Surface Well Test Maintenance Technician
At SLB, we recognize that our innovation, creativity, and success stem from our differences. We actively recruit people with a diverse range of backgrounds and cultivate a culture of inclusion that unlocks the benefits of our diversity. We want to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging here and we encourage, enable, and empower our people to foster inclusivity, build trust, and demonstrate respect for everyone across the organization.
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We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, positive, hard-working individual to join our Surface Well Testing Team in Houma, Louisiana. The Mechanical Technician oversees on-time delivery of equipment as per operational demand, improving the equipment reliability of the business’s assets, improving efficiency and asset utilization, and reducing cost of service delivery at the location. An outstanding opportunity to join a winning team that values employees, provides access to world class training and an excellent benefits program for successful candidates. Come and be part of one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive groups of industry experts. Together, we create amazing technology that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Ensure all assigned equipment is continually maintained at the highest standards, resulting in proper functionality and minimum failures.
- Responsible for improving asset availability by reducing the asset turnaround time through reduction of asset waiting for maintenance.
- Perform dismantle, inspection, assembly, and testing of SLB assets.
- Comply to SLB Technology Lifecycle Maintenance (TLM) standards.
- Responsible to support Continuous Improvement culture, initiatives & execute remedial work plan within his/ her location.
- Responsible for implementing reliability practices.
- Implement Cost of Service Delivery projects, such as the planned repair and reuse of parts.
- Utilize maintenance business systems to reach full cost, time, and equipment traceability for maintenance performance (movements, work orders, parts used and time to maintain).
- When relevant participating in failure investigations
- Follow fixed-step training program and ensure his/her training is on schedule and accurately recorded.
Qualifications and Experience
- Must have the minimum of a high school certification.
- 10 years’ experience in Surface Well Testing Equipment repair.
- Previous Surface Well Testing field experience preferred.
- Strong mechanical knowledge in valve repair and pressure testing equipment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in the United States without sponsorship.
Summary
Maintain and repair surface well testing equipment, improve asset reliability, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Job title
Surface Well Test Maintenance Technician
Experience level
10+ years
Industry
oil and gas
Location requirements
Houma, US; on-site work only
Salary
Not specified
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Houma, LA, USA