NexTier Frac Equipment Operator WTX

Patterson-UTI • Odessa, TX

3d

About The Position

This posting is for Equipment Operator candidates who would join current NexTier Frac crews based out of Odessa, Texas, working throughout the Permian Basin. The role involves safely rigging up and down, operating, and maintaining assigned equipment, and keeping equipment efficient and ready for use. Equipment may include bulk sand trailers, cement bulk body load units, field bins, and semi-trailers.

Operators follow company and customer health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures, complete required job safety and environmental analyses, and wear prescribed personal protective equipment. Other duties can include fueling trucks between stages, serving as a fire watch during refueling, guarding customer-site entrances, and helping clean up locations before, during, and after jobs. Work may involve extended schedules, days or nights, weekends, holidays, varied weather, travel to remote sites, and time-sensitive or emergency-response situations.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Hold and maintain a valid state-issued driver’s license, be eligible to drive a company vehicle, and meet the requirements of the company vehicle program, policy, or guidelines.
• Successfully meet testing requirements, including pulmonary function testing.
• Be able to wear prescribed personal protective equipment, including a respirator.
• Work effectively with others and independently when required.
• Communicate clearly, including reading, writing, and speaking English, and promptly following verbal and written directions in English.
• Establish and maintain effective rapport with employees at different levels in both office and field settings.
• Perform basic mathematical calculations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals for job-related calculations.
• Have basic computer skills.
• Be willing and able to safely operate and maintain assigned equipment while working extended schedules that may include days or nights, weekends, holidays, and different weather conditions.
• Be able to travel as needed to other offices and work sites, including occasional extended travel to remote locations or overnight stays outside the normal office area.
• Work closely with others and meet time-sensitive deadlines, including in potential emergency-response situations.
• Be able to bend, stoop, kneel, twist, crawl, walk on uneven surfaces, and climb equipment ladders or stairs throughout the work shift.

Nice To Haves

• Class A CDL.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry and familiarity with oilfield equipment.
• Experience repairing and maintaining heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Comply with company and customer Health, Safety, and Environmental policies, rules, practices, and guidelines.
• Keep equipment maintained at a high level of efficiency and readiness.
• Conduct Job Safety & Environmental Analyses (JSEA) in compliance with company regulations.
• Rig up and rig down, and operate and maintain assigned equipment, including equipment such as bulk sand trailers, cement bulk body load units, field bins, and semi-trailers.
• Safely perform other assigned duties, which may include fueling trucks between stages, serving as a fire watch during refueling, acting as a gate guard for incoming customer-site traffic, and assisting with location cleanup before, during, and after jobs.
• Work with an emphasis on safety for oneself, coworkers, and third parties, and wear required personal protective equipment at designated times.
• Represent the company and its values with integrity and maintain high ethical and legal standards in all interactions.
• Adhere to the company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed