How to Apply to Enterprise Products Partners

13 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 95 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is the largest U.S. midstream MLP — pipelines, processing, NGL fractionation, storage, and Gulf Coast marine export — headquartered in Houston with ~7,500 employees and ~$58B in 2024 revenue.
  • The company is a Dan Duncan creation (founded 1968) with the Duncan family retaining a major ownership stake; Co-CEOs Jim Teague and Randy Fowler lead a long-tenured, operationally focused executive team.
  • Apply through Oracle Taleo at jobs.enterpriseproducts.com; build your profile carefully, mirror job posting language, and use a single-column ATS-friendly resume.
  • Mont Belvieu, Texas is the operational heart of Enterprise's NGL business and the world's largest NGL hub — fractionation, storage, and export experience there is a meaningful resume differentiator.
  • The hiring process runs 4-6 weeks for professional roles: recruiter screen, HireVue, hiring manager, panel round, background and drug screen, offer.
  • Compensation is competitive for Houston midstream — mid-level engineers $115-160K, seniors $160-220K, plus a still-extant pension (rare in modern energy), strong 401(k) match, and full benefits.
  • Culture is Texas oil-and-gas / midstream: conservative, technical, safety-obsessed, long-tenure, and unimpressed by self-promotion; interviewers reward operational depth and credit-sharing.
  • Enterprise's 25+ consecutive years of distribution increases is a real cultural anchor — financial discipline, fee-based revenue, and asset reliability matter more than growth-at-all-costs.

About Enterprise Products Partners

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) is the largest midstream energy master limited partnership (MLP) in the United States and one of the most consequential pieces of infrastructure in the North American shale economy. Headquartered in downtown Houston, Texas at 1100 Louisiana Street — a distinctive blue-glass tower in the Houston skyline — Enterprise owns and operates roughly 50,000 miles of pipelines moving natural gas liquids (NGLs), natural gas, crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals; more than 260 million barrels of storage capacity; 22 NGL fractionators; 19 deepwater marine export terminals along the U.S. Gulf Coast; and a network of natural gas processing plants spanning the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Bakken, Marcellus/Utica, and Rocky Mountain producing regions. The company was founded in 1968 by the legendary Texas oilman Dan Duncan, who pioneered the modern MLP structure for midstream assets and built Enterprise from a propane-marketing operation into a diversified midstream giant before his death in 2010. The Duncan family retains a substantial ownership stake through Enterprise Products Company, the privately held general partner — giving Enterprise a family-controlled feel that is unusual for a public company of its scale and contributes to its long-horizon, conservative operating philosophy. Enterprise employs approximately 7,500 people, the vast majority based in Texas. The company generated roughly $58 billion in revenue in 2024, though revenue swings significantly year to year because it is driven by NGL prices, throughput volumes, and marketing spreads. The underlying earnings profile is far more stable: most cash flow is fee-based, tied to long-term contracts for transportation, processing, fractionation, storage, and marine loading services. That fee-based stability is the foundation of Enterprise's most distinguishing financial characteristic — 25+ consecutive years of distribution increases to unitholders, an exceptionally rare track record among MLPs and a point of significant cultural pride internally. Leadership is long-tenured and deeply operational. Jim Teague has served as Co-CEO since 2018 after more than 25 years at the company; Randy Fowler, previously CFO, became Co-CEO alongside Teague in 2024. Bill Ordemann is President; Brent Secrest is Chief Commercial Officer. The leadership team is widely respected in the midstream industry for technical depth and disciplined capital allocation rather than promotional posture. Enterprise is the dominant player in the U.S. NGL value chain, gathering ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, and natural gasoline at the wellhead, transporting it via pipeline to Mont Belvieu, Texas — the largest NGL hub in the world and Enterprise's operational heart east of Houston — fractionating it into purity products, and exporting it through Houston Ship Channel and Beaumont marine terminals to global petrochemical and heating markets. Enterprise is also a major operator of ethylene and petrochemical infrastructure. Recent organic growth includes the Bahia NGL pipeline serving Permian-to-Gulf flows, additional Permian gas processing capacity, and ethane export terminal expansions, alongside acquisitions such as Pinon Midstream (~$950M, 2024) for Permian sour-gas treating.

Application Process

  1. 1
    Apply through the Oracle Taleo career portal at jobs

    Apply through the Oracle Taleo career portal at jobs.enterpriseproducts.com — create a Taleo profile, upload a resume, and answer the structured Taleo application questions; Taleo profiles persist across applications, so build it carefully the first time.

