Summary of Position

The Operations Specialist primary role is to interface with clients and serve them in a variety of different ways. The overall responsibilities of this role will vary depending on the assignment, but the over arching theme will be to work together as a team with other CruzAlta personnel, while providing a service that creates value for the client, which leverages years of operations experience.

Duties & Responsibilities/Expectations

1. Provide clients with experienced, competent, personnel who can advise clients including the following areas but not limited to.

a. Recognizing risk and hazards associated with different plant tasks

b. Lock out Tag out

c. Permit to work including confined space

d. Operations turnaround fundamentals

e. Being able to coach/train plant operators on the different elements of a turnaround

f. Advise on commissioning and startup activities

g. Builds key relationships with multiple levels of employees at our client companies

2. Assist RTI’s Operations Managers with specific decon tasks in different client facilities

a. Participates with a team of RTI/CruzAlta employees as they execute clearing and cleaning activities in different client facilities.

b. Trains appropriate client personnel on RTI’s cleaning and clearing strategies.

c. Follows-up with clients to ensure that we meet or exceed their expectations.

d. Conducts business in a safe manner consistent with RTI’s/CruzAlta’s Core Behaviors, with an emphasis on a servant's heart and competitive urgency.

Supervisory Responsibilities

· No direct supervisory responsibilities.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

· Must have an interest in helping others (servant’s heart), work well as a team member and enjoy developing new relationships.

· Understands complex process units and piping circuits.

· Perform all work safely in all plant settings

· Strong Communication Skills, including listening, speaking, information processing, reading, writing, handling data.

· Ability to work and thrive by influencing in a cross functional environment.

· Sense of urgency and focus to manage multiple tasks with time constraints.

· Strong attention to detail, specifically with project management interests.

· High degree of drive, self-initiative, and process-oriented thinking.

· Willingness to adjust (flexibility) and ability to adjust (versatility) to effectively deal change, complexity, problems, conflict, and/or ambiguity.

Preferred Experience and Training

· Ten+ years of refinery, upgrader, gas plants or chemical plant operations experience

· Mechanical expertise and aptitude are a benefit

Required Certificates and/or Licenses

· Valid Driver’s license

· TWIC card

· Passport

· Basic Plus

Working Conditions

The Company requires passing a pre-employment physical in which an objective medical professional will determine whether you can safely meet the physical demands of the position.

Duration of Workhours During Project Executions:

· Typically, 12 continuous hours that may extend up to 16 – 18 hours if an emergent need exists, for up to 14 days in a row.

· Day shift and/or night shift.

Working Conditions During Project Executions:

· Uneven or unstable ground, and wet, muddy, or slippery surfaces and footings.

· Outside locations in extreme temperatures and weather conditions including wind, rain, snow, and other forms of inclement weather.

· Routine, intermittent exposure to noise more than 85 dBA-TWA.

· Environments that may necessitate the use of respiratory protection for the shift duration.

§ Half-face, full-face, and/or supplied air

§ Medical clearance to use respiratory protection is required.

§ Quantitative fit testing for specific respiratory protection is required.

Physical Demands

· Work at heights up to 150 ft/ 45m accessed via stairs, climbing ladders, or critical lifts by cranes. This requires an ability to climb ladders and stairs without issue.

· Lifting and carrying up to 40lbs., without assistance.

· Pushing / pulling up to 100 lbs., without assistance.

· Standing and walking for up to 12 to 16 hours daily with minimal rest breaks. May exceed 10,000 to 15,000 steps per day.

· Bending and stooping repeatedly and performing task including twisting or turning valves and using wrenches and hand tools.

Safety Equipment/Apparel

CruzAlta will provide appropriate PP&E: fireproof clothing, hard hat, safety shoes, gloves, etc. Some facilities may require the use of respirators.

Required Travel

Ability to travel to outlying markets for supporting a growing list of clients across North America and potentially International Markets.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.