Bit Welder (Hardfacing)

Job Highlights

Company Profile

National Oilwell Varco is a leading worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Bit Welder (Hardfacing) to join its team.

Education Level

• High School Diploma

Work Experience

• Experience with hard-facing operations (a plus)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
• Chip or grind off excess hard-facing using hand grinders, or other equipment.
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or degreaser.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Determine required equipment. welding methods and welding techniques.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to melt or build up metal.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Mark or tag material with the proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, or hand tools.
• Preheat workpieces before welding using torches or heating furnaces.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to specifications.
• Some repair expertise may be required, such as, but not limited to, repairing bits with minor hard facing.
• Use a variety of equipment and welding processes. This may include, but is not limited to Arc, Hard facing, Brazing, and Tacking.
• Weld and hard face components on weld positioner.
• Weld separately or in combination, using hard-facing powders, rods, and other alloys.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Be able to follow engineering prints and specifications
• Be able to use a computer as necessary to obtain specifications and prints
• Communication
• Control Precision
• Initiative
• Integrity
• Know the proper use and care of manufacturing equipment
• Manual Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Problem Sensitivity
• Problem-Solving
• Production and Processing
• Quality Control Analysis
• Reading Comprehension
• Reliability and Adaptability
• Stress Tolerance/Resilience
• Teamwork and Collaboration

Credible Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a machine shop/manufacturing facility (preferred)
• Ability to work 12 hours on your feet (with lunch and 2 breaks)
• Experience with reading part drawings/blueprints (preferred)
• Know the proper use and care of manufacturing equipment

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive Wages
• Great Health and Wellness Benefits
• Opportunities for Professional and Personal Growth and Learning
• Vacation, Sick, and Holiday Pay

Employer’s Statement

NOV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.