Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Area Operations Manager - Franklinton, LA (Finance)
Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We own an interest in or operate approximately 79,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. Our terminals store and handle various commodities including gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, chemicals, metals, petroleum coke and ethanol and other renewable fuels and feedstocks.
Kinder Morgan is committed to being a good corporate citizen and conducting ourselves in an ethical and responsible manner. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on integrity management and maintenance programs to operate our assets safely and to protect the public, our employees, contractors and the environment. Operationally, we continue to perform better than our industry peers relative to environmental, health and safety measures.
The Operations Manager has overall responsibility for the daily operations of the natural gas pipeline facilities in the Franklinton/TOCA Operating Area, including all operational activities, performance management of staff, safety, quality control, budgeting, compliance and regulatory matters. In addition, Manager has to interact with emergency responders and pipeline transmission interconnect customers. Direct reports include four Operations Supervisors and two Administrative Specialists. The total number of personnel in the Area is currently 52. The Area includes the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, which has three compressor stations with a combined total of 69,273 horsepower, and the Southern Natural Gas system, which has four compressor stations totaling 60,850 horsepower. These facilities are located in Louisiana and cover approximately 947 miles of pipeline, along with numerous measurement facilities for local distribution companies (LDCs) and pipeline interconnects.
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