Terminal Operator

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Position Summary

This position works with and around petroleum products and is responsible for all operating aspects of renewable diesel products terminal. This position is critical in playing a prominent role in enhancing life's possibilities by blending, distributing and delivering quality products in a safe, reliable and competitive manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Operates compressors, auxiliary generators, motors, pumps, valves, manlifts, forklifts, snowplows, and other system and facility maintenance equipment.
• Supports truck and railcar loading and unloading of renewable diesel and related products.
• Performs daily rounds as well as daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual inspections. Prepares operational reports, system logs, and facility records.
• Performs servicing, lubrication, and minor maintenance on renewable diesel process, storage, transfer, and distribution systems.
• Upon qualification, issues and monitors safe work permits. Maintains a strong focus on health, safety, environmental, and security requirements within the work area.

Education And Experience

• High school diploma or GED required
• Valid driver's license required
• Must be able to pass drug test and background check
• Must be able to work 12-hour shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays

Skills

• Mechanical Aptitude: Develops ability to understand and apply mechanical concepts and principles such as, but not limited to, sounds, heat conduction, velocity, gravity, friction, pressure, kinetic and potential energy, etc. when working or using mechanical machinery.
• Operation Monitoring: Develops ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure, a machine is working properly.
• Quality Control Analysis: Develops ability to conduct tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Public Safety & Security: Develops knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Repairing: Develops knowledge of and ability to repair machines, devices and equipment based on electrical and/or mechanical principles in order to diagnose malfunctions. Conducts tests and inspections to evaluate quality or performance. Watches gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure machine/device/equipment is working properly. Able to read, interpret and engineering drawings, diagrams, and schematics.
• Safety: Applies in difficult or complex situations, ability to recognize safety risks in operational activities and use appropriate measures to control and manage identified risks.
• Safety Awareness: Ability to recognize and identify potential hazards. Evaluates changes in work environment with respect to impact on safety of self and others. Understands potential threats created by deviation from safety procedures and improper use of tools and equipment. Uses personal protection equipment. Uses tools and equipment in compliance with manuals and training. Calls attention to potential and actual hazardous conditions as they arise. Demonstrates knowledge of lockout/tag out procedures. Stops work if there are unsafe working conditions.
• Systems Analysis: Develops ability to determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Rail Operations: Develops knowledge of railroad yard and terminal physical configurations such as, length of siding, location of signals and switches, terminal trackage. Develops knowledge of rail tank cars used to transport gaseous commodities and becomes familiar with railyard communication protocols and safety practices.

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Location: Dickinson, North Dakota