Instrument Tech

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Job Summary

Alaska Overview
ConocoPhillips 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.

Kuparuk Overview
The Greater Kuparuk Area includes the Kuparuk River Unit, approximately 40 miles west of Prudhoe Bay, which encompasses the Kuparuk Field and six nearby satellite fields.
The Kuparuk Field is one of the largest onshore producing fields in the United States with more than 500 active producing wells. Kuparuk maintains an active development program. Field installations include three central production facilities that separate oil, natural gas and water, and a seawater treatment plant.

The Kuparuk satellites consist of the Meltwater, Tabasco, Tarn, West Sak, Moraine and Coyote fields. All satellite field production is processed through the Kuparuk production facilities. The Nuna project, which targets the Moraine reservoir, was sanctioned in 2023. The project will add ~29 development wells with on-pad infrastructure and pipelines that tie back to the existing Kuparuk River Unit processing facilities. Project construction activities began in 2023 and will continue through 2024. Drilling is anticipated to begin in mid-late 2024 with first oil anticipated by early 2025.

In 2023, net crude oil production in the Greater Kuparuk Area averaged 65 MBOED.

Job Description

ConocoPhillips Alaska is recruiting for an Instrumentation Technician position at our Kuparuk operation on the North Slope of Alaska. Kuparuk is the second largest production field in North America. If you are selected for this position, you will be remotely based working a 14 day on/14 day off rotation schedule. Instrument Technicians at Kuparuk work in the maintenance department at one or more of three Central Production Facilities (CPF’s) in the Greater Kuparuk Area and report to the Maintenance Supervisor of the CPF. Your role will work in a Journeyman role and develop/demonstrate skills and knowledge to allow for progression within the Journeyman instrumentation position.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Performance of the Journeyman Instrumentation Technician duties in the Kuparuk Field, specifically drill sites and facility
• Performing maintenance on industrial instrumentation process control systems, calibration and testing, repairing electronic, pneumatic and hydraulic instruments, valve repair, PLC & DCS systems, and turbine controls
• Performing general maintenance functions such as troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance
• New installation of instrumentation and control systems in hazardous/classified areas
• Functional checkout/commissioning of new equipment and facilities
• Proficiency using test and calibration equipment
• Utilizing safe work practices and actively participating in company safety processes and programs
• Working in a team environment with a wide range of personnel

Basic/Required:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Associate’s Degree or Technical School Degree in Instrumentation or higher or foreign equivalent
• Current valid driver’s license
• 5+ years of instrumentation experience in an industrial environment
• 5+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry
• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to complete annual Performance enhancement program (PEAK)
• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to work and live in a remote site in the Arctic, including working outside in harsh weather conditions
• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to safely perform strenuous physical activity such as lifting, bending, carrying material and climbing ladders/stairs daily

Preferred:

• 10+ years of field experience
• Ability to deliver Zero Incident HSE Results
• Ability to read, interpret, and red-line P&ID (piping and inst. Drawings)
• Demonstrate active leadership/participation/engagement in achieving a Zero Incident Culture
• Experience working with oil and gas industrial equipment and automation control systems
• Experience with a maintenance management system (SAP preferred)
• Instrumentation technician candidates should have a facility process background
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong computing skills, including proficiency in MS Excel and Word
• A proven track record of achievement, partnership, technical growth, and increasing responsibilities
• Listens actively and invites new ideas for shared understanding, then influences and acts to drive positive performance and achieve results
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what’s right
• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical

Apply Before: September 3, 2024

Sponsorship:

ConocoPhillips’ sponsorship for employment authorization in the U.S. is NOT available for this position.

EEO:

In the US, ConocoPhillips is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.