Iron Technician I

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About SPM Oil & Gas

SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.

The Iron Technician I provides assembly and testing of various mechanical components.

What you will do:

• At SPM Oil & Gas, our primary objective is to provide our customers with excellent engineering solutions through our products and superior customer service

• Effectively demonstrate the core values of SPM Oil & Gas at all times

• Follow all written policies and procedures safely without deviation or refer to upper management for guidance

• Exhibit and always advocate exemplary safety culture

• Demonstrate consistency, accountability, reliability, and solid work ethic

• Always exhibit a high degree of integrity

• Performs all duties of an Iron Technician Trainee

• Assists Iron Technicians during the disassemble phase

• Clean, strip and inspect all required flow control components

• Prepare flow control products for Gauging, Ultra Sonic, and MPI inspections

• Ability to demonstrate the disassemble of flow control products per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

• Ability to identify SPM and Customer product

• Ability to assemble flow control product

• Nondestructive Testing Trainee (NDT Trainee)

• Manifold tear down/rebuild trainee

• Demonstrates computer skills for the SPM AMP System

• Requires knowledge of SPM products and customer standards

• Inventory Incoming Iron

• Provides proper care and maintenance of all shop tools, equipment, and work area

• Monitors daily work activities to ensure requirements are met

• Performs other routine duties as assigned

What you will have:

• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Demands: 

• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear

• Required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

• Must be able to wear protective footwear and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by the department

Work Environment:  

• Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles

• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions

• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibration

• Noise Level: Moderate

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.     

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.  As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .   

About Caterpillar  

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we have been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.   

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