T H HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
Drilling Standards & Enforcers • Drilling Engineers • Drilling Training
Position Description
Title:
Quality Assurance Technician
Primary Function:
Field representative working with Project Managers and Engineers to provide a
broad spectrum of quality services that are uniquely tailored to meet the specific
needs of our clients
Department:
Technical Services
Direct Report:
Technical Services Managers
Key Responsibilities Include:
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Work in a 24/7 on-call schedule to support customer tool monitoring requirements
Quality Assurance & Control: DS-1®, customer, industry, or vendor specification monitoring and
enforcement on handling, completions, down hole and specialty tools
-Inspections
-Assembly
-Testing
-Handling/Running
Mill Surveillance of drill pipe and casing manufacturing
Quality Audits: Quality Management System (QMS) reviews and technical process audits of
Rental/Specialty Tool Providers, Inspection Facilities, Machine Shops, and Rig-sites to evaluate
conformance to applicable international, industry, internal and customer specific standards
Rig Site support: Monitor equipment make-up, running and handling practices, evaluate drilling
equipment inventory and storage practices, provide instruction and guidance as necessary
Communicate with Project Managers during assignments of job progress and issues
Deliverable for all assignments is report and associated field documents containing discrepancies,
actions and relevant technical details of the job
Once qualified as a TH Hill revenue technician, provide on-the-job training, instruction, and
mentorship to new employees
Other activities as required for the success of the Technical Services Department and Company
Qualifications
Experience, Skills, and Education Requirements:
 Read, interpret, and describe technical schematics and drawings
 Measure dimensions using various calipers, micrometers, and scales, reading to within 1/64 th of
an inch
 Read, interpret, and enforce job associated inspection, assembly/disassembly, or testing
procedures
13100 Wortham Center Dr., Suite 300 • Houston, Texas 77065 • Tel (281) 671-5709 • Fax (888) 267-3397
www.thhill.com
T H HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
Drilling Standards & Enforcers • Drilling Engineers • Drilling Training
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Ability to efficiently produce technical reports in MS Office Suite Software (Word, Excel),
including scanning and uploading supporting documents and incorporating photos into report
Communicate via email with coworkers, vendors, and customers as necessary
Basic keyboarding, electronic file organization, and data basing
Effective and grammatically appropriate written and verbal communication skills
Perform basic mathematic computations and conversion
Social and emotional intelligence, able to interact, manage and mitigate conflict with personnel
at all levels of industry
Preferred Qualifications
 NDT experience
 Oil & Gas experience
 Experience with assembly, repair, or qualification of D&C tools
 Experience with DS-1® Vol 1, 3, 4; API 5DP, 5CT, 6A; ASTM; ISO 9001
Physical Requirements
 Ability to sit, walk, climb stairs, or stand for up to 14 hours with limited breaks
 Ability to hear: audible shop alarms, safety instructions issued verbally by shop safety
coordinators or equipment operators, phone calls from project managers, dispatch and other
internal and external company employees
 Ability to see visual defects as small as 1/64” in tools being inspected
 Ability to carry a tool bag, computer bag and other personal effects to/from worksite (50lb)
 Ability to travel via automobile or airplane
Terms
This is an on-call hourly position often requiring non-standard and irregular working hours, up to 16
hours/day. Technicians will receive either the 1st and 3rd or 2nd and 4th weekends off each month. For
months with a 5th weekend, all technicians are on-call. Technicians are required to have reliable
transportation with the ability to travel 250 miles from home base. Multi-day, overnight travel may be
required. Technicians must provide their own laptop and MS Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook).
13100 Wortham Center Dr., Suite 300 • Houston, Texas 77065 • Tel (281) 671-5709 • Fax (888) 267-3397
www.thhill.com
T H HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
Drilling Standards & Enforcers • Drilling Engineers • Drilling Training
Quality Assurance Technicians
The primary service offered by T H Hill Associates is the third-party monitoring or
witnessing of the inspection, assembly and testing of down hole drilling equipment, casing and
handling tools in the oil and gas industry. This service is performed by our Quality Assurance
Technicians in various oil and gas producing locations around the globe. Quality Assurance
Technicians work on a 24/7 on-call basis and are dispatched from their homes to various tool
shops, pipe yards and other locations in accordance with the needs of our customers. The reason
for our existence is simple- we add value to our customer’s operations by mitigating the risk of
costly down hole tool failures. This is accomplished by making sure that their equipment is
inspected, assembled and tested according to DS-1®, proprietary, and customer standards prior
to being released for use in drilling and completion operations. Our services are so valuable
within the industry that we were recently acquired by Bureau Veritas to serve as their Quality
Assurance element within the down hole drilling side of the oil and gas industry.
When an oil and gas Operator makes the decision to drill an oil well, they spend millions
of dollars on purchasing or renting equipment to do so. More often than not, this equipment is
used under unknown conditions and ordered through a vendor company who readies the
equipment for continued use. In order to make sure that equipment is suitable for additional use,
a variety of inspection methods must be performed, including various non-destructive testing
techniques. The DS-1®, written and maintained by T H Hill Associates, is a global standard by
which this type of equipment is to be inspected.
To promote and maintain compliance with DS-1 standards, our technicians are dispatched
on behalf of the customer to be their eyes and ears in the field. If our technicians notice
something wrong or a procedure being performed improperly, it is their job to intervene and
ensure that the process returns to the steps and requirements outlined in the appropriate
procedures and customer requirements. This must be done with tact and professionalism to
maintain the dignity of all those involved in the process of preparing the equipment. When
performed correctly, these processes reduce the likelihood of faulty equipment being sent to a rig
thus reducing the likelihood of a down hole tool failure. By working with everyone, including a
team of Project Managers, Engineers, and other support staff, our Technicians are able to
perform their job with confidence while continuing to add value to our customer’s operations.
13100 Wortham Center Drive, Suite 300 • Houston, Texas 77065 • Tel (281) 671-5700 •
www.thhill.com
T H HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.
Drilling Standards & Enforcers • Drilling Engineers • Drilling Training
Upon completion of each job, our Quality Assurance Technicians produce a detailed
technical report outlining all aspects of the job from start to finish which contains all information
relevant and important to the customer. When complete, this report is provided to the customer
for their records in the event of a failure investigation or other event requiring documentation
and traceability. As such, it is important that our Technicians be proficient in not only verbal
communication, but written as well.
Hiring Locations;
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Houston, TX
West Texas (Midland/Odessa)
Oklahoma City
Lafayette, LA
Houma, LA
Morgantown, WV
Useful Links
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T H Hill Associates Website: www.thhill.com
Bureau Veritas and T H Hill: Link
Information on Non-Destructive Testing: http://www.ndt-ed.org/index_flash.htm
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary: http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/
Christine Nash-Atkinson
Technical Recruiter
T H Hill Associates, Inc.
13100 Wortham Center Drive
Houston, TX 77065
Office: (281) 671-5728
Fax: (281) 671-5349
Cell: (713) 962-2982
christine.nash@thhill.com
13100 Wortham Center Drive, Suite 300 • Houston, Texas 77065 • Tel (281) 671-5700 •
www.thhill.com