Plant Controls Specialist

At Atmos Energy, we enjoy an employee-focused culture with rewarding work, competitive pay, work-life balance, inclusion and diversity, and excellent benefits. Benefit eligibility is on the first day of employment and include:

Provided at No Cost to you: Retirement Savings Plan (Matching and Fixed Annual Company Contribution) Basic Life Insurance Business Travel Accident Insurance Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Plans Holidays and Paid Time Off Parental Leave Health Education and Improvement Programs Employer Contribution to Health Savings Account (when enrolled in High-Deductible Health Plan) Employee Assistance Program Employee Education Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement) Pregnancy and Parenting Support Caregiver Support Program Identity Theft Protection   Benefits You Help Pay for (voluntary): Retirement Savings Plan – Individual Contribution (including Roth option) Investment Advice and Management Medical Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Health Savings Account (HSA) Telemedicine Supplemental Term Life Insurance Employee/Dependent Life Insurance Employee/Dependent Accidental Death-Dismemberment Insurance   Top Employer Recognitions America’s Best Employers – Forbes Magazine The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America - Forbes Magazine Top Places to Work - Dallas Morning News Best Places to Work - Mississippi Business Journal Best Place to Learn - Dallas Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO LIST ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OR MAY BE PERFORMED IN THIS POSITION Primary Duties 1. Provide technical support for the installation, operation, and maintenance of control, measurement, and SCADA equipment related to engines, compressors, auxiliary equipment, and well facilities. 2. Testing, calibrating, and maintaining engine and compressor control equipment including associated Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributed Control (DCS) systems. 3. Testing, calibrating, and maintaining auxiliary equipment, gas conditioning, well, and other associated control equipment. 4. Reviewing control, measurement, and SCADA information within assigned area and scheduling required operation and maintenance activities to be performed in order to increase accuracy and integrity. 5. Reviewing performance of facilities and implementing required maintenance or modifications needed to improve efficiency as well as monitoring and control capabilities. 6. Performing required code compliance activities related to plant facilities. 7. Performing required code compliance activities, measurement testing, calibration, and routine maintenance activities related to plant facilities. 8. Maintaining accurate records to demonstrate compliance with Company and regulatory requirements. 9. Performing activities to assure and support responsiveness to all system emergencies. 10. Interfacing with supervision, work group, the appropriate gas control and engineering organizations to define and recommend control, measurement, & SCADA requirements for new installations.

Educational/Experience Level 1. Associates degree in engineering technology, electronics or computer science or a related field and two years related experience in operations, maintenance and troubleshooting gas pipeline facilities; or 2. A general educational knowledge acquired through a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and three years related experience in operations, maintenance and troubleshooting gas pipeline facilities. Communication Skills Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers. Numeric Skills Requires the ability to apply research methods, and/or advanced statistical and mathematics. Computer Skills Requires basic computer skills in order to utilize various software applications for developing documents, reports and graphics.