Operations Supervisor

Marathon Pipe Line Company Area Operations Supervisor

The Salt Lake City Area Operations Supervisor leads a team of 8 Operations Technicians in the 24-hour, 365-day operation of the Salt Lake City Area pipeline operations and support business unit team that includes 2 skilled trade technicians and the Salt Lake City Area Manager. The Operations Supervisor provides direct supervision and leadership for the hourly Operations Technicians. The work is very diverse and includes supervisory activities involving the operations of pipeline systems for safe and efficient transportation services. These activities range from scheduling day-to-day personnel work activities, educating the public, taking care of customer needs, protecting assets on the right of way, emergency response, and interfacing with pipeline system owners. Training and developing the work group is a significant part of the responsibilities of this position. The position also requires commitment to a Structured Safety Process, support of various Marathon Pipe Line processes, encouraging continuous improvement and managing risk for incident prevention.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establishing a culture of safety, environmental, social, and governance excellence by modeling appropriate behaviors.
• Supervising day-to-day field activities of operations technicians and pipeline systems to ensure safe and efficient storage or movement of refined products.
• Interacting with pipeline scheduling to optimize downtimes for inspection, maintenance, or projects. Ensuring downtime schedules are accurate and effective. Managing unscheduled activities as required while minimizing downtime.
• Sharing on-call responsibilities with leadership team. Managing 24/7 operations requiring flexible work schedule, on-call responsibilities, and emergency response. Initiating initial response to emergencies such as accidents, spills, or injuries involving pipeline or contract personnel.
• Supporting MPL, Region, and Area Goals. Demonstrating ability to collaborate with diverse groups including corporate SMEs, engineers, contractors, landowners, community stakeholders, and farmers.
• Building and maintaining trust with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitoring company time keeping systems to ensure accuracy and overtime hours are reasonable compared against work orders closed.
• Monitoring work orders using SAP/Prometheus to ensure they are being created for nonroutine maintenance work, closed, and completed on time.
• Maintaining a safe and healthy work environment by following, implementing, and enforcing Company safety standards, practices and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Responsible for developing, training, coaching, and mentoring team members in support of a high performing organization.
• Providing technical assistance to employees toward expedient problem resolution.
• Meeting operational standards by implementing productivity and quality field practices to ensure proficient utilization of work group and equipment.
• Effective meeting facilitation while working to build consensus across multiple business units when needed.
• Leveraging technology to pursue opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Experience and skills required include:

• 3-5 years of pipeline operations or project leadership experience in pipeline, terminals, or refining preferred.
• Leadership skills that challenge and empower team members while building an inclusive and diverse culture.
• Ability to interpret and prioritize data for troubleshooting or continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and individuals.
• Proficient computer skills and experience in MS Office, SAP, Workforce, INTELEX, WorkDay, eDocs, UTILISPHERE, and Prometheus preferred but not required.

Education and requirements:

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• A valid driver's license is required for the position.
• Travel requirement is up to 40%.
• Successful applicant must live within 45 minutes of the reporting location.

Location: Salt Lake City, UT