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Production Technician III

Yorktown, Texas, United States

Competitive

Sector:

Posted: 7/6/2026

Ref: BH-339986

Location
• Yorktown, TX.

Work Environment
• 100% field-based position.
• No remote or hybrid work available.
• No travel required.
• No offshore work required.
• Schedule: 8 days on / 6 days off.
• Typical hours: 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM.

Key Responsibilities
• Prioritize work identified through morning dispatch reviews and SCADA alarms.
• Arrive on site and ensure pad access safety requirements are met.
• Place cone at pad entrance upon arrival.
• Create Work Management tickets for site entry checklists and Job Safety Analyses (JSAs).
• Perform assigned work activities safely and efficiently.
• Update well and pad deferment codes with comments.
• Close Work Management tickets or forward them to impacted groups.
• Complete independent JSAs for Automation, Maintenance, and Cooler work unless performed by a contractor crew.
• Review and validate crew JSAs when contractor crews perform work.
• Communicate handover requirements to OSC personnel for night operators.
• Collect facility run tickets every three days and deliver to the field office for production validation activities.
• Maintain housekeeping standards including trash removal, well signage verification, handover quality, and work order creation.

Required Technical Skills
• Wellhead operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Cooler operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, startup, and shutdown.
• HP/LP separator operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Heater treater operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, startup, and shutdown.
• Blowcase operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Compressor operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, startup, and shutdown.
• Suction and discharge scrubber operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• UF operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Chemical loop operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Bullet H2S treater operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Flash gas scrubber operation and troubleshooting.
• Tank level management and bottoms recirculation pump requirements.
• GLV operation and troubleshooting.
• Air compressor operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, startup, and shutdown.
• Coalescer operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Fuel gas system operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• SKO operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Cellar and containment management.
• Catalytic heater operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Control valve operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Flowback equipment operation, rig up, rig down, pressure testing, and purging.

Certifications & Education
• No specific certifications required.
• No specific education requirements identified

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

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