Repair and Maintenance Technician / Artificial Lift

Join our team as a Repair & Maintenance Technician, where you'll play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our field tools and equipment. This position involves inspection, testing, qualification, repair, and maintenance of electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment, data acquisition systems, and downhole tools. Working under Company guidelines and technical procedures, you'll contribute to operational excellence while advancing your career in the oil and gas industry. Senior-level positions will lead and mentor R&M team members in executing these essential functions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Safety & Compliance: Maintain the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring all activities comply with the Company's Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, and Rules to Live By. Place Quality, Health & Safety, Security, and Environmental protection as core values in all operations.

• Quality Assurance: Actively comply with and improve the Company's Quality policies and Management System. Maintain service quality as an immediate priority and continuously seek areas for improvement.

• Equipment Maintenance & Repair: Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, retrofits, and upgrades on a wide range of equipment. Repair machines and structures using tools such as hammers, hoists, cranes, drills, wrenches, and precision measuring instruments. Assemble, install, and repair wiring, electrical/electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, and machinery.

• Testing & Calibration: Conduct testing and calibration tasks of tools following documented policies and procedures aligned with your training and competence level. Inspect used parts to determine dimensional requirements using precision measuring instruments.

• Troubleshooting: Perform basic to complex troubleshooting on electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic equipment, including data acquisition systems and downhole tools. Identify root causes of failures and implement corrective actions following Company policies.

• Documentation: Complete Work Orders, AIRTs, PFTs, Forms, Checklists, and Repair Requests accurately. Maintain all relevant databases and comply with the Work Order labour time tracking system. Identify opportunities for improvement in equipment, procedures, and documentation.

• Leadership (Senior Roles): Lead and oversee R&M team activities, distribute work assignments, evaluate quality and efficiency of work, and ensure compliance with standard operating procedures. Conduct root cause analysis on failures and implement corrective actions. Order parts and supplies according to Company guidelines and estimate repair costs.

• Communication: Report equipment failures and troubleshooting requirements to R&M Management. Maintain effective communications with all key stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Continuous Improvement: Support and comply with LEAN initiatives and participate in the continuous efficiency improvement program of the facility. Participate in daily operations and safety meetings, toolbox talks, and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA).

• Development: Take responsibility for developing your career within the Company by completing all necessary function, compliance, and business standards training. Engage regularly with your line manager to discuss performance, objectives, and career opportunities.

Skills and Education

• High School Diploma

• 0-2 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry

• Basic computer skills and mathematics

• Experience working with hazardous materials, radioactive elements, and explosives

• Awareness of NDT (Non-Destructive Testing), NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation), and ATEX policies and principles

• Ability to perform maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and monitoring of equipment

• Critical thinking, active learning and listening, and complex problem-solving abilities

• Strong reading and writing skills with sound judgment and decision-making capabilities

• Time management and quality control analysis skills

• Ability to diagnose issues and problems with tools/equipment (senior roles)

• Information and task ordering abilities with problem identification and solution skills

• Ability to react effectively and efficiently when operating tools and machinery

• Spatial visualization skills to imagine how tools and products will look during assembly, repair, or modifications

• Capability to meet the physical demands of the role

• Travel Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to 10%.

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Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford. 

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Weatherford is producing energy for today and tomorrow- with global opportunities as unlimited as your sense of adventure. Join us to make an impact on our customers, the industry, and the world.

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