Plant Controls Specialist

Primary Duties Operates, inspects, and maintains engines, compressors, auxiliary equipment and other associated facilities to minimize fuel requirements. Performs maintenance testing and preventative maintenance functions on engines, compressors, auxiliary equipment and other associated facilities. Supports major equipment inspections, repairs, and modifications. Properly communicates work activities with the appropriate gas control in order to execute injection and withdrawal orders in an efficient manner. Operates, inspects, and maintains gas storage wells, storage pipelines, gas conditioning equipment and pressure control equipment. Tests, operates, and maintains plant measurement equipment if assigned. Demonstrates and applies the knowledge, skills and abilities to safely, timely and efficiently complete assignments within Company policies, procedures and applicable regulations. Performs other related duties as required. Minimum Requirements An Associates degree in instrumentation or mechanics from a technical college with a minimum of three years experience in gas pipeline operations and/or maintenance of related mechanical equipment. Electronic instrumentation and controls experience is preferred. A general educational knowledge normally acquired through a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) with a minimum of four years experience in gas pipeline operations and/or maintenance of related mechanical equipment. Electronic instrumentation and controls experience is preferred. Physical Demands Ability to generate 125-foot pounds of force, pushing and pulling, at a contact point of 70 inches. Ability to generate 105-foot pounds of vertical, downward force, at a contact point of 70 inches. Ability to lift and carry 38 pounds. Ability to ascend/descend 30 rungs on a ladder. Ability to bend, stoop, squat, kneel, and/or crouch. Ability to walk a distance of 500 feet. Requires the acute sense of sight and hearing (corrected or uncorrected) and strong sense of smell. Work Conditions Works indoors and outdoor environment. Requires frequently performing activities, including, but not limited to, stooping, bending, crawling, kneeling, grasping, reaching, climbing and lifting objects. Other Information Subject to call-out and emergency stand-by situations on a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week basis. Atmos Energy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Job Family: Storage and Compression Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas. #J-18808-Ljbffr