidelines;
• Defines the reaction to abnormal and emergency operating conditions, the dispatching of field personnel, and the necessary action to resolve said condition;
• Overall responsible for adjustments to pipeline flows, compression, pumps and storage to best meet current and anticipated customer demands;
• Directs the managing of imbalances with customers while delivering a high level of customer service in a non-discriminatory manner per FERC guidelines;
• Manages the validation of SCADA, communications and electronic measurement systems utilizing various Control Room applications, methods and procedures;
• Mitigates impacts of planned and unplanned facility outages;
• Interfaces with all levels of management in order to maintain collaborative inter-departmental and cross-functional working relationships with company office and field employees;
• Maintains positive and proactive communication with SOCC Console Lead, Supervisors and operations leadership to keep them informed of the operational status of pipeline and facility systems, of which they have assumed operation per CRM definitions;
• Ensures all Operator Qualification (OQ) training is current as required by Company, DOT and PHMSA regulations.

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma, G.E.D. or equivalent work experience with any or all of the following: natural gas gathering, gas transmission, liquids products, tanking systems, other Oil and Gas experiences.
• Additional higher education, including technical work, is preferred.
• Control center experience in pipeline, natural gas or liquids industry. Related work experience may include supervisory roles managing field technicians, measurement technicians, station operators, controls technicians, and other pipeline and mechanical work.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Basic knowledge of pipeline operations, including station operations and pipeline hydraulics;
• Familiarity with SCADA systems;
• Must have verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to hold effective conversations with other Controllers, Supervisors, Schedulers, Field Operators, and other industry contacts;
• Must be able to perform under stressful situations and continue to maintain multiple system operations simultaneously;
• Must have high level of initiative and ability to work independently with minimal oversight;
• Ability to interact professionally and effectively with employees and third parties at all levels;
• Must have ability to effectively organize, prioritize and plan daily work;
• Must have ability and willingness to work with a team, take direction from supervision with a high degree of attention to detail, follow established procedure and protocol;
• Must have a moderate level of proficiency with typical industry software, i.e., Microsoft Office et al.;
• Must be able to be on-call to support staff working shift schedules which includes holidays, weekends, night shifts and overtime hours;
• Open space office/control room environment

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Travel up to 25%
• Open space office/control room environment???????

Summit Midstream offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Company Paid Holidays
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Flexible Benefit Plan
• Basic Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employer Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Wellness Incentive Program
• 5% Retirement Plan Match

Notice

Summit Midstream Partners will not pay a fee of any kind to any third party agency without a valid Summit Midstream Partners’ Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, application or other form of candidate submission to any employee of Summit Midstream Partners, without a valid MSA on file, will be considered property of Summit Midstream Partners and no fee will be paid.

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