Coordinator, Operations Quality Assurance (Midland, TX)

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50, 000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. The Coordinator, Operations Quality Assurance reports to the Superintendent, Quality Assurance and is responsible for overseeing product quality for a pipeline and terminal system transporting crude oil and crude oil blend stocks. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee product quality program elements including:
  
  • Policies, procedures, processes for sampling and testing crude oil samples
    
    • Interpretation of test results
  • Field audits of Enterprise and third party locations
  • Interpretation of product specifications
• Understand product blending, the use of product additives, and pipeline operations as they impact product quality
• Provide subject matter expertise for crude oil test methods and techniques including training, troubleshooting problems, instrument calibration and routine maintenance
• Troubleshoot lab instruments/ analyzers
• Perform minor repairs on lab equipment/ online analyzers, including setting up sample stations using Swagelok parts and tubing, setup/ install lab equipment
• Understand lab 'Best' practices and sampling & handling procedures
• Effectively train Operations personnel on new equipment and procedures
• Ensure compliance with product quality, environmental and personnel exposure guidelines
• Support the resolution of product quality issues and the Quality Incident reporting system
• Function as the point of contact for customer analytical concerns, retained sample testing, and analytical dispute resolution

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or commensurate work experience is required
• 2-5 years of experience in the oil and gas industry is required
  
  • Measurement or instrumentation experience is beneficial
• Extensive experience and knowledge of crude oil testing is required
• Negotiating, influence management, and customer service skills are required
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude
• Must be results oriented and possess excellent communication skills
• Computer skills including the use of Microsoft applications Word, Excel, and Power Point is required
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time is required