Completion Fluids Specialist

About the Company

TETRA Technologies, Inc. is a global energy services and solutions company founded in 1981, focused on developing environmentally conscious services and solutions. With operations on six continents, TETRA’s portfolio includes Energy Services, Industrial Chemicals, and Critical Minerals. The company serves the oil and gas industry, provides calcium chloride for diverse applications, and is expanding into the low-carbon energy market to meet the demand for sustainable energy.

About the Role

The Completion Fluids Specialist is responsible for the comprehensive management of Clear Brine Fluid systems at well sites, ensuring the protection of the customer's fluid assets while delivering high-quality professional service. This role involves adhering to safety and environmental regulations, overseeing personnel, maintaining equipment, and managing job documentation effectively.

Responsibilities

• Comply with TETRA and customer safety policies and procedures.
• Lead and participate in well site safety meetings.
• Develop job safety and environment analysis documents for fluid handling and related tasks.
• Complete Safety Observation Cards and recommend safety improvements.
• Exercise Stop Work Authority to ensure crew safety.
• Report fluid-related environmental events, injuries, or near misses immediately.
• Ensure all fluid handling operations comply with corporate, customer, and statutory environmental regulations.
• Update the NPDES section of the Daily Fluid Management Report (FMR) daily.
• Conduct static sheen tests and collect environmental compliance samples as required.
• Lead TETRA personnel at the well site and report performance issues to the Fluid Services Manager.
• Clearly communicate material, equipment, and personnel needs to the customer and Fluid Services Manager.
• Provide a complete and accurate Fluid Management Report to the customer daily.
• Monitor the condition of TETRA equipment and report findings to the Fluid Services Manager.
• Adhere to TETRA’s vehicle and computer use policies.
• Submit accurate and timely daily reports, Material Return Receipts (MRR), and Well to Well Transfers (WTWT) paperwork.
• Preserve the value of TETRA equipment and materials; follow company purchasing policies.
• Review TETRA and customer procedures and completion plans.
• Recommend product applications, fluid handling procedures, displacement techniques, and lost circulation control methods.
• Prepare a complete and accurate FMR each day.
• Monitor fluid properties and make recommendations for restoring and preserving customer-specified properties.
• Manage filtration operations to meet TETRA and customer QA/QC standards.
• Plan activities and material re-order to prevent non-productive rig time.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of all materials on location.
• Manage the installation and treatment of packer fluids as per specifications.
• Prepare MRR and WTWT for all materials and send to the Fluid Services Manager and relevant plant personnel.
• Secure signed delivery tickets for completion fluid services and related costs.
• Monitor and record progress through displacement and other completion procedures, including times, volumes, circulation rates, and lost volumes.
• Turn in all documents, delivery tickets, and reports at the end of the job or when relieved.
• Submit weekly time sheets before 10 PM on Sundays unless otherwise specified.
• Perform other tasks as specified by supervisors or management.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent in Petroleum Technology from a two-year college or technical school; or five years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-5+ years of relevant experience; deep water and mud engineering experience is a plus.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Available 24/7 as required; this role does not follow a fixed schedule.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and effectively present information to managers, clients, and customers.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Ability to solve practical problems with limited equipment capabilities.
• Ability to interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Duties

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, see, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use their hands to handle and control equipment. The employee is occasionally required to reach, climb, and balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25-50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance.

Work Environment

The work environment involves exposure to various outside weather conditions, including rain, humidity, snow, and heat during daytime and nighttime hours. The noise level is usually moderate to loud for extended periods.