Bit Welder (Nights)

About the role

National Oilwell Varco is a leading supplier of drilling products around the world. We are a Fortune 500 company with a global HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) program and a strong commitment to the safety of our employees. Our products are used by major Energy and Service companies to drill and complete oil & gas wells all across the globe. Our Conroe Facility produces downhole products for drilling activities in North America.

Our plant has high demand and is operating 24/7 to produce these products for our customers. To meet the demand for our products, we provide employees with an air-conditioned environment, highly organized and clean 300,000 SQ. ft. fabrication facility, new CNC Machines, and a strong safety program designed to ensure our team goes home safe to their families after every shift.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for using a variety of equipment and welding processes, including Arc, Hardfacing, Brazing and Tacking. Specific duties include:

• Weld and hardface components on weld positioner
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces to ensure conformance with specifications
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade
• Weld separately or in combination, using hardfacing powders, rods, and other alloys
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to specifications
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, and welding techniques
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required
• Chip or grind off excess hardfacing using hand grinders, or other equipment
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, or hand tools
• Preheat workpieces prior to welding using torches or heating furnaces
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to melt or build up metal
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or degreaser
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a High School diploma, with experience with hardfacing operations being a plus. Technical skills required include:

• Ability to follow engineering prints and specifications
• Knowledge of proper use and care of manufacturing equipment
• Ability to use computer as necessary to obtain specifications and prints

Skills

Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge, skills or abilities in the following areas:

• Production and Processing
• Quality Control Analysis
• Reading Comprehension
• Control Precision
• Manual Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Problem Sensitivity
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Reliability & Adaptability
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Integrity
• Initiative
• Stress Tolerance/Resilience

Benefits

We offer competitive wages, opportunities for professional and personal growth and learning, great health and wellness benefits, vacation, sick and holiday pay.