Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
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 Technical Specialist Sr, you will use innovation and judgement to resolve sophisticated problems, working closely with multiple company partners to ensure accurate and available data. You may coordinate the work of team members, so leadership, presentation and training skills are vital. Project planning and the ability to collaborate are keys to success in this role and safety is of utmost importance!
As a Controls Technical Specialist, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with people across Williams in order to maintain safe operations, high reliability, and compliant hardware and software for our control systems. Key relationships include IT, Operations, Pipeline Control, Tech Services, and Project Execution. You will ensure system integrity while maintaining compliance, safety of facility equipment and overall pipeline operations. To be successful, project planning, teamwork and evaluation skills are needed. Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), HMI, Allen Bradley and SCADA solutions are also key.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:- Performs moderately difficult assignments to ensure system integrity, support pipeline operations, maintain compliance and maintain facility equipment
- Troubleshoots/resolves sophisticated problems using technical evaluation, innovation and judgment
- Develops, presents and trains internal and external partners; may mentor others
- Participates in project planning and works closely with company partners
- Leads development and tasks associated with operations, equipment maintenance, technical standards and/or governmental requirements
- Reads, understands and evaluates engineering design documents, contracts and agreements
Partners with customers, Operations, Gas Control, SCADA, and Gas Dispatch to ensure accurate and accessible data throughout project planning and execution.
Reviews and interprets engineering design documents, contracts, and agreements to support project and operational needs.
Provides advanced support for training, troubleshooting, commissioning, archiving, and programming of control systems.
Demonstrates hands-on experience with PLCs, HMI, Allen Bradley, and SCADA solutions, including greenfield programming and troubleshooting.
Assists in the design, programming, and commissioning of control and instrumentation systems for both operations and capital projects.
Identifies opportunities to enhance operator experience and process efficiency by applying industry-leading control system practices.
Leads efforts to implement cybersecurity programs, manage system updates, and ensure control systems remain compliant and secure.
Participates in small-scale capital projects, updates and validates C&E’s, and supports automation system enhancements across responsible assets.
- Other duties as assigned
- Required: Associates degree or equivalent experience and minimum of six (6) years' experience in oil & gas industry
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field and minimum ten (10) years of progressive experience in field operations/construction or other technical specialty field
Must be willing to:
- Work in extreme temperatures, with loud noises and in enclosed spaces
- Carry or lift items up to 50 lbs and team lift loads of more than 50 lbs as needed
- Stand, walk, climb, bend, stoop, and squat, often for long periods of time
- Work at elevated levels, potentially from man lifts, ladders, scaffolding, and/or small towers, with appropriate PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)
- Use hand tools
- Available to work after hours, on-call rotations, nights, weekend shifts and holidays as needed
- May be required to work overtime, 10-12 hour shifts and travel between Williams locations with occasional overnight stays
Must possess valid State Driver’s License and clean driving record
Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as a main priority
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application and PC skills
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
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.
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What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel.
We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future.
Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