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    Expect an initial recruiter screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) covering your

    Expect an initial recruiter screen by phone (typically 30 minutes) covering your resume, midstream experience, location preference between Houston HQ, Mont Belvieu, Beaumont, Midland, or field offices, and compensation expectations.

  3. 3
    For many roles, you will be asked to complete a HireVue one-way video interview

    For many roles, you will be asked to complete a HireVue one-way video interview with 3-6 behavioral questions; record in a quiet, well-lit space and answer using the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

  4. 4
    Hiring manager interview follows

    Hiring manager interview follows — usually a technical or commercial deep-dive depending on the discipline; for engineering roles expect calculations, P&ID interpretation, and questions on relevant codes (ASME B31.4/B31.8, API 650, OSHA PSM).

  5. 5
    Panel round of 3-5 interviewers across the team

    Panel round of 3-5 interviewers across the team — peers, senior engineers or analysts, an HSE representative for safety-critical roles, and a skip-level manager; panels are scheduled as a single half-day onsite in Houston whenever possible.

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    Commercial and trading roles include a case study or market-mechanics discussion

    Commercial and trading roles include a case study or market-mechanics discussion (NGL fundamentals, pipeline tariff structures, basis spreads, scheduling and nominations workflows under the TSP model).

  7. 7
    Operations field roles (plant operators, pipeline controllers, terminal operator

    Operations field roles (plant operators, pipeline controllers, terminal operators) include a skills assessment and may include a plant or control room tour to evaluate fit with shift work and safety culture.

  8. 8
    Background check, motor vehicle record check (for any role with field driving),

    Background check, motor vehicle record check (for any role with field driving), and DOT-compliant pre-employment drug screen for safety-sensitive positions; these are non-negotiable for pipeline and plant roles under PHMSA regulation.

  9. 9
    Offer typically arrives within one to two weeks of the final round; total cycle

    Offer typically arrives within one to two weeks of the final round; total cycle time is generally 4-6 weeks from application to offer for professional roles, faster for hourly operations positions.

  10. 10
    After acceptance, expect a structured onboarding that includes operator qualific

    After acceptance, expect a structured onboarding that includes operator qualification (OQ) training for field roles, control-room certification for pipeline controllers, and HSE orientation regardless of role.

Resume Tips for Enterprise Products Partners

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Lead with explicit midstream experience — pipelines, gas processing, NGL fractio

Lead with explicit midstream experience — pipelines, gas processing, NGL fractionation, storage, terminals, and marine loading. Enterprise screens heavily on midstream-specific keywords, and upstream-only or downstream-only experience is read very differently.

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Name the assets and locations you have worked with

Name the assets and locations you have worked with. Mont Belvieu fractionation experience is a distinct advantage; Permian gas processing plants, Eagle Ford gathering, and Gulf Coast marine terminals are all recognized terms that get a resume read more carefully.

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Cite the specific codes and regulations you have worked under: ASME B31

Cite the specific codes and regulations you have worked under: ASME B31.4 (liquid pipelines), ASME B31.8 (gas pipelines), API 650 (storage tanks), 49 CFR 192 (gas pipeline safety), 49 CFR 195 (hazardous liquid pipeline safety), OSHA 1910.119 PSM, and EPA RMP. These are filtered for in Taleo screens.

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For control room and SCADA roles, name your systems explicitly — OASyS, ABB, Eme

For control room and SCADA roles, name your systems explicitly — OASyS, ABB, Emerson, Schneider, GE — and call out leak detection methodologies (CPM, RTTM, mass balance, external) and console ergonomics standards (API 1165, ASM Consortium).

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For commercial and scheduling roles, use the operator vocabulary: TSP (transport

For commercial and scheduling roles, use the operator vocabulary: TSP (transportation services provider), nominations, scheduling, capacity release, basis differentials, frac spreads, ethane rejection economics, and Mont Belvieu OPIS pricing.

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Quantify capital projects with budget, schedule, and barrels or MMcf/d throughpu

Quantify capital projects with budget, schedule, and barrels or MMcf/d throughput delivered — Enterprise is an asset-builder and project execution metrics carry weight.

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Highlight any HSE leadership: TRIR, DART, near-miss programs, PSM element owners

Highlight any HSE leadership: TRIR, DART, near-miss programs, PSM element ownership, MOC participation. Enterprise's safety culture is non-negotiable and resumes that omit HSE language read as a gap.

