CNG Facilities Maintenance Tech 3 NEX

Patterson-UTI • Odessa, TX

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

This position involves daily travel between NexTier Pecos, TX hub, NexTier Midland Basin hub, Midland/Odessa NexTier yards, compressor sites and customer locations. Shifts vary depending on customer requirements and multiple shifts will be available depending on candidates. The role focuses on the safe and consistent maintenance of the company’s permanent and portable CNG equipment. Responsibilities include assisting in monitoring parts replacement needs through inspection, troubleshooting performance issues, contributing to inventory management, preparing maintenance reports, and maintaining work orders within the NexTier system. The technician will also participate in maintenance program development, maintain housekeeping standards, and perform all work safely, acting as a leader in the safety program. Key tasks include performing scheduled preventive maintenance and inspections, pre-job planning and equipment preparation, transporting trailers and equipment, rigging up and down equipment, visiting customer locations for maintenance and service calls, troubleshooting outages, performing post-job commissioning, and coordinating with third-party vendors. Additionally, the role involves training lower technician levels, coordinating assignments with the CNG Technician Lead, and auditing work orders and inventory compliance.

Requirements

• Mechanical, electrical, PLC, and instrumentation skills/knowledge are necessary.
• Extensive experience with high flow CNG pressure reduction systems.
• Hands on mechanical and/or electrical experience in piping or HVAC systems required.
• Basic skills in the use of computer-based programs such as Excel and Office.
• Ability to understand and speak English at a level of proficiency allowing employee to issue, receive and respond to both safety and operations-related directions in English.
• HS Degree or GED

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of 5 years of CNG or related experience preferred.
• Natural Gas Compression and additional OEM and industry training can be substituted for field experience.
• MDT control systems knowledge would be beneficial to this role.
• Excellent organizational and technical communication skills, interpersonal skills, and an ability to influence and to deal tactfully with a wide range of personalities.
• Exceptional work ethic with a positive, analytical, and safe work attitude.

Responsibilities

• Daily travel between NexTier Pecos, TX hub, NexTier Midland Basin hub, Midland/Odessa NexTier yards, compressor sites and customer locations.
• Perform safe and consistent maintenance on permanent and portable CNG equipment.
• Assist in monitoring parts replacement requirements by inspecting used parts using measuring instruments.
• Troubleshoot repetitive and intermittent performance issues on component level equipment.
• Contribute to maintaining a spare parts and materials inventory.
• Prepare mechanical maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Enter reports into the NexTier system.
• Maintain and establish NexTier system work orders on a recurring basis.
• Participate and support the maintenance program development.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Maintain a high level of housekeeping on customer sites.
• Perform all work safely and be a leader within the safety program.
• Perform preventive maintenance on CNG equipment on schedule.
• Perform recurring inspections on CNG equipment on schedule.
• Perform pre-job planning and prep equipment for projects as needed, including pre-job commissioning.
• Transport trailers and equipment as needed.
• Rig up and down equipment at the start and end of each project.
• Visit customer locations as necessary for planned maintenance, check-ins, or service calls.
• Troubleshoot equipment outages and get equipment online and operational.
• Perform post-job commissioning as applicable.
• Coordinate 3rd party vendors when needed on site, and supervise work execution.
• Train lower technician levels on all aspects of the CNG Technician Role.
• Coordinate CNG Technician assignments during shift with CNG Technician Lead.
• Audit Work orders for completeness and accuracy.
• Audit compliance with inventory systems and inventory levels at storage locations and with individual CNG Technicians.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED