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ContourGlobal

Control Room Operator

ContourGlobal

Control Room Operator monitoring and operating power plant systems at ContourGlobal for safe and reliable operations. Reporting to the Operations Manager and collaborating with on-site personnel.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeHobbs • New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Join our Operations team as Control Room Operator and report to the Operations Manager.
  • Monitor and operate power plant systems to support safe, reliable, and efficient facility operations.
  • Respond to alarms and abnormal conditions.
  • Support plant startup and shutdown activities as required.
  • Collaborate with on-site personnel to maintain operational continuity.
  • Assist with general plant operations and maintenance activities as assigned by the Plant Manager and Operations Manager.
  • Lead a shift consisting of 2 other operators in the safe and efficient operations of a 2x1 combined cycle power plant.
  • Conduct shift meetings and ensure completion of all shift duties.
  • Ensure problems are swiftly resolved and/or written into the plant CMMS.
  • Review all rounds completed by other operators.
  • Conduct plant startups and shutdowns as well as responding to any abnormal plant conditions.
  • Maintain compliance with ContourGlobal’s safe work practices outlined in the organizations Health & Safety Management System.
  • Support fellow work partners to help ensure job tasks are adequately reviewed prior to initiating work and when changes occur in the work environment or tasks requirements.
  • Communicate any unsafe work condition or hazard to your Health & Safety Manager or Operational manager immediately.
  • Report any Health & Safety incident, realized or potential to your Health & Safety Manager or Operational manager immediately.
  • Participate in Health & Safety activities as requested, i.e., incident investigations, inspections, effectiveness reviews, and best practice sharing.
  • Ensure the daily log, efficiency reports, and other various reports are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Conduct periodic log and record reviews, to ensure that tag-out procedures, equipment status, and designated administrative systems are functioning effectively.
  • Actively support the Maintenance team in the execution of maintenance plans by providing lock-out/tag-out support, equipment identification, troubleshooting, work request preparation, electrical and mechanical maintenance, or other areas as needed.
  • Fully support and actively participate in CG Safety and Regulatory Compliance Programs.
  • Complete other tasks, as requested by the Operations Manager.
  • Effectively use the organizational framework to capture, implement, and reward improvement initiatives.
  • Encourage team members to identify and initiate improvements and innovations that will enhance safety and reliability, work productivity, cost reduction, and quality of client service.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Ability to understand procedures and instructions specific to the area of assignment, as would be acquired in four (4) years of high school, is required.
  • An Associate Degree, in a technical field, is desirable.
  • Experience as a Control Room Operator or equivalent position, in an operating or generating Plant, is required.
  • Experience in water chemistry control, water condition analysis, water treatment facility operations, and chemical-handling requirements is desired.
  • Theoretical and practical knowledge of combustion/steam turbine operations, closed-system generation, industrial safety, hazardous waste management, and inspection/recording of Plant parameters, is highly desirable.
  • Experience using SAP or other CMMS is desired.
  • Demonstrated experience in the direct operation of a combined-cycle-large-frame gas turbine Power Plant preferred.
  • Experience with piping and instrument schematics, and process controls, desirable.
  • Extensive working knowledge of Power Plant industry desirable.
  • Must have excellent verbal and writing communication skills.
  • Physical requirements include standing on feet for extended periods, requiring stair and ladder climbing and routinely lifting fifty (50) pounds.
  • This position requires working twelve (12)-hour rotating shifts, with the possibility of overtime, weekend, and holiday work; as required by schedules, workloads, and Plant conditions.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Flexible working policy
  • Employee Ownership Program

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Hard Skills & Tools
Power Plant OperationsCombustion/Steam Turbine KnowledgePiping and Instrument SchematicsProcess ControlsChemical-Handling Requirements
Soft Skills
Verbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationTeam Leadership