Technician Related Job Descriptions (Energy Industry)
(Informational)
Purpose of this document:
1. Informational - pertaining to the various technician related job types, titles, responsibilities, and the education & experience requirements.
2. Awareness - of the options and opportunities available in the energy industry specifically the oil & gas sector in technician related career fields
The information is based on details compiled from:
1. job descriptions provided by various companies
2. discussions with various company representatives
3. company job/career/human resources websites
Student/Job Seeker: (Please note)
1. This information is subject to change
2. Companies may have in addition to what is noted in this document other requirements
3. Job titles vary from company to company (and even within departments within the same company)
4. Companies typically also provide their own training pertaining to their processes, procedures, and operations.
5. Receipt of a certificate or degree does not guarantee employment but provides an opportunity to apply for positions relevant to one’s experience,
education, qualification, and desired career goals.
6. Individuals may have to start with an entry level position (or temporary employment) to gain the on-the-job experience and trust of the employer.
From here, one can potentially work his/her way within the company to his/her desired employment status and career aspiration.
Employer: (Please help us to)
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document.
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Technicians
(Primarily in an office setting)
Company
AERA
Job Title
Engineering
Associate
PAB 3/14/13:
Responsibilities
- Data Integrity and Entry: financial & technical use by engineering,
technicians and specialists
- Create & maintain various databases, tracking tools, spreadsheets
and reports
- Provide administrative support to supervisor and engineering staff
- Monitor and maintain compliance requirements
- Work with engineers and supervisor – assist in crew scheduling
- Facilitate twice weekly well abandonment meetings
- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly needed reports
Taft College Energy Technology Program
Education / Experience
1-3 years field work experience
HS Grad; College Preferred
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AERA
Engineering
Technician
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Support engineering teams in meeting business plans
Provide technical support for production optimization
Idle and problem well recommendations
Oversee rig and support crew activities when required
Strong data analysis and problem solving
Computer proficiency
Strong understanding of team practices
Ability to identify and act on opportunities
Baker Hughes
Geotechnician
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Prepare final log delivery to client
Archive jobs and update records
Assist field engineer when needed
Assist in data gathering, QC, merge, prepare, load, transmit, archive
petrophysical data
Diploma / Bachelor’s Degree (preferable in IT)
2 year experience as a mud logger
Chevron
Technical
Assistant –
Engineering
- Create, maintain and query databases on multiple platforms for use
in monitoring all aspects of base production and reservoir analysis
- Review and analyze data and provide recommendations; assist in
development of expense projects such as workovers and remedial
well work
- Manage a variety of processes such as regulatory, WBS, well queues
1 yr experience
HS diploma
Prefer BS in business, math C/S or sciences
3 year plus experience
Chevron
Technical
Assistant
- Wellview support – data is consistent, extract data for benchmarking,
generate records and reports
- Update varies spreadsheets and other databases; assist in
presentations
- Assist engineering in producing well records, end of well reports,
benchmarking data
2 year experience
Completion of higher in math, sciences, or advance higher;
Technical aptitude
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Engineering
Technician
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Associate Degree & 2 years experience
3 – 5 years of applicable industry experience
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Provide data, information & support to field operations and
management
Data input, maintain, QC, extract, manipulate and analyze KPI’s
Recognize variations, deviations & opportunities from the data
Basic understanding of data flow through plant and accounting
systems
Create & utilize spreadsheets and databases screening and analyzing
data, generating plots, building scorecards and presentations from a
variety of sources
Ability to read Well workover, drilling and production reports
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Maintain reservoir/surveillance databases
Technical support to geology, reservoir and production engineering
Maintain all well files/diagrams
Manages reservoir/surveillance tool chest
Manipulation and reformatting of large datasets for use in technical
Bachelors in C/S
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Engineering
Technician
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applications
- Provide data management and reporting skills
OXY
GIS Technician
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Prepare accurate maps, drawings, charts, exhibits, plats and
artwork; integrating mapping, drafting and graphic techniques &
procedures with operation and GIS data
Bachelors Degree in Geography or related work experience
PXP
Reservoir
Engineering
Technician
- Assist in building PEEP cases, well groups, schedulers, consolidation
and batch files
- Maintain multiple databases (Reserves & abandonment)
- Build spreadsheets for data analysis and graphing
- Advances spreadsheet skills a plus (pivot tables & external data)
- Data entry, integrity and analysis
- Develop OFM bases surveillance tools
High School or GED; Prefer 2 year of college
PXP
Senior GIS
Technician
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Provide mapping, drafting & graphics support for Land Development
Dept;
- Compile and maintain lease maps utilizing multiple data sources
including shape filed, geo databases, aerial and satellite imagery
- Consult internal and external staff concerning computer mapping and
database systems to ensure processes and procedures are followed
Associates in GIS technology is preferred
Bachelors Degree in Geography is acceptable
5 years experience working with ArcGIC, AutoCAD and other
s/w
PXP
Senior Land Tech
- Assist Landman with agreement exhibits and attachments
- Prepare correspondence and other related contract documents
- Locate and research leases, contracts, regulatory orders as directed
by landman
- Complete forms for gov’t approvals; file and follow up
- Research, gather, aggregate, analyze land base and agency based
info and data
- Prepare presentations, graphs, maps…..
