Under limited supervision, performs highly skilled installation, maintenance, repair, operation and test work related to construction, modification, maintenance, and operation of natural gas transmission facilities, pipelines, and appurtenances in the most efficient, safe, and cost-effective manner.
Nature and Scope
This is a full working journey level classification and differs from the Power Systems Operator roles in that the latter monitors, controls, and/or operates SMUD's gas pipeline system, from a Gas Control Center.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Installs, troubleshoots, repairs, operates, and maintains all types of natural gas control, measurement and treatment equipment such as regulators, meters, valves, controllers, and chromatographs.
- Installs, operates and maintains corrosion protection equipment such as anodes, insulated fittings, volt-ohm-ammeters, potentiometers, and recorders.
- Installs valves and valve components and performs valve maintenance and vault maintenance per the Gas Pipeline Procedures Manual.
- Performs inspection and maintenance of natural gas odorization facilities and equipment; conducts odorization testing.
- Maintains files and records in order to comply within a highly regulated industry.
- Performs, without direct supervision, highly technical tasks associated with gas instrumentation, including gas supervisory and remote-control equipment.
- Conducts field-locating duties; performs leak surveys and leak investigations.
- Assists others in performing and evaluating field and station tests.
- Assists in transmission line repair work, construction of new pipelines, purging of pipelines, and tapping pipelines under pressure.
Required Education
- High School diploma or equivalent.
Required Experience Qualifications
- Any combination of education and experience that has provided the necessary knowledge and skills.
Required Licenses/Certificates
- Valid California Driver's License which must meet SMUD's driving standard of not having more than two (2) moving violations within the last two (2) years; and possession of, or the ability to obtain, operator qualifications to perform tasks per CFR 49, Part 192, Subpart N.
Knowledge Of
Safe work practices in a gas environment; functional requirements for effective operation and maintenance of gas control equipment; fundamentals and operation of gas transmission lines, automatic controls, natural gas analyzers, and cathodic protection systems; applicable fundamentals of electricity, electronics, mathematics through trigonometry, mechanics and corrosion protection; physics of thermal, fluid, gas and instrumentation, metering and control systems.
Skills To
Recognize off-normal conditions, assess cause and react effectively; read and interpret electrical and electronic schematics and diagrams; install, repair, troubleshoot, maintain, and operate gas control equipment such as RTU's, Chromatographs, regulators, valves and meters; calibrate, use and maintain test equipment; establish cooperative working relationships with others; communicate effectively orally and in writing; keep accurate and organized documentation.
Desirable Qualifications
- 3+ years' experience using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems and control technologies
- 3+ years' experience applying pipeline safety regulations, industry standards, and best practices (e.g., PHMSA regulations)
- 3+ years' experience working with measurement, regulation, and analyzation equipment utilized in the operation of a transmission natural gas pipeline
- Certifications such as Operator Qualification (OQ) or specialized training in transmission gas pipeline operations and maintenance
- 3+ years' experience working on a high-pressure natural gas pipeline
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
6201 S St
Sacramento
California United States
www.smud.org
