Supervisor - Operations Engineering

ONEOK Services Company; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ONEOK seeks an experienced Operations Engineering leader to supervise and guide engineering activities for pipeline and facility assets within the Refined Products and Crude Oil segment. You will drive technical guidance, risk mitigation, and responsive support for emergent operational issues.

You will collaborate across Asset Integrity, Environmental, EHS&S Compliance, and other groups to improve safety, reliability, and asset performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience preferred.
• Experience leading or supervising teams and cross-functional collaboration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop engineering staff and manage workload and priorities.
• Provide leadership and day-to-day support for pipeline and facility engineering activities.
• Manage cross-functional initiatives and drive continuous improvement in engineering programs.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering oversight

Project management

Operational readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

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

JOB SUMMARY

Job Profile Summary

Provides supervision and oversight for Operations Engineering activities supporting both pipeline and facility assets within the Refined Products and Crude Oil business segment. The position leads engineering support, project execution, risk mitigation, integrity-related activities, and response to emergent operational issues. This role partners across Operations, Asset Integrity, Environmental, Commercial, EHS&S Compliance, Corrosion, Tank Integrity, and other stakeholder groups to improve the safety, reliability, compliance, and performance of company assets.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop employees by establishing clear performance expectations, aligning work with organizational goals, managing workload and priorities, and providing timely feedback and development opportunities.
• Provide leadership, technical guidance, troubleshooting, and day-to-day support for pipeline and facility engineering activities.
• Manage cross-functional initiatives and seek continuous improvement opportunities that advance pipeline and facility engineering programs, reliability, project execution, and operational support.
• Lead engineering support and response for operational issues, including releases, overpressure events, equipment failures, abnormal operations, shutdowns and restarts, regulatory inspections, audits, investigations, natural events, and other emergent conditions.
• Manage the project life cycle for capital and expense work, including scope development, cost and schedule planning, funding requests, forecasting, prioritization, stakeholder communication, and project execution.
• Facilitate involvement of Asset Integrity Engineers, Operations Engineers, and Project Managers in work that may affect asset integrity, reliability, compliance, or operations. Provide leadership for emergent projects requiring expedited execution.
• Oversee pipeline risk reduction and integrity-related projects, including valve relocations, emergency flow restricting device installations, river crossing replacements, pipeline relocations, and other mitigation activities.
• Provide engineering oversight and troubleshooting for equipment and systems, including pumps, piping, valves, control valves, relief devices, controls, vapor combustion and recovery equipment, docks, and related infrastructure.
• Review releases, abnormal operations, maximum operating pressure events, process hazard analysis and audit action items, management of change reviews, and incident findings to identify appropriate engineering enhancements and lessons learned.
• Provide oversight for remaining strength evaluations, corrosion-related repairs, facility piping inspections, nondestructive examination, hydrotesting, vibration studies, and other mechanical integrity or reliability initiatives.
• Review new construction and modification designs, support engineering standards and preventive maintenance content, evaluate emerging technologies, and provide technical input for nonstandard equipment or design requests.
• 25% Travel to facilities, pipeline locations, and project sites during critical work. Represent the company in meetings, inspections, bid activities, and interactions with regulators, landowners, contractors, and other external parties.
• Participate in scheduled and call-out support as needed to respond to operational and project requirements.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Work Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant engineering experience is preferred.
• Experience supporting pipeline systems, hydrocarbon processing, terminals, or related facilities is preferred.
• Previous leadership, supervision, project management, or cross-functional team leadership experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to lead teams, establish priorities, manage competing assignments, and deliver work within schedule and budget constraints.
• Ability to recommend and implement new initiatives, standardize practices, and drive continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of pipeline and facility design, construction, operation, maintenance, integrity, and reliability practices.
• Knowledge of material failure, structural and remaining-strength analysis, mechanical integrity principles, industry standards, and applicable governmental regulations.
• Ability to read and interpret regulations, engineering drawings, blueprints, contracts, manuals, specifications, surveys, charts, load studies, technical reports, and correspondence.
• Ability to evaluate and resolve engineering design, calculation, equipment, operational, and project execution issues.
• Ability to work effectively during emergent events and changing operational conditions.
• Ability to communicate, negotiate, and collaborate effectively with employees, leadership, internal cus