Gas Operations Technician
Company: Orion Talent
Job Ref: # 3836305
Date Posted: 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Reynolds, IN
Salary: $30 - $35
Description
Go to end ⇓The company is a waste-to-value renewable energy company that converts organic waste into renewable electricity and renewable natural gas. The facility combines agricultural operations with advanced gas processing and power-generation systems to produce low-cost energy while reducing carbon emissions.
As a Gas Operations Technician, you will safely operate, monitor, adjust, troubleshoot, and maintain biogas processing equipment in a pressurized Class I Division 2 environment. The work is more technical than the title suggests and is comparable to pipeline, oil and gas, refinery, utility, and other continuous-process operations. Daily activities include fluid and gas transfer, scrubbing, purification, chemical addition, compression, and equipment maintenance. The goal is to maximize production, minimize downtime, and ensure that renewable natural gas and power-generation output meet quality, safety, cleanliness, and environmental standards.
Responsibilities
- Safely operate and monitor renewable natural gas and power-generation plant systems while maintaining product quality for pipeline injection and electrical generation.
- Operate, adjust, and monitor blowers, gas pretreatment equipment, chillers, compression systems, scrubbers, purification equipment, pumps, valves, and related process equipment.
- Complete daily equipment rounds and inspect flow meters, gas chromatographs, fluid levels, pressures, temperatures, vibration, noise, and other operating conditions to identify problems before failure occurs.
- Tune and adjust plant systems to support production, process stability, efficiency, and environmental compliance.
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and process issues using SCADA, technical manuals, operating data, schematics, and systematic troubleshooting methods.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance including oil and filter changes, drive belt and hose replacement, valve adjustments, compressor filter service, slide valve work, coupling and bearing replacement, and related repairs.
- Participate in preventive maintenance outages, equipment overhauls, startups, shutdowns, and emergency repairs.
- Coordinate maintenance activities with management, operators, and third-party vendors to ensure timely and efficient service.
- Maintain accurate records for production data, equipment operating hours, service schedules, maintenance activities, equipment outages, and operating changes.
- Respond to callouts in a timely manner, identify the cause of the issue, correct the condition when possible, and escalate unresolved problems to plant leadership.
- Maintain organized inventories of parts, tools, chemicals, and operating supplies while keeping the plant and surrounding work areas clean and presentable.
- Follow all site safety, environmental, quality, lockout/tagout, hazardous material, and Class I Division 2 operating requirements.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education
- High school diploma or GED; technical school, military technical training, or equivalent hands-on experience is strongly valued.
- At least 3 years of hands-on industrial operations, process equipment, mechanical maintenance, utility, power-generation, oil and gas, pipeline, refinery, chemical, wastewater, food, pharmaceutical, or manufacturing experience.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and refined troubleshooting ability with pumps, blowers, compressors, valves, bearings, couplings, hoses, filters, motors, or other rotating and fluid-handling equipment.
- Working knowledge of process flow and the relationship between pressure, vacuum, temperature, fluid level, and flow.
- Ability to understand process diagrams, equipment manuals, operating procedures, technical documentation, and system alarms.
- Computer proficiency and the ability to use SCADA systems, Microsoft Office, electronic logs, and maintenance records.
- Basic electrical knowledge and the ability to safely identify common electrical or controls-related equipment problems.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision while communicating effectively with operators, maintenance personnel, vendors, and plant leadership.
- Willingness and ability to work 12-hour rotating shifts, including days, nights, weekends, holidays, and scheduled callout periods.
- Current valid driver license without restrictions.
- Ability to lift 10-50 pounds, walk on irregular surfaces, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, and use hand tools, power tools, cranes, meters, and diagnostic equipment.
- Commitment to safe work practices, cleanliness, environmental compliance, and participation in pre-employment and random drug testing.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with renewable natural gas, biogas, landfill gas, natural gas processing, pipeline operations, oil and gas production, refinery operations, or gas compression.
- Experience working in a Class I Division 2 or other electrically classified hazardous environment.
- Hands-on experience with gas purification, scrubbers, chillers, compressors, gas chromatographs, chemical addition, or high-purity process systems.
- Controls, PLC, HMI, instrumentation, calibration, or industrial electrical troubleshooting experience.
- Experience using a computerized maintenance management system, work-order platform, or preventive maintenance program.
- Experience supporting 24/7 production facilities, planned outages, equipment overhauls, commissioning, startup, or shutdown activities.
- Military experience in mechanical, engineering, propulsion, utilities, power production, gas turbine, electrical, or process-operations specialties.
