Service Technician-Stabber(Weatherford)-Job opportunities in Uganda

Job Title: Service Technician (Stabber)
Positions: 2 vacancies
Organization: Weatherford
Location: Uganda
Deadline: 28th October, 2013
About Weatherford:
Weatherford is one of the largest international oil and natural gas service companies. The company provides products and services for drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention of oil and natural gas wells, along with pipeline construction and commissioning.

Job Summary:
The Service Technician (Stabber) should be able to run power tongs, at the beginning with the supervision of senior Technician or Crew Leader (24-50; 16-25; 14-50; 7.6-30 with A-Q-Tork System,5.5-15 with A-Q-Tork System; bottom hole assembly make-up, power units (6 Cylinder Diesel Power Unit spring start or electric battery start); Electric Power Unit, tubular handling equipment (Elevator, Spider, Single JNT Elevator, Hand Slips, Stabbing Guide, Safety Clamp, Inflatable Thread protector, Fill – Up and Circulating Tool (Internal and External) and basic maintenance on all this equipment’s.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
    Take part in system testing and field installations ensuring operations are performed successfully to the contracted specification.
    Work with others to plan and construct solutions to meet client requirements in compliance with industry standards.
    Ensuring that they are familiar and confident in performing all “field operations” in advance of being required to perform the actual “field operations”. Any deficiencies identified are to be reported in a timely manner to ensure all “field operations” are performed successfully to the contracted specification.
    Ensuring he participates in Projects to Operations handover, evaluating the content of any Rig Book and or Procedures and Work Instructions and ensuring any deficiencies are noted and highlighted.
    Safety, Integrity and Security of all equipment used or delivered for “field operations”, he/she is also responsible for ensuring all equipment is returned and any damages or shortages reported to the Company Man and PE prior to back-loading and shipment.
    Any other delegated responsibilities as instructed by Line Management within the timeframe specified in a safe and efficient manner to meet business requirements, provided the instruction is reasonable and you are capable and deemed competent to fulfill these.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
    The candidate should hold and SVQ Level 2, HNC, HND, Degree, in an engineering discipline.
    10 years of hands on experience a must in mechanical, electrical, optical or software
    Electronic, Electrical or Optical Engineering discipline
    Background in onshore/offshore environment and activities


How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should their CVs indicating the position applied for to: jade.vanderbyl@eu.weatherford.com
Candidates applying for the advertised positions will be selected on merit.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.