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About Nextdecade Corporation
NextDecade Corporation is an energy company accelerating the path to a net-zero future. Leading innovation in more sustainable LNG and carbon capture solutions, NextDecade is committed to providing the world access to cleaner energy. Through our subsidiaries Rio Grande LNG and NEXT Carbon Solutions, we are developing a 27 MTPA LNG export facility in South Texas and have proposed a carbon capture and storage project at the site. We remain committed to advancing and lowering the cost of utilizing carbon capture and storage and helping companies reduce their facility emissions and achieving their clean energy goals.. NextDecade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.” NextDecade is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.next-decade.com.

Summary Of The Role
The Field Operator ensures the safe and effective operation of the RGLNG facility. They spend most of their time in the field, performing checks, adjusting equipment, preparing for maintenance, and assisting support groups. Competent in starting, stopping, troubleshooting, and isolating equipment, they understand essential processes and routine tasks of the LNG plant. The Field Operator interacts with various stakeholders (Maintenance, Engineers, HSSE), contractors, and vendors. This requires leadership, HSSE, and soft skills training. This position requires the candidate to reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility in Brownsville, TX, as commuting is not an option. Relocation assistance will be provided to eligible candidates.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and practice RGLNG HSSE standards, Life Saving Rules, and Process Safety Fundamentals
• Monitor operational units (pre-treatment, liquefaction, utilities, storage, loading) for normal operation; report and correct deviations
• Execute field tasks to meet safety and production goals
• Comply with safety production requirements (Start of Shift Orientation, shift huddles, toolbox talks)
• Update Field Supervisor on plant issues; maintain detailed shift logs and communicate with incoming/outgoing Field Operators
• Ensure start-up, operating, and maintenance procedures are complete and compliant; recommend adjustments
• Prepare unit-specific documents for maintenance activities
• Perform field testing as required
• Lead Turnaround work, breakdowns, mini outages, campaign maintenance, and improvement projects
• Follow troubleshooting procedures to ensure safety
• Adhere to plant start-up and shut-down schedules, considering maintenance and safety
• Execute permitting activities, including system and equipment isolation
• Maintain professional conduct and housekeeping
• Maintain consumable resource levels
• Collect samples as scheduled or directed
• Adhere to Emergency Response Team plans; respond to emergencies and participate in drills
• Create and review quality work orders
• Support change and improvement in processes and performance post-Commissioning Start-up and Ramp-up
  
  
  
  

Minumum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• 5+ years of field experience in gas treatment, compressor stations, petrochemicals, or LNG operations
• Knowledge of gas pretreatment, liquefaction, and gas turbine/refrigerant compressor operations
• Familiarity with Ship/Shore interface, utility unit operations, and electrical distribution systems
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, PFDs, control narratives, Cause & Effect Matrices, OMMs, and equipment schematics
• Commitment to personal and process safety
• This position requires the candidate to reside within a 50-mile radius of the facility in Brownsville, TX, as commuting is not an option. Relocation assistance will be provided to eligible candidates
  
  
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in large LNG projects
• LNG or gas processing commissioning and start-up experience
• 3+ years of field experience in LNG operations
• 1+ years of APCI experience
  
  
  
  

Job Site Work Environment

• Must be able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions
• Operates in a complex construction environment
• Exposure to indoor and outdoor weather conditions
• Not necessarily protected from weather and temperature changes. Possible exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy weather conditions
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts and electrical circuits
• Exposure to constant or intermittent sounds of a pitch level sufficient to cause marked distraction
• Routinely uses standard office and field communications equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers w/scanner and fax, and radios
  
  
  
  

Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Ability to drive to other Company work locations as required
• Ability to move throughout all areas of the facility, including being physically capable of traveling to a designed muster point during emergency situations
• Stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift
• The incumbent is required to have fully mechanical motion and usage of all extremities
• Physically able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle, and lift items weighing up to 20 lbs. without assistance
• Visual acuity corrected to perform job functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Must be able to clearly communicate with others via radio, phone, and verbal methods
• May be required to enter confined spaces
• May be required to work at elevated heights and access elevated structures without assistance
  
  
  
  

Other Duties
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.

• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire
  
  
  
  

NEXTDECADE VALUES

• Safety – We make safety a priority. Everything we do relies on the safety of our people and the communities around us
• Integrity – We do the right thing, and are open, ethical, and fair. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in all that we do
• Honesty – We value truth and honesty in ourselves and others. We honor our commitments and take responsibility for our actions
• Respect – We listen, and respect people, the environment, and the communities in which we live and work
• Transparency – Transparency builds trust. We promote open communication with our people, our customers, and all our stakeholders
• Diversity – We value diversity of people and thought. It takes people with different strengths, ideas, and cultural backgrounds to make our company succeed
  
  
  
  

NextDecadeprovides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NextDecadecomplies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.