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Match the Taleo job description language verbatim where it accurately describes

Match the Taleo job description language verbatim where it accurately describes your work — Taleo keyword matching is unforgiving and synonyms are not always recognized.

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Keep formatting plain and ATS-friendly: standard headings, no tables, no graphic

Keep formatting plain and ATS-friendly: standard headings, no tables, no graphics, no two-column layouts. Taleo parses single-column text reliably and breaks on creative formatting.

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Include Texas energy school affiliations prominently if applicable — Texas A&M,

Include Texas energy school affiliations prominently if applicable — Texas A&M, UT Austin, Texas Tech, University of Houston, LSU, Lamar, and the Colorado School of Mines all feed Enterprise's engineering pipeline.

ATS System: Oracle Taleo

Enterprise Products Partners uses Oracle Taleo Cloud as its applicant tracking system, hosted at jobs.enterpriseproducts.com. Taleo is one of the older enterprise ATS platforms still widely deployed in the energy industry. It enforces a structured profile-based application model: candidates create a single Taleo account, fill in standardized work history, education, and skills fields, and reuse that profile across applications. The keyword matching is literal rather than semantic, so resume language must mirror the job posting closely. Taleo also requires manual completion of equal employment opportunity questions and acknowledgment of background and drug screen consent for safety-sensitive roles.

  • Build your Taleo profile carefully on the first application — recruiters often see your profile fields, not your uploaded resume PDF, when initially screening.
  • Mirror the exact phrasing from the job posting in your resume and Taleo skills section; Taleo does not infer that 'NGL fractionation' and 'Y-grade splitting' refer to the same thing.
  • Use the Taleo skills picker fields fully — leaving them blank or under-populated weakens your match score even when your uploaded resume is strong.
  • Upload a clean PDF or .docx resume with a single-column layout; Taleo parses two-column layouts and graphical resumes badly and can drop entire sections.
  • Complete every optional question — voluntary EEO data, willingness to relocate, willingness to work shifts, security clearance status — empty fields can stall an application in workflow.
  • Keep your Taleo profile current and reapply selectively rather than spamming postings; recruiters can see your full application history within Taleo.
  • Set job alerts within Taleo for your target disciplines — Enterprise posts new requisitions throughout the year as projects ramp, and early applications get more attention before the pipeline fills.

Interview Culture

Enterprise's interview culture reflects its Texas midstream operating heritage: technical, conservative, operationally grounded, and unimpressed by promotional language.

Interviewers are typically long-tenured Enterprise employees — many with 15-25 years at the company — and they evaluate candidates against the standard of someone they would want managing their assets, scheduling their pipelines, or sitting beside them in a control room overnight. The tone is courteous, direct, and Texan; candidates who come across as polished consultants or aggressive self-promoters tend to fare worse than candidates who answer technically and credit their teams. For engineering roles, expect to walk through P&IDs, defend design choices on relief sizing or pipeline hydraulics, discuss specific code compliance scenarios (B31.8 versus B31.4 boundary conditions, PSM-covered versus non-covered facilities, MAOP verification), and explain how you would respond to abnormal operating conditions. Commercial interviews probe market mechanics — Mont Belvieu frac spreads, ethane rejection economics, basis differentials, capacity release, and nominations cycle timing under the TSP model. Operations interviews emphasize safety mindset, shift-work readiness, alarm-management discipline, and your willingness to escalate when something looks wrong. Behavioral questions consistently probe safety leadership, reliability under pressure, and collaboration across the engineering / operations / commercial seams. Bring specific examples with numbers — incidents avoided, projects delivered on schedule, throughput restored after upset conditions. The cultural fit signal Enterprise is screening for is what insiders call a 'long-game' mindset: people who plan to stay, learn the assets deeply, and value reliability and safety over short-term flash.

