Plant Supervisor

The Plant Supervisor directs and monitors daily plant operations across multiple processing trains to maximize uptime throughput and efficiency while maintaining safe operating limits and meeting gas/NGL product specifications. This position supervises operators and relief personnel leads response to abnormal situations ensures regulatory and PSM compliance and coordinates with Maintenance Engineering and Gas Control/Scheduling to support 24/7 operations at a remote cryogenic natural gas processing facility.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Directs and monitors Processing facility daily operations to maximize uptime throughput and efficiency while maintaining safe operating limits and meeting gas/NGL product specifications.
• Leads response to abnormal situations (alarms trips ESD events product quality excursions) including field verification stabilization steps escalation and post-event review/learning.
• Plans schedules and supervises operator work activities (routine rounds sampling/spot checks startup/shutdown lineups switching sequences where applicable) and ensures proper shift turnover quality.
• Coordinates with Gas Control/Scheduling and downstream/upstream stakeholders on receipts nominations deliveries and constraints; ensures timely communication of plant capacity changes and outages.
• Oversees truck loading/LACT activities and NGL/condensate handling to ensure safe transfers accurate paperwork/records and compliance with site procedures.
• Interfaces with Maintenance/Engineering for troubleshooting prioritization and execution of repairs and PMs; ensures equipment is properly isolated tagged and released and verifies return-to-service readiness.
• Owns or supports PSM at the site level; participates in MOCs and PHAs as assigned validates procedure accuracy ensures operator training/competency and supports mechanical integrity and safety-critical equipment testing cadence.
• Develops and updates Processing facility operating procedures and ensures alignment with control narratives and cause-and-effect logic; drives standardization of checklists and shift logs.
• Ensures environmental and regulatory compliance: monitors and reports deviations supports inspections/audits verifies spill prevention practices and ensures required notifications and documentation are completed.
• Manages operating expenses and cost control; supports capital and expense budget preparation and execution including materials purchasing and contractor coordination.
• Trains mentors and develops Processing facility operators and relief personnel; verifies qualification progress and reinforces expectations for safe consistent operations.
• Prepares and reviews regularly scheduled operations reports (daily operating report downtime summaries maintenance coordination notes) and communicates plant status to leadership.
• Participates in safety meetings and serves as an active leader in safety programs; reinforces STOP work authority and drives hazard identification and mitigation.
• Executes and enforces safe work practices including lockout/tagout line break confined space hot work and management of simultaneous operations; ensures permit quality and field verification.
• Maintains operating logs daily/shift production reporting and timely communication/notification of environmental deviations process upsets or equipment impairments.
• Provides vacation and other relief for fellow supervisors and shares on-call responsibilities per rotation.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated working knowledge of natural gas plant process flow and operating limits across multiple processing trains (Trains 13) including inlet/front-end separation stabilization/fractionation compression amine treating NGL handling/storage and truck loading/LACT operations.
• Ability to operate and supervise plant processes via DCS (Wonderware preferred) including alarm management trend review setpoint/loop monitoring and coordination of field actions to maintain product specifications and safe operating envelopes.
• Strong understanding of critical Processing facility equipment groups and typical failure modes including slug catcher and inlet separation stabilizer tower/reboiler/condensers/reflux system overhead compression centrifugal pumps air coolers pressure relief devices and ESD/shutdown valves.
• Working knowledge of amine system operations and controls (contactor flash tank still/reboiler reflux and circulation pumps) including recognizing early indicators of foaming flooding off-spec treating and abnormal level/temperature/pressure behavior.
• Ability to identify operating deviations and take prompt corrective action: respond to alarms verify field conditions stabilize unit operation and escalate per site procedures when deviations could lead to shutdown off-spec product or environmental non-compliance.
• Proficiency in Processing facility documentation use: P&IDs control narratives cause-and-effect / shutdown matrices and supervisory operating manuals; ensures operations are performed in accordance with approved procedures.
• Compliance with PSM requirements at the Processing facility including MOC participation incident learning operating procedure governance training/competency and mechanical integrity support.
• Strong teamwork leadership and communication skills; able to coordinate between DCS/console operations field operations maintenance and management.
• Computer proficiency in reporting and documentation (daily operating report downtime tracking MOC/PSM documentation maintenance coordination).
• Ability to make sound decisions during upset and emergency conditions.
• Available to work a 14 days on / 14 days off schedule including shifts holidays and weekends with on-call coverage and unscheduled workdays as needed to support 24/7 Processing facility operations and upset response.
• Maintains strong people skills and professional communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required; additional technical training (process operations instrumentation electrical or mechanics) strongly preferred.
• Bachelors degree in engineering or similar field preferred.
• 7 years of gas plant operations experience preferred with at least 2 years in a lead/supervisory role.
• Multi-train cryogenic plant experience is a plus.
• Experience supervising operations in a cryogenic natural gas processing facility with stabilization/fractionation compression and NGL handling preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Wonderware (or comparable) DCS control strategies alarm rationalization practices and leading responses to trips/ESD events preferred.
• Familiarity with Processing facility operating documentation such as supervisory operating manuals control narratives P&IDs and cause-and-effect logic preferred.
• Working knowledge of pressure vessels relief devices and safety-critical shutdown devices (PSVs SDVs/ESD valves) and how they integrate into the plant protection layers preferred.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a remote facility environment and coordinate effectively with Scheduling/Gas Control Maintenance I&E and Engineering.

Certifications:

• None required

Physical Demands and Hazard for Field Employees:

This position may require occasional travel to remote sites potential exposure to flammable material adherence to safety protocols compliance with operating regulations and will require rigorous physical demands.

Required Experience:

Manager