Cathodic Protection Supervisor - Victorville, United States - SoCalGas

SoCalGas

Verified Company

Victorville, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About Us

At SoCalGas, we believe that every Californian deserves a resilient energy future.

We are working to achieve that future by empowering California to reach its sustainability goals through innovation, collaboration, and decarbonization.

As our state's energy needs change, we will be there providing reliable energy that is clean, safe, and affordable to our 22 million customers.

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Primary Purpose

Provides supervision, coordination, and technical expertise for field Cathodic Protection (CP) operations to ensure compliance with Company policies and procedures and maintenance of system integrity.

Directs the Cathodic Protection activities of the prescribed Gas Transmission pipelines within area of responsibilities.

Responsibilities include all Cathodic Protection construction, alteration, operation, and maintenance of the districts' Cathodic Protection facilities that usually consists of 150 to 500 miles of pipeline with associated compressor station, producer and non-core customer facilities.

Assures an effective safety program is maintained.

Responsibilities:

Supervises Cathodic Protection (CP) employees to ensure compliance work is being completed on time. Facilitates additional training of employees on CP troubleshooting and interference mitigation. Directs employees with difficult CP areas and out of tolerance points. Provides mandatory training, coaching, and counseling in cathodic protection operations areas, including technical skill development and code compliance to direct nonmanagement reports. Provides direction regarding cathodic protection construction, materials, and equipment assessing replacement, alteration, or installation. Responsible for meeting or exceeding goals of safety, satisfaction, savings and service operations. Conducts job observations, field rides and audits to ensure quality and performance expectations are met. Fully supports the values and initiatives of the organization. Drives employee accountability and responsibility in the areas of safety, environmental compliance and job performance. Supports achieving the most cost effective operations and maintenance of cathodic protection facilities in the district(s). Maintains strong financial performance of the District, provides input on district budget. CP Operations has $185,000 budget to maintain CP facilities throughout the region. This includes but is not limited to purchasing rectifiers, coating replacement, ETS installation, and specialized CP tools for the employees.
Directs and supports the implementation of new Cathodic Protection policies, procedures, and processes as they relate to the installation and maintenance of Cathodic Protection on Transmission pipelines and facilities. Reviews Gas Standard updates and incorporates the appropriate changes to the installation of new CP facilities to ensure the installations are up to code. (GS was updated recently to have tracer wire installed on all CP conduit. Supervisor works with Technical Services to incorporate the change into the design of CP facilities.)
Assists in the design and planning of new cathodic protection installations including deep well anodes, electrical isolation, and rectifier stations.
Evaluates adequacy of cathodic protection systems through periodic measurements.
Directs the retention and maintenance of appropriate cathodic protection records and test documentation.
Analyzes cathodic protection related pipeline failures to determine trends in materials and or components and helps determine the treatments and techniques for the inhibition and mitigation of corrosion, microbial growth and scale.
Establishes and administers self audit program that ensures timely and accurate completion and reporting of all cathodic protection activities.
Ensures compliance with GO112E and DOT required pipeline reads. Reviews all work orders to verify field data and date are completed within the parameters of the CFR 192. (Ensures employees are meeting deadlines and parameters set for by the code of federal regulations. CP criteria, read window, operator qualifications, follow up work order.)
Manages the development, implementation, and administration of operations corrosion control programs.
Performs other duties as assigned (no more than