What Enterprise Products Partners Looks For

  • Demonstrated midstream domain knowledge — pipelines, processing, fractionation, storage, marine — rather than generic oil-and-gas experience.
  • Safety-first mindset with concrete examples of HSE leadership, PSM element ownership, near-miss reporting, or operator qualification work.
  • Long-tenure orientation — Enterprise hires with the expectation that strong performers stay 15+ years, and resume-hopping is read as a yellow flag.
  • Texas / Gulf Coast geographic willingness — Houston HQ, Mont Belvieu, Beaumont, Midland, and field locations are non-negotiable for most roles.
  • Technical depth in relevant codes and standards (ASME, API, PHMSA 49 CFR 192/195, OSHA PSM) for engineering and operations candidates.
  • Commercial fluency in midstream market mechanics for trading, scheduling, and business development roles — frac spreads, basis, tariffs, capacity release.
  • Project-execution credibility for capital project roles — track record of on-budget, on-schedule delivery with named pipelines, plants, or terminals.
  • Conservative, operationally pragmatic communication style; Enterprise interviewers are skeptical of buzzword-heavy or consultant-style answers.
  • Genuine interest in the asset base — candidates who can name Enterprise pipelines and explain why Mont Belvieu matters interview better than those who treat it as a generic energy employer.
  • Cultural alignment with Texas midstream norms: respect for operators and field crews, willingness to wear FRC and steel-toes for site visits, comfort with shift work where applicable.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Enterprise Products Partners typically pay engineers and analysts in Houston?
Mid-level engineers in Houston (5-10 years experience) generally see base salaries of $115,000-$160,000 plus an annual bonus targeted around 10-20% of base. Senior engineers and engineering managers are typically $160,000-$220,000+ base with higher bonus targets. Commercial analysts and schedulers at the mid-level run $100,000-$140,000 base. Traders and senior marketers have variable comp packages — base $120,000-$180,000 plus performance bonuses that can range from $50,000 to $300,000 or more depending on desk performance. Operations field roles (plant operators, pipeline controllers, terminal operators) are typically $30-$50/hr with overtime, shift differentials, and strong benefits — total comp for experienced operators routinely lands in the $90,000-$140,000 range.
What is the difference between working at the Houston HQ versus Mont Belvieu versus a field office?
The Houston HQ at 1100 Louisiana houses corporate functions, commercial and trading desks, engineering, business development, finance, legal, IT, and most professional staff — it is the most career-mobile location and the natural base for most non-operations careers. Mont Belvieu, about 35 miles east of Houston, is the operational heart: 22 NGL fractionators, massive storage caverns, and round-the-clock plant operations. Mont Belvieu careers are deeply technical and asset-anchored; many engineers and operators spend their entire careers there and develop unmatched fractionation expertise. Beaumont and Texas City are marine terminal hubs. Midland is the Permian Basin field operations and business development office. Field offices in the Eagle Ford, Bakken, Marcellus/Utica, and Rockies are smaller and centered on gathering, processing, and pipeline operations in those basins.
Does Enterprise Products Partners have an internship program?
Yes. Enterprise runs a structured summer internship program primarily targeted at engineering (chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, petroleum), commercial, finance, IT, and HSE disciplines. The program draws heavily from Texas A&M, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech, the University of Houston, LSU, Lamar University, the Colorado School of Mines, and other regional engineering and energy-focused schools. Internships are a major source of full-time entry-level hires; conversion rates are high for interns who perform well, and Enterprise tends to extend offers earlier in the recruiting cycle than peers. Apply through the Taleo portal in the early fall for the following summer.
Does Enterprise sponsor work visas?
Visa sponsorship is limited and role-dependent. As a Texas-headquartered midstream company in a heavily regulated, security-sensitive industry, Enterprise sponsors selectively for roles requiring scarce technical skills — typically advanced engineering disciplines (controls, process safety, specialized rotating equipment) and certain corporate functions. Many operations, control room, marine terminal, and field roles cannot be sponsored due to TWIC, DOT, or other clearance requirements. Candidates who require sponsorship should be candid early in the recruiter conversation; do not assume sponsorship is available.
How does Enterprise Products Partners compare to MPLX, Energy Transfer, and Plains All American?
Enterprise is generally regarded as the blue-chip operator among the large U.S. midstream MLPs — most diversified asset base, longest distribution growth track record, most conservative balance sheet, and a reputation for operational discipline. Energy Transfer (ET) is larger by some measures and more aggressive in M&A and growth capex, with a more politicized public profile. MPLX is anchored to Marathon Petroleum's refining footprint and has a strong gathering and processing portfolio. Plains All American is more concentrated in crude oil pipelines and gathering, particularly in the Permian. From a career standpoint, Enterprise tends to attract candidates who prioritize stability, technical depth, and long-tenure careers; the others have their own strengths but a different cultural and risk profile.
What does it mean to be paid by an MLP — how do K-1s work for employees?
