Journeyman / Service Technician - San Antonio

JOURNEYMAN / FIELD SERVICE TECH

Our premiere client in the San Antonio, TX  area is a dedicated service company, primarily for the oil field sector that provides on-site potable water production and wastewater treatment to temporary housing at drill sites and related camps with three innovative and simple mobile solutions.  If you have ever lived on a drilling or completion site in camp housing, you know that the water supplied into the house, and the sewage stored behind the house, can be difficult to live with.  We solve those problems.  Our Water Reclaim System provides the easiest and most efficient water solutions to remote locations and temporary housing installations.

We are in need of people who want to join a fast growing company, willing to start at the bottom and work their way up, and can get crazy passionate about great customer service and doing their job right   If you have a great mind for working with mechanical stuff, are ok with working 40-80 hours per week, and can change priorities on a dime, please read on

Overall Job Description:

• Work with a crew of 3-6 who are responsible for delivering the water "rigs" to customer sites, setting them up, tearing them down, switching them out and performing basic maintenance. 
• Interact with co-workers, and customers. 
• Monitor performance of the systems on the water rigs and coordinate basic maintenance with crew leaders and monitoring techs. 
• Work hard physically, and could be on call periodically with your crew.
• Overtime is required to get the job finished which could mean working late evenings and/or weekends.  Some of this will be drive time – driving 3 hours to a site, performing 3 hours of work, and driving 3 hours back (as an example).  Could work as many as 80 hours per week, and as little as 40 with an average being around 60 hour per week.
• On an on-call schedule as well as designated days off.
• The 3-5 man crew is made up of a Crew Lead and an Assistant Crew Lead along with 1-3 Field Technicians. 
• Mechanical skills required for installation and maintenance purposes – basic hand tools.
• Computer Skills – each trailer is monitored by computer system.  The tech may be involved with accessing the computer system to determine what maintenance needs to be performed.  We will teach you about our systems, but we need you to be able to use a mouse, keyboard and know general computer navigation.
• Communication and Customer Service – having knowledge of the oilfield industry is useful in that this position has direct contact with "company men" and needs to understand these folks are the customer and should be dealt with utmost respect.
• Growth Opportunities – every Crew Lead, Assistant Crew Lead and Field Manager started as a field technician.  People aren't hired into these positions because they must have experience with the water "rigs" systems before they can be in a leadership role.  Field Technicians are evaluated and if there are leadership qualities exhibited they could be candidates for promotion into these positions.

Working Conditions

• Travel required.  
• Must be able to relocate to job site locations around Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana as needed
• Must be able to work in a wide variety of weather conditions ranging from winter cold to summer hot with the full gamut of precipitation
• Work scheduled is 14/7 (14 days on / 7 days off) with days ranging from 8-14 hours a day

Requirements

• High School Grad; or GED
• Some experience in a service and delivery role
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Clean background check required
• Can hitch, connect, pull, back up and perform basic maintenance of heavy duty enclosed and open trailers
• Must be able to navigate on a computer – mouse, type, change screens
• Must be able to work with people in sometimes adverse situations (meaning customer is almost always right)
• Starting pay $14 - $16 per hour plus overtime