FirstBank Jobs

Overview

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, word-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.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Responsibilities

Weatherford is hiring a Repair & Maintenance Specialist for our Broussard facility. The Repair & Maintenance Specialist will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression.

Roles & Responsibilities

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

• Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By

• Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk

• Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations

• Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises

  QUALITY

• Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System

• Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

  OPERATIONS

• Participates in all daily operations & safety meetings, toolbox, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and reports any issues promptly using the appropriate tools

• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, callipers, micrometres, or other measuring instruments.

• Assists, performs, and may lead basic to complex troubleshooting, scheduled preventive maintenance and modifications on a wide range of electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic equipment, including data acquisition systems to determine the cause of failure, performs corrective actions following documented Company policies & procedures against their level of training & competence

• Assists, performs, and may lead testing and calibration tasks of tools following documented policies & procedures against their level of training & competence

• Identifies opportunities for improvement in regard to equipment, procedures, and documentation

• Check Work Orders, AIRTs, PFTs, Forms, Checklists, Repair Requests and ensures all relevant databases are maintained accurately

• Communicates any problems, discrepancies, or other noteworthy incidents to the Operations Supervisor and/or Operations Manager without delay.

• In senior positions, the employee will often lead the team in undertaking all the assignments detailed above. This includes troubleshooting equipment issues, implementing corrective actions, and providing access to all relative R&M documented policies, procedures, work instructions, and technical manuals allowing the R&M team to complete their work effectively and efficiently

• Senior roles will ensure all field and workshop personnel follow the corrective and preventative maintenance procedures, ensuring all failures are followed up to closure with a proper root cause analysis and with the implementation of predetermined corrective action(s)

• Senior roles will lead the workshop and/or the electronic lab, defining and distributing the work assignment schedules while evaluating the quality, proficiency, and efficiency of the works being carried out through performing regular inspections to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures

• Orders parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or approved suppliers according to Weatherford’s guidelines and procedures

• Supports and complies with the LEAN initiatives and participates in the continuous efficiency improvement program of the facility.

• Performs other duties and activities safely as assigned by supervisor within physical constraints of the job

  COMMUNICATION

• Where required, will report all equipment failures and troubleshooting requirements to the R&M Management

• Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external

• Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports

  FINANCIAL

• All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses

• Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

  PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

• Shows social orientation, working and being personally connected with others on the job

• Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience

• Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential

• Supervisors are expected to actively engaging their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities

• Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce

  VISION & LEADERSHIP

• Demonstrates leadership, ethical behavior and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times

Qualifications

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

• 0-2 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry in a Service Quality/Excellence position.

• High School Diploma

• Basic Computer Skills

  Preferred

• Basic Mathematics

• Awareness of NDT, NDE and ATEX policies & principles

• More senior roles require the ability to diagnose issues and problems with tools/equipment

• Perform maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, monitoring of equipment

• Critical thinking, active learning & listening, complex problem solving

• Good reading and writing skills, strong judgement and decision-making to be in line with policies & procedures

• Time management

• Quality Control Analysis to ensure product meets required standards

• Capable to meet the physical demands that the role requires

• Information & task ordering & ability to identify when a problem may occur and where possible to understand solution

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

• Ability to imagine how tools and products will look when preparing for assembly, repair or modifications

Job Locations US-LA-BROUSSARD

ID 2024-268957

Category REPAIR MAINTENANCE

Position Type Regular Full-Time