Shop Team Lead

**Career Area**:Manufacturing & Supply Chain**:
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JOB PURPOSE:
The Iron Technician Senior provides assembly and testing of various mechanical components. This position works in both field/mobile sites and assigned SPM service centers.

JOB RELATED STATISTICS:
N/A

JOB DUTIES:

- Assist Iron Technicians during the disassemble phase
- Clean strip and inspect all required flow control components
- Prepare flow control products for Gauging, Ultra Sonic, and MPI inspections
- Ability to demonstrate the disassemble of flow control products per standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Ability to identify all products
- Assemble flow control product
- Manifold tear down/rebuild trainee
- Inventory of customer product
- Demonstrated ability to perform UT (Ultra Sonic Thickness) inspections and gauge inspections
- High pressure hydrostatic testing of customer flow control product
- Ability to disassemble and assemble customer manifolds
- Ability to read and navigate customer standards
- Understand customer requirements throughout the entire refurbishment of flow control product
- Demonstrated ability to perform final inspection
- Can mentor fellow technicians on the refurbishment process
- Proficient with a computer and the WEIR AMP system
- Process incoming iron starts to finish. Able to accept equipment from delivery, recertify equipment,
- load equipment for delivery, complete all associate paperwork, process SPM certificates,
- and deliver notes (without supervision)
- Prepare all reports as per SPM Standards
- Process all SPM customer requirements
- Perform MPI Testing (MPI Certification Required)
- Basic Understanding of SPM Pumps
- Experienced in Other Manufacturers' Treating Iron
- Responsible for painting components per customer specifications
- Provides proper care and maintenance of all shop tools, equipment, and work area
- Assists with customers as needed
- Monitors daily work activities to ensure requirements are met
- Effectively demonstrate the core values of SPM Oil & Gas at all times
- Follow all written policies and procedures safely without deviation or refer to upper management for guidance
- Exhibit and advocate for exemplary safety culture always
- Maintain flow of customer product through the shop
- Quality control of customer flow control product
- Proficient in customer relations
- When the manager/supervisor is not present, assigns duties to complete all necessary daily service center work
- Assists workers in resolving technical problems
- Consults with technical personnel and managers/supervisors to report and resolve assembly and testing problems, and reports unresolved problems
- Obtains and distributes supplies, materials, and equipment such as components and parts used for work, assembly, test and inspection specifications. Test equipment, fixtures, and hand tools
- Reports on substandard equipment performance to supervisor or maintenance personnel
- Substitutes for absent workers and assists workers to alleviate work overload
- Understand all customer contractual requirements
- Knowledge of Syteline: Transfer Orders, Receiving Order, Customer Estimates

Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE:
3+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Demands:

- Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
- Must be able to wear protective footwear and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by the department

Work Environment:

- Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles
- Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions
- Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibration
- Noise Level: Moderate

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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