ESKIMOS Tank Farm Operator

As a tank farm operator, you receive and discharge fuel from tanker truck shipments and pipelines. Your duties include taking a sample within a specified period to analyze product quality using various tests, such as measuring acidity and composition. You also inspect products based on compliance and standards set by your company, the industry, and the government.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (and other duties as assigned)

1. Transfer products to storage tanks and ensure all equipment is up to code to avoid spills and contamination.
2. Maintain an organized log with all product transactions, quality control actions, and any maintenance performed.
3. Inspect the hydrant system, tanks, and pipelines, and report anything unusual or outside your expertise to your supervisor, including leaks or temperature and pressure abnormalities.
4. Assist in facility maintenance that includes tank cleaning and filter changes plus performs mechanical work on hydrant valves, boxes, painting, and duties of similar skill levels.
5. Properly clean and use of materials that will not have an effect on personal wildlife or the environment.
6. Proper use of equipment, which includes:

• Atmospheric testing and monitoring equipment.
• Ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions.
• Communication equipment necessary to maintain contact with the standby person.
• Personal protective equipment as needed.
• Lighting equipment as needed.
• Barriers and shields as needed.
• Equipment, such as ladders, is needed for safe ingress and egress.
• Rescue and emergency equipment as needed.
• Any other equipment necessary for safe entry into and rescue from permit spaces.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR LEVEL

ASRC’s Core competencies include Leading Self, Leading People, and Leading the Organization. In addition to our core competency model, our framework includes competencies specific to the various levels of positions within our company. For more information on our core competencies, please contact the HR Department and reference the ASRC Leadership Framework.

Customer Focus

• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Drive for Results

• Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Problem Solving

• Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Time Management

• Uses time effectively and efficiently, concentrating his/her efforts on the more important priorities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

1. Strong knowledge, understanding, and sensitivity to the Inupiat culture.
2. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
3. Previous tank cleaning or spill cleanup is preferred but not mandatory.

CERTIFICATION(S) AND LICENSE(S) REQUIRED:

1. 40-hour Hazwoper certificate required.
2. Confined Space certificate required.
3. First Aid and CPR preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate information in 1 on 1 and small group situations to customers, coworkers, and/or supervisors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and occasionally taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes the ability to use close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment is in a busy office, shop or outside setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, occasionally be exposed to wet or humid conditions, may frequently be exposed to extreme cold, and occasional exposed to extreme heat and may be required to travel in small and large commercial aircraft. The employee will work near moving mechanical parts, and high, precarious places. The employee will handle explosive materials such as pressurized gas & propane tanks. In addition, there is risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is loud.

NOTE: This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The statements contained herein are intended to describe the principal functions of this position, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibilities, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.

Eskimos Inc., a division of ASRC, is a drug free workplace and pre-employment drug testing is part of the hiring process.

ASRC and its family of companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status or any other legal protected status. EOE: Mjobsnear.orgFjobsnear.orgDjobsnear.orgV Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

Eskimos Inc. is a division of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, an Inupiat-owned corporation created as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

ASRC’s family of companies apply a shareholder preference in employment, to the maximum extent feasible, as authorized by law.

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