Summary:
Develops skill to read and interpret blueprints. Prepares, assembles, and repairs various types of oilfield products. Under minimal supervision, performs welding applications within one or more work teams. Performs visual and in-process inspections in accordance with API and ISO quality specifications. Helps facilitate the team in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and solving welding problems that enhance through-put within the work team. Responsible for supporting the team and team's objectives. Required to pass periodic welding tests and qualifications in compliance with qualification procedures.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Assemble multiple components into completed skidded packages.
Selects fabrication equipment and plans layout, assembly, and welding procedures.
Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.
May assemble parts by bolting.
Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts. In some cases, fabrication equipment may be uses to perform the function above such as plate rolling machines, plate cutting machines, cutting torch or other welding fabrication equipment.
Assembling piping on skidded vessels, threaded/non-threaded.
Measuring, pipe wrenching threaded pipe.
Set-up/run RT & UT Quality Vessel Weld Processes – 3 (GMAW, FCAW, GTAW).
Set-up/run RT Quality Pipe Weld – All Positions (6G).
Set-up/run UT Quality Nozzle Welds – All positions (6G).
Set-up/run Carbon Arc Gouging.
Able to make any UT or RT Weld Repair.
Clean and stamp all welds.
Set-up/run all structural non-code welds.
Know how to run all welding equipment.
Ability to read drawings, WPS’s/PQR’s.
Knowledge of PT, MT, UT, RT methods.
Ability to make correct decisions.
Speed of accomplishing tasks.
Ability to work safely.
Average Percent of weld repairs - <0.5%.
Skills/Knowledge
Must have a strong understanding of how to interpret and use blueprints, welding specifications and welding procedures.
Must be able to use and read welding measuring devices to include and not limited to squares, levels, and tape measures.
Able to operate air tools.
Knowledge of welding processes.
Must have a strong understanding of how to interpret and use blueprints, welding specifications, and welding procedures.
Must be able to use and read welding measuring devices to include but not limited to squares, levels, and tape measures.
Education
High School Diploma or equivalent diploma.
Successful completion of welding tests and qualifications.
Experience
6+ months of welding experience preferred.
Houston, TX
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes products to the oil and natural gas industry in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Drilling & Downhole, Completions, and Production. The Drilling & Downhole segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products and provide related services to the drilling, downhole, and subsea markets, and other markets, such as alternative energy, defense, and communications. This segment offers drilling technologies consisting of capital equipment and a line of products consumed in the drilling; downhole technologies, such as cementing and casing tools, and protection products for artificial lift equipment and cables; and subsea technologies, including robotic vehicles and other capital equipment, specialty components and tools, complementary subsea technical services and rental items, and products used in pipeline infrastructure.
The Completions segment provides products and related services to the coiled tubing, stimulation, and intervention markets. This segment offers stimulation and intervention technologies, including hydraulic fracturing pumps, pump consumables, cooling systems, flow iron, wireline cable, and pressure control equipment as well as related recertification and refurbishment services; and coiled tubing products consisting of coiled tubing strings and line pipes.
The Production segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products, and provides related equipment and services to the production and infrastructure markets. This segment supplies production equipment, including well site production and process equipment; and a range of industrial and process valves. The company was formerly known as Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. in August 2010. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.