Echometer Technician - Wichita Falls, TX

Job Duties

• Perform well tests to determine oil and water production rates
• Use Echometer equipment to determine static and producing fluid levels in individual wells
• Use Echometer equipment to analyze surface and downhole sucker rod pumping equipment to determine loads, efficiency, etc.
• Participation in some training schools during normal working hours is sometimes required
• Determine and report fluid levels in shut-in wells on an annual basis for H-15 reporting purposes
• Work is very physically demanding and requires the ability to complete tasks, on time, without much direct supervision
• Requires some math and computer skills as well as the ability to maintain and use a database on a laptop computer
• The ability to learn and understand how rotating machinery works is essential along with trouble shooting and problem solving
• Work is almost 100% out of doors during all seasons of the year. Very hot in summer and very cold in winter but always very greasy and dirty
• Requires Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) furnished by employer except for steel toed shoes furnished by employee
• Roustabout type work is often required, such as using a pipe wrench to make plumbing changes at wellheads, moving and/or hauling heavy equipment
• Some knowledge and understanding of electrical equipment is a plus
• Working knowledge of pumping units and downhole equipment is a plus
• Work is primarily within 50 miles of Wichita Falls but may require overnight trips out of town, occasionally
• Breaks and lunch on location
• Works on a team of 2 to 4 men
• Requires driving a Company owned vehicle and maintaining same to Company standards
• Responsible for Relief Pumping

Physical Demands

Work is very physically demanding and requires the ability to complete tasks, on time, without much direct supervision. Work is almost 100% out of doors during all seasons of the year. Very hot in summer and very cold in winter but always very greasy and dirty. Requires Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) furnished by employer except for steel toed shoes furnished by employee. Roustabout type work is often required, such as using a pipe wrench to make plumbing changes at wellheads, moving and/or hauling heavy equipment.

Work Environment

Work is primarily within 50 miles of Wichita Falls but may require overnight trips out of town, occasionally. Breaks and lunch on location. Works on a team of 2 to 4 men. Requires driving a Company owned vehicle and maintaining same to Company standards.