Operations Specialist - Part Time

Operations Specialist

The Operations Specialist primary role is to interface with clients and serve them in a variety of different ways. The overall responsibilities of this role will vary depending on the assignment, but the over arching theme will be to work together as a team with other CruzAlta personnel, while providing a service that creates value for the client, which leverages years of operations experience.

Duties & Responsibilities/Expectations

1. Provide clients with experienced, competent, personnel who can advise clients including the following areas but not limited to:

• Recognizing risk and hazards associated with different plant tasks
• Lock out Tag out
• Permit to work including confined space
• Operations turnaround fundamentals
• Being able to coach/train plant operators on the different elements of a turnaround
• Advise on commissioning and startup activities
• Builds key relationships with multiple levels of employees at our client companies

2. Assist RTI's Operations Managers with specific decon tasks in different client facilities

• Participates with a team of RTI/CruzAlta employees as they execute clearing and cleaning activities in different client facilities.
• Trains appropriate client personnel on RTI's cleaning and clearing strategies.
• Follows-up with clients to ensure that we meet or exceed their expectations.
• Conducts business in a safe manner consistent with RTI's/CruzAlta's Core Behaviors, with an emphasis on a servant's heart and competitive urgency.

Supervisory Responsibilities

· No direct supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

· Must have an interest in helping others (servant's heart), work well as a team member and enjoy developing new relationships.

· Understands complex process units and piping circuits.

· Perform all work safely in all plant settings

· Strong Communication Skills, including listening, speaking, information processing, reading, writing, handling data.

· Ability to work and thrive by influencing in a cross functional environment.

· Sense of urgency and focus to manage multiple tasks with time constraints.

· Strong attention to detail, specifically with project management interests.

· High degree of drive, self-initiative, and process-oriented thinking.

· Willingness to adjust (flexibility) and ability to adjust (versatility) to effectively deal change, complexity, problems, conflict, and/or ambiguity.

Preferred Experience and Training

· Ten+ years of refinery, upgrader, gas plants or chemical plant operations experience

· Mechanical expertise and aptitude are a benefit

Required Certificates and/or Licenses

· Valid Driver's license

· TWIC card

· Passport

· Basic Plus

Working Conditions

The Company requires passing a pre-employment physical in which an objective medical professional will determine whether you can safely meet the physical demands of the position.

Duration of Workhours During Project Executions:

· Typically, 12 continuous hours that may extend up to 16 – 18 hours if an emergent need exists, for up to 14 days in a row.

· Day shift and/or night shift.

Working Conditions During Project Executions:

· Uneven or unstable ground, and wet, muddy, or slippery surfaces and footings.

· Outside locations in extreme temperatures and weather conditions including wind, rain, snow, and other forms of inclement weather.

· Routine, intermittent exposure to noise more than 85 dBA-TWA.

· Environments that may necessitate the use of respiratory protection for the shift duration.

§ Half-face, full-face, and/or supplied air

§ Medical clearance to use respiratory protection is required.

§ Quantitative fit testing for specific respiratory protection is required.

Physical Demands

· Work at heights up to 150 ft/ 45m accessed via stairs, climbing ladders, or critical lifts by cranes. This requires an ability to climb ladders and stairs without issue.

· Lifting and carrying up to 40lbs., without assistance.

· Pushing / pulling up to 100 lbs., without assistance.

· Standing and walking for up to 12 to 16 hours daily with minimal rest breaks. May exceed 10,000 to 15,000 steps per day.

· Bending and stooping repeatedly and performing task including twisting or turning valves and using wrenches and hand tools.

Safety Equipment/Apparel

CruzAlta will provide appropriate PP&E: fireproof clothing, hard hat, safety shoes, gloves, etc. Some facilities may require the use of respirators.

Required Travel

Ability to travel to outlying markets for supporting a growing list of clients across North America and potentially International Markets.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.