Enterprise Products Partners is structured as a master limited partnership, but employees are paid as W-2 employees of an operating subsidiary, not as partners — so your salary, bonus, and standard payroll taxes work exactly like at any C-corporation employer. The K-1 distinction matters for unitholders (investors), not for employee compensation. If you participate in equity-based compensation programs or are granted units, those instruments do generate K-1 tax forms, which add complexity to personal tax filing — most employees with significant unit awards work with a CPA familiar with MLP K-1 reporting. Recruiters and HR can walk through specifics of any equity component during the offer stage.
What is the career path for a control room operator (pipeline controller) at Enterprise?
Control room operators run the SCADA consoles that monitor and operate Enterprise's 50,000+ miles of pipelines around the clock. New hires typically come in as Controller Trainees, complete an extensive certification program (regulator-required under 49 CFR 192/195 control room management rules and API 1165 console standards), and progress through Controller, Senior Controller, and Lead Controller roles. From there, common paths include Console Lead, Control Room Supervisor, Operations Training Specialist, and Operations Management. Many controllers stay on console for an entire career because the pay is strong, the work is technically engaging, and the safety and ergonomic standards are rigorous. Shift work is mandatory; nights, weekends, and holidays are the norm.
What is the difference between the engineering track and the commercial track?
Engineering at Enterprise spans process, mechanical, electrical, controls, civil, and project engineering across pipelines, processing plants, fractionators, storage, and marine terminals — careers progress through staff engineer, senior engineer, lead, principal, and engineering management, with specialization options in capital projects, asset reliability, or process safety. Commercial covers pipeline marketing, scheduling, NGL marketing, natural gas trading, refined products marketing, and business development — these roles sit on or near the trading floor in Houston, demand strong fundamentals in midstream economics, and offer variable compensation tied to desk and partnership performance. The two tracks intersect on capital projects and customer commercial deals; cross-functional rotation is encouraged for high-potential talent but not required.
Who owns Enterprise Products Partners — is it really controlled by the Duncan family?
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is publicly traded on the NYSE, but it is structured as a limited partnership controlled by its general partner, Enterprise Products Company. The Duncan family — heirs of founder Dan Duncan, who passed away in 2010 — retains a substantial ownership stake in the general partner and through it significant influence over the partnership. This is a matter of public SEC disclosure. The practical effect is that Enterprise operates with a long-horizon, conservative, family-business sensibility on top of public-company governance and reporting. For employees, this typically means stable strategy, disciplined capital allocation, and a culture that values continuity.
Why is the 25+ year distribution growth track record such a big deal at Enterprise?
Within the MLP industry, consistent quarterly distribution increases are extraordinarily rare — many MLPs cut distributions during the 2014-2016 oil downturn or the 2020 pandemic, and several have eliminated them entirely. Enterprise has raised its distribution every year for more than 25 consecutive years, a track record that reflects the durability of its fee-based cash flows and the discipline of its capital allocation. Internally, this is a real cultural anchor — financial decisions, project sanctioning, and capital structure choices are evaluated in part against the implications for distribution coverage. For employees and unitholder retirees, it underwrites confidence in the long-term financial health of the business.
What kinds of roles does Enterprise hire for in the Permian Basin?
Enterprise has a significant and growing Permian footprint — natural gas gathering, cryogenic processing plants, NGL takeaway pipelines (including Bahia and other Permian-to-Gulf systems), and recently added sour-gas treating capacity through the Pinon Midstream acquisition. Roles in the Permian center on field operations, plant operations and engineering at the processing plants, gathering and pipeline operations, business development, and right-of-way / land negotiation. The Midland office anchors business development and commercial activity; field offices across the basin host operations and maintenance teams. Permian roles often include rotational schedules and per diem arrangements depending on residency and specific assignments.
What should I expect for benefits at Enterprise Products Partners?
Enterprise still offers a defined-benefit pension plan in addition to a 401(k) with company match — a combination that has become rare at major U.S. employers and is one of the more distinctive financial benefits in the energy industry. Health, dental, and vision coverage is comprehensive; HSA-eligible options are available. Time-off is competitive for the energy sector, with accruals scaling by tenure. Field and plant roles include applicable shift differentials, overtime, and per diem where relevant. Tuition reimbursement and professional certification support are available for many career-development tracks. Specifics vary by role, location, and tenure, and recruiters review the full package at the offer stage.

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  4. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. — SEC Form 10-K (Annual Report) —
  5. Enterprise Products Announces Acquisition of Piñon Midstream —
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