Job Description: Drip Truck Driver -- Natural Gas Operations (Colorado)
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Position Overview:**
The Drip Truck Driver supports Colorado natural gas pipeline and gathering operations by safely removing, transporting, and disposing of pipeline drip liquids, condensate, and produced fluids. This position plays a critical role in maintaining pipeline integrity, environmental compliance, and public safety in accordance with Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) and Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) regulations.
This requires frequent travel to remote well sites, compressor stations, and pipeline facilities within Colorado.
Key Responsibilities:
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Safety & Regulatory Compliance:
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Carefully observes and complies with all safety and environmental requirements as outlined in Company's HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental) Guidelines.
Knowledge and compliance with ECMC & CDPHE.
Attends weekly tailgate meeting and monthly safety meeting, to discuss HS&E issues.
learns how to pre-trip and post-trip a truck at the beginning and ending of the day, or if switching trucks.
Completion of DVIR (driver vehicle inspection report) following FMCSA 49CFR 396.11 and 396.13.
Knowledge of and always uses appropriate PPE (Protective Personal Equipment).
Operates Company and commercial vehicles in safe and courteous manner over various @types of road conditions and terrain, including highways, rural roads including paved and gravel surface, and off-road situations including two track roads.
Install tire chains for better traction when needed.
Stops job for any unsafe situation or condition, immediately contacts supervisor.
Field Operation:
Drives tank truck equipped with suction pump to drain condensate and water from gas pipeline drips.
Drives to drip location and connects bonding cable from truck to valve, to ensure there are no sparks when connecting load hose from truck tank to drip valve.
Maintain housekeeping on well sites.
Professional working relationship working with property owners, complying with property gates cattleguards.
Measures condensate in tank with calibrated pole or reads tank meter for drip tanks; gauge on tank batteries shows water and condensate level data required to determine when to haul water to disposal.
Opens pressure valve to force condensate into truck tank or starts suction pump to draw out condensate when gas pressure varies.
Records amount of condensate drawn at each drip location, using float gauge on truck tank.
Reads and follows directions in manufacturers' maintenance manuals for equipment components.
Keeps equipment and tools clean and secure; maintains neat and clean work areas.
Prepares required vehicle mileage reports, equipment servicing reports, purchase requisitions, etc.; submits as required.
May exercise custody and safekeeping over tools and inventory of spare parts and supplies kept for servicing and repairing equipment; may order replacements for broken parts and routine items required to maintain truck inventory levels.
Performs mechanical duties needed in maintaining and repairing field equipment including valves, pumps, and other items of equipment.
May relieve other employees.
Wash and maintain equipment to company standards.
Understand reason and always parks with front of truck into the wind (prevents vapors from getting into breather, which could cause truck fire and/or explosion.)
Duties may change frequently for unexpected issues (e.g., line leaks, line blow outs, tank battery leaks, more liquid than anticipated, etc.)
Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor.Physical & Work Environment Requirements:
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High School education or equivalent.
Entry level: no experience needed.
Valid active driver's license.
Experience driving commercial vehicles with natural gas field experience is highly desirable.
Able to pass DOT physical and maintain requirements; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Training (FMCSA) required.
Able to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
Able to deal with wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat/cold.
Work environment may include moving mechanical parts, fumes, toxic chemicals, airborne particles and moderate to loud noise, requiring consistent use of appropriate PPE.
Able to work varying hours, as required.
