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Helmerich & Payne

Onshore and offshore drilling services

Wellsite Driller

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAñelo, Neuquén Province, ArgentinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed technical secondary education or completed secondary education, verifiable.
  • Good personal references and a certificate of background check.
  • Experience in general tasks, construction, metalworking, or related work is valued but not required.
  • Use assigned personal protective equipment for work duties.
  • Know the use of material safety data sheets.
  • Be able to read a measuring tape and use internal- and external-diameter calipers.

Responsibilities

  • Attend pre-shift meetings.
  • Learn alarm types and evacuation and rescue procedures.
  • Perform assigned roles in emergency, fire, and evacuation drills.
  • Remain at the work site until relieved by a qualified replacement.
  • Know the location and proper use of all available fire extinguishers at the site.
  • Follow company prevention and control standards to protect personal health and safety and that of others affected by the work.
  • Work safely according to the job safety analyses.
  • Promptly report hazardous working conditions to supervisors.
  • Promptly report work accidents, incidents, and unsafe conditions.
  • Use and properly maintain company facilities and work equipment, keeping them orderly and clean.
  • Avoid makeshift repairs or procedures that could compromise personal safety or operations.
  • Provide the next shift with clear handover information, including upcoming operations, equipment-condition changes, and known risks.
  • Handle tubulars according to procedures while tripping pipe in and out of the hole and making or breaking connections with slips, manual and automatic tongs, and related equipment.
  • Align all valves before operations, including standpipe valves.
  • Perform the basic steps for connecting the top drive.
  • Connect and break out stands while tripping pipe, using winches, the ST-80 torque wrench, manual tongs, and related equipment.
  • Know tubular torque values.
  • Select the appropriate subs and heads.
  • Identify safety-valve types, reducers, and lifting heads so they can be selected when well operations require them.
  • Handle tubulars on the table using safety lines and ropes and position them correctly.
  • Use winches, rotary bushings, mud buckets, and elevators correctly.
  • Maintain accurate counts and markings for pipe going into and out of the well.
  • Coordinate and communicate with other crew members.
  • Perform casing operations using the safety measures required by HSE procedures.
  • Know the assembly and disassembly procedure for the casing running tool (CRT).
  • Know what to do during pre-shift inspections and which equipment to inspect.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and replace jaws on the ST-80 torque wrench, manual tongs, elevators, slips, collars, and related equipment.
  • Grease and protect pipe boxes, pins, and shoulders, and use appropriate lifting procedures.
  • Follow maintenance procedures such as running and cutting the drilling line, and know the torque for drilling-line clamps.
  • Keep the rig floor clean and orderly.
  • Apply the appropriate amount of grease at lubrication points and other required areas on the top drive, drawworks, brake, traveling equipment, standpipe valves, chicksans, deadline anchor, winches, torque tongs, and manual tongs.
  • Perform minor maintenance and inspections on the derrick.
  • Verify that cables and slings used are in suitable condition.
  • Use brushes, gauge pigs, thread protectors, and pipe grease correctly.
  • Organize pipe on pipe racks.
  • Assist with pipe measurement and preparation of the pipe tally, including measuring outside diameter, inside diameter, bottom-hole assembly length, and drill pipe.
  • Maintain, monitor, change screens, and clean shale shakers.
  • Take mud samples, weigh mud, and measure funnel viscosity.
  • Record mud weight, funnel viscosity, pit volume, screen types in use, and times.
  • Adjust mud flow across the shale-shaker screens.
  • Operate machinery, valves, and controls correctly.
  • Operate shale-shaker-related equipment correctly.
  • Follow procedures for maintenance, repair, and adjustment of solids-control equipment.
  • Assist with mud and chemical handling according to HSE procedures and company policies.
  • Mix chemicals.
  • Inform the driller about changes in mud returns.
  • Align, fill, and circulate the trip tank in the well as appropriate.
  • Assist with or, under supervision, perform simple maintenance and repairs on blowout preventer equipment.
  • Know the tasks and procedures to follow during a well-control event.
  • Understand the configuration of blowout preventer rams and the consequences of closing blind and shear rams.
  • Understand responsibilities during tripping, tank operations, and drilling.
  • Understand procedures for nipple-up and nipple-down of blowout preventers, diverters, and valves while using appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Change rams.
  • Know procedures for rig assembly, disassembly, and mobilization.
  • Maintain cleanliness and order while maintaining, repairing, and testing equipment in the area, including mud pumps, engines, and tanks.
  • Perform and assist with maintenance, repair, and testing of yard equipment according to HSE procedures.
  • Maintain and care for all tools used.
  • Clean pits according to procedures.
  • Use lockout, tagout, and test procedures during maintenance.
  • Monitor mud pumps, report problems to a supervisor, know how to switch the pump to the well, and align valves.
  • Change pump-lubrication water, pistons, liners, valves, seats, and wear parts.
  • Maintain an up-to-date record of pump operating hours, including hours for modules, liners, pistons, valves, and seats.

About the Company

Helmerich & Payne

Onshore and offshore drilling services

Helmerich & Payne provides drilling services for oil and gas on land, internationally, and offshore. It operates and maintains drilling rigs and related equipment to enable customers to extract resources, using advanced rig technologies and drilling solutions to boost productivity, reliability, and safety. The company differentiates itself through deep industry experience (dating back to 1920), a reputation as a trusted partner, and a focus on dependable performance, safety, and efficiency for customers. Its primary goal is to help customers increase drilling productivity, minimize downtime, and improve safety and efficiency across all rig operations.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tulsa, OK
Founded
1920

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