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MIDSIZE COMPANIES NO. 1
BUCKEYE PARTNERS L.P.

Continued from Page 18 the people to get the job done,” she said.
“I think everybody feels here that they
gotten a few promotions and taken on can run with something, as long as
additional responsibilities. That door is you’re working within the values —
open here for sure if you’re willing to integrity and safety.”
work, and they encourage it. That may DiBona, who has worked for other
be true for some other companies, but companies as an in-house lawyer, said
not to the extent that it is here.” the company’s benefits, which include
First hired as a temporary employee, health, retirement and vacation, are the
she worked as an administrator helping best she has experienced. But it was the
to manage Buckeye’s fleet of leased company values that impressed her most
trucks. She later moved on to become a when she was first hired.
buyer in the company’s supply chain “They certainly put safety first,
department. which I’m not sure you find in a lot of
Now, she manages a database that energy companies,” she said. “They’re
tracks the company’s record of preven- very concerned about people. I’m al-
tative maintenance to its pipeline and ways impressed by that.”
storage network, including all of its Safety has long been the company’s
pumps, tanks, motors and valves. top priority — a testament to the com- DOUGLAS KILPATRICK/SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL
Buckeye empowers “employees to pany’s commitment to promoting from Pipeline systems controllers Sigourney Portner of Quakertown and Mark Equi of Reading keep their
make decisions for themselves,” Czon- within, said Britt Klusman, a district eyes on conditions in the Northeast network pipeline corridor in the control room of Buckeye Part-
stka said. “They’re not micromanagers.” project manager who has worked at ners at the company’s regional headquarters in Breinigsville.
“You realize that your input is valu- Buckeye for 25 years.
able and they’re willing to listen. That She started out as a construction “The commitment to safety that
makes a big difference. Nobody wants inspector, then, as many Buckeye em- upper management has, it kind of BUCKEYE PARTNERS LP
to give input if they’re going to be shut ployees do, spent some time in the Con- spreads down to the employees,” she ■ Founded: 1886
down time after time.” trol Center, and has since moved up said. “We’re always being told if we’re
Cheryl DiBona, an attorney in the through various positions in the compa- out in the field and we see something ■ Ownership: Partnership
company’s legal department for the past ny’s civil engineering department. Klus- that doesn’t look quite right … anybody ■ Sector: Energy
two years, agreed. man is currently responsible for manag- has the authority to shut the job down.” ■ Employees: 321
“You have a lot of control over your ing maintenance and capital projects in ■ Website: www.buckeye.com
work and there’s a lot of trust placed on the company’s East region. Daryl Nerl is a freelance writer.

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