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Field Technician, Carlsbad Midstream

Phillips 66

Carlsbad, NMJob$70–114K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$70–114K/yr
Location
Carlsbad, NM
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License

Job overview

The Field Technician supports safe and reliable midstream operations through equipment inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and replacement. The role includes pipeline and gas compression operations, maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment, coordination with field crews and contractors, and maintaining regulatory records. The position requires five or more years of oil and gas operations experience and a high school diploma or GED.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Oil and Gas OperationsPipeline MaintenanceNatural Gas CompressionBlueprint ReadingInstrumentation RepairElectrical Equipment RepairMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordLifting 50 PoundsPulling 130 PoundsWorking Extended HoursWorking Near MachineryWorking in Inclement WeatherWorking in Loud EnvironmentsClimbing a-Frame Ladders

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED5+ Years Oil and Gas Operations ExperienceValid Driver's LicenseTech School Program CompletionLegally Authorized to Work

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

What To Expect:

The Field Technician is responsible for operational, mechanical, and instrument\electrical functions, such as inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and replacement of equipment to ensure safe and reliable operations. This work includes such activities as supervising/directing field crews, maintaining pipelines in compliance with contracts, regulations, and safety considerations, coordinating with on-site contractors, and ensuring cost effective and safe operations. Employee(s) in this position may have some environmental or safety activities associated with their responsibilities.

*This position requires the successful completion of an online assessment. If you meet the required qualifications of the position, a link to complete the assessment will be emailed to you immediately after your completed application is received. Please check your spam folder if you do not see the email. The assessment must be completed within 7 days of your application date OR prior to the job posting expiration date, whichever is earlier.

The job posting expiration date is listed at the bottom of this job posting. Your assessment results will be valid for one year.

What You'll Do:

  • Conducts routine inspection of equipment and facilities (equipment health, security, AVO- Audio, Visual, Olfactory), operation of liquid handling systems, and operation of dehydration systems.

  • Conducts pipeline pigging, hydrate management, etc.

  • Responsible for Startup, Shutdown, and operating gas compression equipment

  • Performing and providing technical support for installations, maintenance, and repairs of mechanical, electrical, and rotating equipment.

  • Performing planned maintenance checks and calibration and timely submits appropriate reports.

  • Reading and understanding P&ID's

  • Maintains pipeline ROW such as markers, signs, and vegetation, exposures.

  • Maintains records in accordance with Pipeline regulatory requirements.

  • Performs maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment such as block valves, control valves, air compressors, manual valve actuators, etc.

  • Performs maintenance and repair of and fixed equipment such as filters (all types), strainers, dehydration systems, etc.

  • Conducts routine inspection, such as transmitters, switches, fire eyes, hazardous gas detection, level detection, etc.

  • Operate PLC, HMI equipment, software, pipeline valves and actuators.

  • Maintain and repair motor control equipment.

What You’ll Bring – Required:

  • Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.

  • High School Diploma or GED

  • 5 or more years of oil and gas operations experience

  • Maintain a valid driver’s license.

  • Willing and able to with or without reasonable accommodations:

  • Lift a minimum of 50 pounds.

  • Occasionally exerts pulling force of 130 pounds.

  • Regularly stoops, squats, kneels, and crouches for durations up to 30 minutes.

  • Works extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

  • This position is a M-F schedule, with a on-call schedule

  • Works safely near large, hot, high-speed machines.

  • Work inside boosters conditions as well as in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat, and humidity.

  • Work in loud environment

  • Periodically pulls/pushes doors open to move around the gas plant.

  • Occasionally may climb A-frame ladders.

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred:

  • Completion of Tech school program

  • Work experience in Pipeline maintenance or operation and natural gas compression.

  • Reading manufacturer specifications or blueprints to assemble or disassemble complex systems.

  • Repairing and installing instrumentation and electrical equipment

  • Working Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $70,200 – $114,400.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Midstream

The Phillips 66 Midstream business is a safe, reliable, and trusted provider for the movement, storage, gathering, and processing of liquid or gas energy via pipelines or terminals. We are an industry leader in logistics and operate or manage more than 70,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil from oil fields to refineries and finished products from refineries to storage terminals. We operate 39 terminals that supply finished products to consumer gas stations, as well as crude oil and NGL storage terminals and NGL fractionation facilities. Our capabilities include extensive natural gas gathering and processing operations, enhancing our wellhead-to-market strategy. We also provide the connectivity between the various Phillips 66 business units.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

  • Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus

  • 8% 401k company match

  • Cash Balance Account pension

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP

  • Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards (http://hr.phillips66.com) .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered:

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 11/17/2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How this job compares

Set against the 2,009 open Field Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–114K/yr
  • US median$61–90K/yr151 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $92K, is 20% above the US median midpoint ($77K) — in the top quarter of Field Technician salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 35 open Field Technician jobs in New Mexico and 2,009 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Mexico
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Field Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (921 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 868 of the 2,009 open Field Technician jobs (43%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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