QA/QC Technician

Bureau Veritas•Midland, TX

2d•$25 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

Bureau Veritas is hiring a QA/QC Technician in Midland, Texas. This position serves as an on-site customer QA/QC representative, ensuring quality tools are delivered in a timely manner to support drilling and completions operations. The role works in an on-call environment, with two scheduled weekends off per month. The technician monitors and enforces applicable DS-1®, customer, industry, and vendor specifications for drilling, completions, handling, and specialty tools. Work includes monitoring inspection, assembly, and testing operations; conducting mill surveillance of drill pipe and casing manufacturing; and performing quality management system reviews and technical process audits at rental and specialty tool providers, inspection facilities, machine shops, and rig sites. The technician communicates job progress and issues to Project Managers, applies critical thinking and problem-solving to develop viable client solutions, and prepares detailed reports and supporting field documents describing findings, actions, and relevant technical details. The role requires technical knowledge of DS-1, API specifications, and other applicable industry standards; the ability to interpret procedures, drawings, and technical schematics; dimensional measurement skills; and proficiency producing detailed technical reports with Microsoft Office. Physical requirements include sitting, walking, climbing stairs, or standing for up to 14 hours with limited breaks, carrying up to 50 pounds, and being able to hear shop alarms and verbal safety instructions and see small visual defects. Travel by automobile or airplane is required.

Requirements

Demonstrated technical knowledge of Standard DS-1, relevant API specifications, and other applicable industry standards.
Ability to read, interpret, and enforce job-related inspection, assembly, or testing procedures.
Ability to read, interpret, and use drawings and technical schematics to enforce client requirements.
Ability to measure dimensions using calipers, micrometers, and scales, reading to within 1/64 of an inch.
Ability to perform basic mathematical computations and conversions.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, including grammatically appropriate writing.
Ability to produce detailed technical reports using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel, and to scan and upload supporting documents and incorporate photos into reports.
Professional daily communication by email and phone with coworkers, vendors, and customers as necessary.
Intermediate familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook; typing skills and electronic file organization are required.
Ability to interact with personnel at all industry levels and manage and mitigate conflict.
Ability to sit, walk, climb stairs, or stand for up to 14 hours with limited breaks.
Ability to hear audible shop alarms, verbal safety instructions, and phone calls from internal and external contacts.
Ability to see visual defects as small as 1/64 inch in tools being inspected.
Ability to carry a tool bag, computer bag, and other personal effects weighing up to 50 pounds to and from the worksite.
Ability to travel by automobile or airplane.

Nice To Haves

NDT experience, including Level II certifications in MP, LP, UT, or VT.
Three or more years of oil and gas industry experience.
Experience with assembly, repair, or qualification of drilling and completions tools.
Experience with DS-1 Volumes 3 and 4, API 5DP, API 5CT, and other API specifications related to drilling and completions equipment.

Responsibilities

Serve as an on-site customer QA/QC representative and help ensure quality tools are delivered in time to support drilling and completions operations.
Monitor and enforce DS-1®, customer, industry, and vendor specifications for drilling, completions, handling, and specialty tools.
Monitor inspection, assembly, and testing operations.
Conduct mill surveillance of drill pipe and casing manufacturing.
Perform QMS reviews and technical process audits of rental and specialty tool providers, inspection facilities, machine shops, and rig sites to evaluate conformance to applicable standards.
Communicate assignment progress and issues to Project Managers.
Apply critical thinking and problem-solving to develop viable solutions for clients.
Prepare detailed reports and associated field documents that contain findings, actions, and relevant technical details.
Work in an on-call environment with two scheduled weekends off per month.