HS / GED required
College Preferred
5 years experience in oil/gas and land
PXP
Petrophysical
Technician
- Prepare, load, manage, QC, data/database
- Log core, core data, surveys and other well data
3 year field experience
HS diploma
Field Technicians
Company
Nabors
Job Title
Field Technician
PAB 3/14/13:
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems in PACE rig operations
- Troubleshoot and repair SCR and VFD systems/Gensets and controls
Taft College Energy Technology Program
Education / Experience
5 year experience
Rig electrical experience is preferred
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- Advanced troubleshoot and minor program changes to Allen Bradley
PLC’s
Journeyman Electrician
OXY
Field Applications
Technician
- Subject matter expert for field operations: company, state,
government regulations.
- Gather, analyze data related to operating procedures and processes
- Process improvement recommendations and best practices to
leadership
- C/I – standard metric reporting
HS
2 year experience
Weatherford
Field Technician
- Assemble, Disassemble, service and repair oil pumping equipment
Mechanical aptitude to do (see above)
Instrumentation Technicians
Company
Job Title
Responsibilities
Education / Experience
ESI
Instrumentation
Technician
- Limited set-up, calibration & troubleshooting of process loops. Assist
with commissioning of control systems.
- Read field procedures;
1-3 Years experience in relevant field
Ideal: experience in PLC or DCS control systems
KSI
Instrument
Technician
- Install and calibrate field measurement devices and associated
calibration/testing equipment.
- Basic troubleshooting, tube bending, and installation; read blueprint,
PID’s and direction
5 year of work experience
Nabors
Instrument
Technician
- Install, service drilling rig instrumentation and communication
equipment
- Troubleshoot, repair and support electrical and instrumentation
hardware in the field
- Train drilling crews on use of systems (Canrig)
- Support customers, help sell equipment
- Prepare data reports for customer
- Feedback to new product development team
College or technical degree/diploma or equivalent in electronic
or computer science
1-3 year working experience with electronics, wiring,
database, communication, LAN, modems
OXY
Instrument
Technician
- Maintenance, calibration, ID and diagnose failures of all
instrumentation including transmitters control valves, limit switches,
PLC’s, fire protection and safeguarding systems
- Originate repair orders, material requisitions, chair weekly tech
meetings
College Diploma
3 years experience
Familiar with PLC and DCS systems
Familiarity with process control, measurement and metering
system
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OXY
Instrument
Technician
- Provide maintenance to instrumented control systems and analyzers
in Petro/Chemical plants
- Troubleshoot, repair, overhaul, perform P/M on instrument
equipment such as control valves, transmitter, thermocouples,
analyzers, regulators, field buss, low volt DC; 120V DC devices,
pneumatic / hydraulic components
- Installation programming and calibration of instrumentation to
improve field systems functionality
- Set up and operate shop tools, specialized test, measuring equipment
used in equipment installation maintenance or installation
- Troubleshoot control systems using loop drawings, schematics ladder
logic and P&ID drawings
H/S
3 year experience
Prefer technical degree
OXY
I&E Technician
- Perform repairs on instruments and electrical systems
- Installation, programming, calibration and P/M for electrical
equipment to increase uptime and reduce operating costs
- Troubleshoots, fabricates, modifies, removes, repairs, overhauls or
replaces equipment on instrumentation and electrical systems
- Troubleshoot/Diagnose system failures – relay logic, ladder logic,
programming, P&I drawings, schematics;
- Maintain medium voltage electrical equipment
HS Diploma/GED
NCCER Certified in Electrical or Instrumentation
OXY
I & E Technician
- Coordinate and provide assistance to maintain pipeline facilities
repair, install and modify
- Assist in design and planning of new customer connections
- Manage field projects
- Perform installation of computerized control systems related to:
metering (volumetric & mass measurement) and control systems
(PLC, relay logic); electrical schematics, LAN, component repairs,
motor operated valves, medium voltage switch hear and power; tank
gauging; operations computer hardware
5 Years experience; SCADA experience preferred;
H/S or GED;
Vocational Training
PXP
Measurement, I&E
Technician
- Facility installation, commissioning, troubleshooting and correct
problems of new safety, measurement, communications equipment
for SCADA systems
- Conduct testing on all instrumentation, pressures, levels and control
systems
- Conduct regulatory compliance testing: BSEE, SBD, APCD safety
systems
- Conduct PM’s
- Calibrate and maintain safety devices: gas measurement, pressures,
levels, temps etc.
H/S
4 year experience of direct I&E and/or measurement
experience
Read and interpret P&ID;s pneumatic, electrical and
mechanical equipment drawings
PLC ladder logic, DCS and relay logic
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Other Technicians and Jobs of Interest
Company
AERA
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes
Nabors
OXY
Job Title
Information
Specialist
Electronics,
Electro Mechanical
& Electro
Submersible Pump
Technicians
Field Specialist
Assembly &
Overhaul or
Assembly &
Maintenance
Technician
RIgwatch, Top
Drive
Production Tech I
OXY
OXY
Production Tech II
Production Tech
III
OXY
Regulatory
Technician
OXY
Pipeline
Technician
OXY
Equipment
Technician
Plant Technician
OXY
PAB 3/14/13:
Responsibilities
Education / Experience
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IT type work; perform and optimize volumes solutions applications
(SAP ECC and enterprise systems)
- Maintain equipment, inventory, test, troubleshoot, assemble,
disassemble, install, service, field repair
BS Computer Science
Background in volumes and revenue accounting
Associates degree
HS
2 Years as a field specialist
- ?????
- Overhaul tools
- Maintain, test, assembly
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Technical Diploma
- Install, maintain, monitor instrumentation, perform configurations,
test, troubleshoot, wiring and test
- Responsible for oil and gas well operations, well testing, operating
and maintaining field equipment and facilities, surveillance of
generation field operations and maintenance of various databases
regarding production and operations
- Same
- Operation, surveillance & troubleshooting oilfield surface equipment.
Validate and input production data, perform PM’s, minor repairs….
Knowledge of pump off controllers……..Work with IFA’s, ATs & Well
Analysts
- Pulling and quality checking data to file required monthly regulator
reports; communicate with agencies; report discrepancies; maintain
and prepare annual registration
- ID pipeline locations
- Coordinate excavations, crossings, digs
- Schedule and run pigs, scrapers
- Computer operations – data entry
- Preventative maintenance, troubleshoot, repair oilfield surface
equipment
- Oversee, maintain, report natural gas processing plant
- Oversee and guide instrument techs, roustabouts, mechanics,
electricians, designers, engineering techs
HS or technical school
2-5 years experience
High School
Taft College Energy Technology Program
Three + Years experience
3-5 years of experience
Strong Computer Skills
HS Diploma
3 years plus experience
HS Diploma
Computer, communication skills
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- Read, troubleshoot, calibrate, and maintain liquid measurement
equipment…..
Schlumberger
Weatherford
Maintenance
Technician
Field Operator
Weatherford
Field Specialist
Weatherford
Wireline
Technologies
Field Service
Technician
R&M Technician
Weatherford
Weatherford
PAB 3/14/13:
2 Year Degree
- Assist in assembly, prepare, check, load, rig up operations
- Operate hoist, calculates adjustments, rig down
- Assist – job planning, preparation, paperwork, perform wireline tests,
tool maintenance, wireline operation specifics (winch, depth control,
depth….)
- Troubleshoot electronic and mechanical assembly,
test/repair/perform maintenance on downhole tool strings
- Install, remove, assemble, disassemble, test equipment, repair,
troubleshoot, and do field tickets….
- Repair and Maintain equipment under supervision of foreman
Taft College Energy Technology Program
HS + experience
HS + experience
HS + experience
HS + experience
HS + experience
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SKILLS
Excel, Word, Office, PowerPoint
SAP, Business Objects, LEGO,
OpenWells
Access & Excel
OFM or DSS Data
GIS Software: Arc GIS Suite: Map,
Catalogue, Toolbox; Landworks
Suite…..
PEEP, OFM
SQL is a plus
Canrig Equipment
WWTDB, RFT_FES, WellNotes
PA, Ingres
Allen Bradley, Omrom and
Yaskawa products
Fisher Rosemount Systems /
Provox/ H-S-D-E Control Systems /
Allen Bradley PLC
Project Management
PAB 3/14/13:
REQUIRED SKILLS
Interpersonal and Team
(participative approach)
Communication
MORE SOFT SKILLS
Work accurately
Prioritize, plan and Schedule
Analyze and solve problems
Passion to learn & improve
Fundamentals of waste
elimination
Work Independently; willing to
make decisions
Ability to prioritize and work on
multiple tasks simultaneously
Customer Focus
Work Ethics
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