POSITION OVERVIEW
Operator 3 or 4 serves as a senior level operator with recognized technical expertise in plant and system operations. This position performs the most complex operating activities, results non routine or escalated issues, leads operational response during abnormal conditions, and provides direction to other operators. The operator 3 or 4 ensures high levels of reliability, compliance, and plant performance while contributing to technical decisions and system optimization.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Perform advanced, complex operating tasks requiring expert technical judgment.
Independently diagnose abnormal plant conditions and determine appropriate corrective actions.
Execute major operating activities such as system transitions, complex startups/shutdowns, and high-risk operational adjustments.
Validate compliance with operating procedures, environmental requirements, and plant safety standards.
Check the work of others, validate logs and records, and review operating results for accuracy.
Lead operational troubleshooting efforts and guide decisions when plant performance issues arise.
Provide mentoring, oversight, and technical coaching to operator one and two and three personnel.
Contribute to procedure development, operational improvements, and system performance optimization.
Represent operations in coordination with maintenance, engineering, vendors, and leadership.
KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge:
Advanced knowledge of complex plant systems including steam production, cooling systems, condensers, turbines, boilers, chemical processes, and auxiliary equipment.
Deep understanding of control systems (DCS), alarms, automated sequences, and plant behavior under varied operating conditions.
Ability to solve highly complex operational problems that require interpretation of data, chemistry logs, and system interactions.
Expertise in environmental compliance, safety programs, and regulatory guidelines.
Strong analytical skills to assess plant performance and recommend improvements.
Technical leadership capability, including mentoring and guiding operational decision making.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education, Training and Certifications:
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Technical coursework, vocational training, or associate degree in a related field (process technology, industrial operations, instrumentation, or similar) preferred.
Combination of equivalent training and extensive technical experience acceptable.
Experience:
Operator 3: Minimum of Five (5) years of operating experience in power generation, industrial processing, or a closely related environment.
Operator 4: Minimum of eight (8) years of operating experience in power generation, industrial processing, or a closely related environment.
DIRECT REPORTS
None
FREEDOM TO ACT
Ability to multi-task and function in a highly dynamic atmosphere; must exercise discretion independently.
WORK CONDITIONS
ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS
Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employee''s performance due to physical, mental or emotional disability.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.
Around the globe, countries, communities and companies want many of the same things: to be productive, healthy and safe. At Cheniere, we provide clean, secure and affordable energy to the world — energy that can reduce carbon emissions, help lead to cleaner air, and light homes and power factories — all manufactured and transported by modern energy infrastructure run by a world-class workforce.
The energy we make is liquified natural gas, or LNG. We began operations in 2016, and we’re already the largest producer of LNG in the United States and the second largest LNG operator in the world. Our LNG has reached dozens of markets on five continents, and the demand for our fuel is expected to grow as countries around the world seek cleaner ways to power their economies.
While you’ll find our headquarters in Houston, Texas, and our LNG facilities in Southwest Louisiana and South Texas, we are a global company with offices in London, Singapore, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo.
Cheniere’s energy infrastructure represents a more than $38 billion investment in the future of energy and is a demonstration of the company’s ability to execute. Cheniere established industry records for bringing new liquefaction units online ahead of schedule and is the fastest company to produce and export 1,000 cargoes of LNG.
Cheniere is operating, constructing and developing two LNG facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. These massive LNG facilities reliably and safely process billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day into LNG and load the liquid energy onto insulated ships that keep the product cold for their journeys around the world.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility, which is located in Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana, began export operations in 2016 and currently has six fully operational liquefaction units, or “trains.” With all six trains complete, the aggregate nominal production capacity of Sabine Pass is approximately 30 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG.
Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG facility in South Texas is the first greenfield LNG export facility in the U.S. lower 48 and began operations in 2018. All three Trains are operating, and the aggregate nominal production capacity of the Corpus Christi facility is approximately 15 mtpa of LNG.
What we do is provide LNG to customers, but how we do it makes us different. Cheniere is a full-service LNG provider.
We purchase natural gas from the robust, transparent and liquid North American gas market, process the natural gas into LNG, and offer our customers the option to load the LNG onto their vessels at our terminals, or we will deliver the LNG to regasification facilities around the world.
Approximately 85% of Cheniere’s expected aggregate LNG production capacity, either completed or under construction, is contracted through long-term take-or-pay style agreements with creditworthy counterparties. The remaining volumes of LNG we can produce are available for our integrated marketing unit to sell into the market. That gives Cheniere the unique combination of stability and opportunity — long-term, contracted, stable cash flows, plus marketing opportunities driven by shorter-term natural gas supply and demand fundamentals in markets worldwide.
Natural gas is transported to Cheniere’s LNG facilities on third-party pipelines on which we own firm transportation capacity, as well as on pipelines Cheniere has constructed, owns and operates.