North Slope Operator
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Job Summary
Alaska OverviewConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. is Alaska’s largest crude oil producer and largest owner of exploration leases, with approximately 1 million net undeveloped acres at year-end 2023. The company produced an average of 195 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOED) in 2023. ConocoPhillips Alaska holds major ownership interests in two of North America’s largest legacy equivalent per day conventional oil fields, both located on Alaska’s North Slope: Kuparuk, which the company operates, and Prudhoe Bay. Additionally, ConocoPhillips Alaska owns and operates several fields on the Western North Slope. The company also has an ownership interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and owns and operates the Polar Tankers fleet.
Position Overview
ConocoPhillips Alaska is recruiting for Operator positions at both our Alpine and Kuparuk fields. The Alpine and Kuparuk Operations teams are seeking motivated individuals that possess leadership skills and function well in a team environment. The positions will be remotely based working a 14 day on/14 day off rotation schedule at self-contained camps.
The positions will operate production facilities and drill sites and various equipment in the fields including production and injection wells, oil separation train, gas treating and compression, water injection pumps, miscible injection pumps, and pipeline facilities. This position is covered by a DOT and corporate drug-testing program. The position requires becoming competent in operating all areas including drill sites, plant and control room board.
This is a Safety Sensitive position.
Please note:
If you are interested in being considered for an Operator position throughout 2025 with ConocoPhillips Alaska, please complete an application under this requisition. Applicants will be considered for Operator vacancies as they come available throughout the calendar year.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Operating the production facilities and drillsites in a safe, economic and environmentally sound manner
- Achieving and maintaining qualifications in operating all areas including the facility control room board
- Seeking and implementing opportunities to reduce area costs and optimize performance
- Participate in training and contribute in develop of training material for operations personnel
- Understanding and applying safety and environmental standards and actively ensuring compliance in area of responsibility
- Participation in all field safety processes to achieve a zero-incident operating culture
- Preparing and safe out of equipment for maintenance operations
- Troubleshooting technical problems and safety issues
- Participating in facility and drill site modifications, as well as special projects, both on-site in Kuparuk or Alpine, and off-site in Anchorage
Basic/Required:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
- Current/Valid Driver’s License
- 5 or more years direct oilfield/petro-chemical operations experience
- Intermediate level of knowledge of production operations including oil/chemical processing, gas compression, power generation and utilities operation, chemical treating, and/or drillsite and well operation
- Willing or able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to work a 14-days on/14-days off shift schedule in a remote arctic environment, both inside and outside in harsh weather conditions
- Willing or able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to safely perform physical labor including climbing ladders/stairs, operating valves and equipment, walking, standing, stooping, sitting, and carrying material periodically throughout a 12-hour shift
Preferred:
- Associate degree or higher in process technology or other relevant technical discipline or foreign equivalent
- Intermediate level of experience working with Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
- Intermediate level of experience with reading and comprehending Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Intermediate level of experience with a maintenance management system (SAP)
- Basic level computer skills, word processing, spreadsheets and email
- Ability to work in a team environment with a wide range of personnel from various companies and backgrounds
- Demonstrated support of employee guided safety processes and/or emergency services teams
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral)
- Able to demonstrate a history of positive past achievements with increasing responsibilities
- Generates effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical
- Proven safety leader; history of safety advocacy and involvement
- Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what is right
- Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
- Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical