Field Technician (Opelousas, LA)

About the Gulf Coast CO2 Pipeline area

The proposed CO₂ pipeline corridor from Calcasieu Parish to Plaquemine (Iberville Parish) is part of Louisiana's expanding carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) infrastructure network. The purpose of the pipeline is to transport captured carbon dioxide from industrial facilities and collection points to permanent underground storage reservoirs located primarily in the Baton Rouge and River Parishes industrial corridor.

The route would traverse portions of the Florida Parishes region before entering the Capital Region, connecting rural and industrial areas through a high-pressure CO₂ transportation system. Calcasieu Parish provides strategic routing opportunities due to its available land and proximity to regional transportation corridors, while the Plaquemine area serves as a major destination because of its extensive petrochemical, refining, and carbon storage development activity.

The Plaquemine and greater Baton Rouge industrial corridor has emerged as one of Louisiana's primary carbon management hubs. Multiple sequestration projects are being developed to receive and permanently store millions of metric tons of CO₂ annually within deep geological formations through EPA-regulated Class VI injection wells. These projects are designed to support decarbonization efforts by refineries, chemical plants, ammonia facilities, hydrogen production sites, and other industrial emitters throughout the state.

Key benefits of the project include support for industrial sustainability goals, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, preservation of manufacturing competitiveness, and creation of long-term infrastructure investment opportunities throughout South Louisiana. The pipeline would provide a critical transportation link between emission sources and secure underground storage facilities.

Major considerations affecting project development include land acquisition, right-of-way access, environmental permitting, public engagement, emergency response planning, and pipeline safety requirements. Community stakeholders across several Louisiana parishes have expressed interest in ensuring that routing, construction, and operational activities are conducted safely and transparently.

Overall Assessment: The Calcasieu Parish-to-Plaquemine Parish CO₂ pipeline corridor represents a significant component of Louisiana's rapidly expanding carbon capture and storage industry, linking potential collection areas in southeastern Louisiana with permanent storage and industrial utilization hubs in the Baton Rouge and Plaquemine region.

What role you will play in our team

Geographic area of responsibility includes Calcasieu Parish to Plaquemine Parish to Lake Charles Parish Louisiana. This position typically works an 8-hour shift. Monday-Friday. Expected to work overtime, holidays, and weekends as necessary. Expected to respond to emergency callouts 24/7. Position requires travel.

What you will do

• Perform job duties to highest safety standards implementing the Company safety program(s), including reporting all incidents and discrepancies
• One-Call response and pipeline damage prevention management
• Patrol Reports response and documentation including aerial patrol and ground patrol
• Perform Right-of-Way maintenance and oversee crews performing Right-of-Way maintenance
• Assist in the construction, maintenance, operations, and repairs of pipelines and associated facilities and equipment including contractor oversight
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely (e.g. foreign line crossings)
• Set up equipment and pipeline for inspection, testing, and measurement
• Read and understand pipeline alignment drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams
• Execution of processes to fill or remove product (oil, refined products, chemicals, water) from pipelines
• Exemplify ownership and accountability for all work
• Lead Safety Meetings
• Perform batch changing, meter proving and calibrations
• Perform various mathematical calculations associated with over/short reconciliation
• Recognize unusual operating conditions and initiate required emergency response procedures
• Responsible for the accurate measurement and sampling of CO₂.
• Provide support across the Gulf Coast CO2 operations team on an as needed basis.

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to maintain a consistent safe work ethic
• Ability to plan daily work activities in accordance with established Company and Regulatory procedures
• Ability to communicate (read, write, and speak) effectively
• Have good organizational skills (documentation, work area, etc.)
• Ability to operate hand tools or other pipeline equipment to accomplish assigned tasks
• Able to use Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Knowledge of emergency response procedures and DOT motor carrier regulations
• Must be willing and able to attend/complete required training courses
• Must be willing and able to work in small team environments
• Must be willing and able to work in various locations, both indoors and outdoors, in a variety of weather conditions and temperatures
• Must have safe driving skills
• Must possess a valid driver's license
• Must be willing to respond to callouts as required by the position

Preferred Qualifications Experience

• 3 to 5 years of industry experience or degree equivalent.
• Good communication skills — able to communicate both verbally and in writing with others, including other Techs, Company Engineers, Contractors, Consultants, Landowners, and Right-of -Way Agents.
• Strong Computer Skills — able to operate laptop computer, create/manipulate documents in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PCS (Pipeline Compliance Systems). Branch: CPDM- Cathodic Protection Data Management.
• Effective time Management.
• Strong audit and controls orientation
• Strong electrical knowledge including AC, DC, and electrochemical theory
• Experience reading and interpreting maps, drawings, procedures, survey data, and final reports.
• Must demonstrate a commitment to understanding and complying with all Federal, State, Local, and Company regulations, policies, guidelines, and procedures

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law and local collective bargaining agreements.

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Pre-Employment Testing Guidance

This Operations and Mechanical (O&M) position requires pre-employment testing. After applying you will receive a pop up giving you access to the assessment. You may take the assessment at that time or utilize the instructions below to access the assessment at a time convenient for you.  Note that the assessment must be completed by the deadline in order for you to be considered for the O&M position for which you have applied.

IMPORTANT

The O&M test has been revised.  Effective December 1, 2021 ALL candidates must complete the revised assessment.  Even if you have tested within the last 365 days (passed or failed), if you tested before December 1, 2021, you must complete the revised assessment to be considered for this O&M opportunity.  Failure to complete the assessment by the deadline will result in your disqualification from consideration for this position.  The assessment is the same for all O&M requisitions.  If you have completed the assessment after December 1, 2021, your assessment results will be mapped to this requisition when you try to access the test. Test passed candidates will be screened by the hiring team and a subset invited for interview.  Note that a satisfactory result on the assessment does not guarantee an interview.   

PLEASE COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT BY:  Monday, September 7, 2026. @ 11:59 P.M. CST               

Instructions to Access the Assessment After Applying (If you missed the pop up)

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• Click on View Profile (top right hand corner) and login.  
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• Scroll down to the Jobs Applied section and click. 
• Complete the assessment for the job where indicated.
• Online Assessment Study Guide can be found here:  http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/-/media/Global/Files/careers/2024-Wage-Test-Study-Guide

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