Sr Pipeline Technician; Cunningham, KS

Job Description

Northern Natural Gas offers a knowledge‑based compensation program called Skill‑Based Pay. Skill‑Based Pay rewards employees for acquiring, demonstrating, and maintaining work skills. In addition, an annual discretionary incentive bonus of up to 10.5% is offered based on individual and company performance.

The goal of Skill‑Based Pay is to ensure Northern Natural Gas has a qualified, versatile workforce that produces an extremely competitive product where needed in varying business, regulatory, and operational climates. Employees are paid according to the skills demonstrated as well as the tasks performed.

• Controls – Install, maintain, and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human‑machine interfaces, motor control centers, and medium and low voltage power distribution and pneumatic control devices utilized in pipeline operations.
• Measurement – Program, maintain, operate, and troubleshoot gas measurement equipment including gas meters, control valves, relief valves, regulators, and associated software, as well as monitoring gas and quality control equipment.
• Corrosion – Install, maintain, and troubleshoot corrosion protection equipment to ensure pipeline integrity. NACE CP1 Tester certification is preferred.
• Mechanical – Install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair rotating and reciprocating compression equipment.
• Liquefied Natural Gas Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to make liquefied natural gas.
• Underground Storage Operations – Ensure reliable operation and maintenance of processes required to store and deliver natural gas from underground reservoirs.
• Compressor Station Operations – Ensure reliable operation of compressor station equipment.
• Pipeline – Perform pigging operations, damage‑prevention measures, and pipeline right‑of‑way maintenance.
• Equipment Operation – Transport, inspect, maintain, and operate various mobile heavy equipment including backhoes, boom trucks, semi‑trucks, dump trucks, excavators, and skid loaders. Additional endorsements for hazmat and liquefied natural gas transportation are available.
• Welding – Pipeline welders must be qualified in API 1104 and ASME standards to weld on natural gas pipelines. Structural welders must be qualified in AWS standards.
• Environmental – Maintain environmental standards, activities, and regulatory compliance for assigned locations.

• Assist in performing scheduled preventive maintenance on operational equipment at the assigned facility.
• Recognize abnormal operating conditions.
• Support emergency response.
• Locate pipelines and oversee third‑party excavation and line crossings. Install and inspect pipeline markers.
• Operate work equipment including power tools, hand tools, and specialized instruments used in pipeline operations, maintenance, and repair of facilities.
• Maintain and operate facilities in compliance with specifications, codes, safety and environmental standards/records, and company operating procedures.
• Assist in maintaining records pursuant to required state, federal, and company procedures.
• Review work assignments with the team to ensure work is completed with established safe work practices and reporting.
• Contribute to a team‑centric work environment based on mutual respect and integrity.
• Support the Company’s CHAMPION culture, which centers around personal responsibility, continuous improvement, and delivering quality for our customers.

• Associate of Applied Science in a technical specialization is preferred (aviation maintenance, diesel, natural gas, compression, instrumentation, controls, electrical, electro‑mechanical, or corrosion). A comparable undergraduate degree with a technical specialization certification is applicable. Typically four to six years of related, progressive work experience is needed for candidates without the educational requirement.
• Successful completion of Pipeline Technician Academy and/or achievement of at least one skill‑block.
• Valid driver’s license. Work schedules may vary, with overtime, overnight stays, on‑call, rotating schedules, and availability for emergency response 24 hours per day.
• Employees must…