Sr Pipeline Technician (North Branch, MN)

NV Energy; Harris (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Skill-Based Pay

Annual discretionary incentive bonus up to 10.5%

Job summary

A leading natural gas utility in Minnesota is seeking a multi-skilled Pipeline Technician to perform technical work on the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Candidates should be skilled in various technical areas including controls, measurement, corrosion protection, and welding. The role emphasizes safety, operational reliability, and adherence to environmental standards. Applicants with relevant certifications and a strong commitment to maintenance are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting PLCs and HMIs.
• Knowledge of gas measurement equipment and related software.
• Familiarity with corrosion protection and NACE CP1 preferred.
• Hands-on experience with rotating and reciprocating compression equipment.
• Working knowledge of LNG operations and underground storage processes.
• Welding qualifications in API 1104, ASME, or AWS standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pipeline control systems.
• Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of gas measurement equipment.
• Maintain corrosion protection for pipeline integrity.
• Handle operational activities for liquefied natural gas processing.
• Conduct underground gas storage operations.
• Oversee compressor station equipment operations.
• Execute pipeline maintenance and damage prevention duties.
• Operate and maintain various heavy mobile equipment safely.
• Perform qualified welding on natural gas pipelines.
• Ensure environmental compliance at assigned locations.

Skills

Controls

Measurement

Corrosion

Mechanical

Liquified Natural Gas Operations

Underground Storage Operations

Compressor Station Operations

Pipeline Operations

Equipment Operation

Welding

Environmental Compliance

Job description

Northern Natural Gas offers a knowledge-based compensation program called Skill‑Based Pay. Skill‑Based Pay is a system that rewards employees for acquiring, demonstrating and maintaining work skills. In addition, Northern Natural Gas offers an annual discretionary incentive bonus up to 10.5%, based on individual and company performance.

The goal of Skill‑Based Pay is to ensure Northern Natural Gas has a qualified, versatile workforce that produces an extremely competitive product where needed in varying business, regulatory and operational climates. Employees are paid according to the skills demonstrated as well as the tasks performed.

In this system, Northern Natural Gas rewards personal initiative and pays for skills, rather than seniority. With a broader base of skills, employees can tackle new problems better and faster. Employees develop a wider view of the work at Northern Natural Gas and more fully understand the impact their decisions have at their work sites and for the entire company.

Ready to learn more about the role of a Pipeline Technician?

Pipeline Techs are multi‑skilled employees who perform highly technical work within a geographical area on the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Positions will specialize in one or more of the following technical skills:

• Controls – Install, maintain and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human machine interfaces, motor control centers, and medium and low voltage power distribution and pneumatic control devices utilized in pipeline operations.
• Measurement – Program, maintain, operate and troubleshoot gas measurement equipment including gas meters, control valves, relief valves, regulators and associated software, as well as monitoring gas and quality control equipment.
• Corrosion – Install, maintain and troubleshoot corrosion protection equipment to ensure pipeline integrity. NACE CP1 Tester certification is preferred.
• Mechanical – Install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair rotating and reciprocating compression equipment.
• Liquified Natural Gas Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to make liquefied natural gas.
• Underground Storage Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to store and deliver natural gas from underground reservoirs.
• Compressor Station Operations – Ensure reliable operation of compressor station equipment.
• Pipeline – Perform pigging operations, damage prevention measures and pipeline right of way maintenance.
• Equipment Operation – Transport, inspect, maintain and operate various mobile heavy equipment including backhoes, boom trucks, semi‑trucks, dump trucks, excavators, skid loaders, etc. Additional endorsements for hazmat and liquefied natural gas transportation are available.
• Welding – Pipeline welders must be qualified in API 1104 and ASME standards to weld on natural gas pipelines. Structural welders must be qualified in AWS standards.
• Environmental – Maintain environmental standards, environmental activities and regulatory compliance for assigned locations.