Engineer Sr/Staff - Incident Investigation & Response
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Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
As an Engineer Sr/Staff, you will apply your years of industry expertise and experience as you work independently on large-scale projects and anticipate business trends. You will collaborate with others to identify and develop innovative services or processes that address current and future customer needs and recommend improvements. Additionally, you will prepare and deliver presentations to leaders and may supervise team members in their work!
As an engineering expert, you will be responding to serious incident sites to conduct investigations representing the safety & operational discipline. You will be focusing on employee, pipeline, and process safety during these investigations; providing detailed reports findings that are presented to affected personnel, executive leadership, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies such as PHMSA, OSHA, and CSB. You will train and qualify incident investigation team leaders, evaluate investigations completed by field personnel, and provide experience-based counsel to field personnel and safety leadership. Additionally, you contribute as a voting member of the Health and Safety Focus Team, develop safety moments for quarterly Board of Directors EHS Committee meetings, and work cross-functionally with corporate and field operations, safety, environmental, and legal teams
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Engineer Sr.
Responsibilities/Expectations: Accounts for a diverse range of sophisticated assignments requiring the use of experience, innovation and judgment
May supervise the work of others
Demonstrates technical expertise in a specialty, geographic area, or operational function and applies specialized knowledge in the effective completion of large-scope projects
Prepares and delivers presentations
Anticipates internal/external customer needs; assesses requirements and identifies solutions
Interprets internal/external business challenges and improves products, processes or services
Collaborates with teams to ensure compliance, build improvement plans and meet training needs
Champions processes, procedures and safety standards
Monitors and controls costs and resources associated with projects
Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience: Required: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from an accredited college or university, OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology in a relevant field with Professional Engineer (P.E.) license; A minimum eight (8) years of multifaceted engineering experience in the natural gas or petrochemical industry
Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and minimum seven (7) years of progressive engineering experience in the natural gas or petrochemical industry and PE Certification
Other Requirements: Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as a main priority
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application and PC skills
Proficiency in engineering specialties covering more than one subject area
Preferred: Project Management experience
Engineer Staff
Responsibilities/Expectations: Performs sophisticated technical tasks and leads teams in projects of major scope and complexity
Participates in the development and implementation of technical standards and specifications
Interprets technological aspects of business and coordinates with leaders to ensure success
Prepares and delivers presentations
Applies expertise, knowledge and experience from projects that positively impacts earnings
Collaborates with others to ensure compliance, build improvement plans and meet training needs
Handles resources requirements for projects
Oversees systems for assessing incident severity, collecting evidence, and conducting investigations; Identifies causes, risks and recommends actions to prevent future incidents
Provides training on investigation techniques and collaborates with teams to improve safety and compliance; Maintains a database of findings and stay updated on industry standards
Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience: Required: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from an accredited college or university, OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology in a relevant field with Professional Engineer (P.E.) license; A minimum fifteen (15) years of progressive engineering experience in the natural gas or petrochemical industry
Other Requirements: Able to work on engineering specialties covering more than one subject area
Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as a main priority
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application and PC skills
Preferred: PE Certification
Preferred: Project Management experience
Knowledge of methodologies like scene security, evidence gathering, timeline analysis, and root cause analysis; Unbiased and impartial, focusing on facts rather than fault
About Tulsa: Our corporate headquarters is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma and the 47th most populous in the U.S.
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire . With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
Competitive compensation
Annual incentive program
Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
Wellness Program with annual rewards
Employee stock purchase plan
Robust employee learning and development
High internal mobility (we promote from within)
Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
Domestic partner benefits
Educational reimbursement
Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
Employee resource groups
Employee assistance programs
Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
- Location:
- Tulsa