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Helmerich & Payne

Onshore and offshore drilling services

Drilling Derrickhand

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAñelo, Neuquén Province, ArgentinaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Must hold a current Well Control certification.
  • Follow company health, safety, and environmental regulations, safe work procedures, and assigned responsibilities in RAMS®.
  • Know the capabilities of mud pumps, mud tanks, and related equipment, including lubrication and cooling needs.
  • Know how to inspect, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot mud pumps, mixing hoppers, vacuum degassers, shale shakers, agitators, fluid-transfer systems, and associated valves and lines.
  • Know how to identify drilling-fluid products and safely mix chemicals, including caustic soda, spacers, and pills.
  • Measure and report drilling-fluid weight and viscosity; calculate mud volumes in active and reserve tanks; monitor returns and changes in mud properties.
  • Know the operation of blowout-prevention equipment, choke manifold valves, and degassers, and assist with installation, removal, and maintenance of blowout preventers.
  • Know casing, cementing, logging, top-drive connection, pipe measurement, pipe tally, and tubular-handling procedures relevant to assigned work.
  • Be able to operate the rig-floor winch and elevators, and know IBOP operation.
  • Know procedures for hanging the traveling block, cutting the drilling line, and securing its dead-line anchor.
  • Inspect and maintain rigging and derrick equipment, including safety lines, wire ropes, pulleys, crown and traveling blocks, pins, welds, and related components.
  • Use assigned personal protective equipment, emergency procedures, alarms, and emergency-brigade duties.
  • Be able to communicate with the drilling crew, mud engineer, mud logger, and other personnel.
  • Relieve the driller when requested and authorized by the Rig Manager.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and monitor drilling-fluid equipment, mud tanks, and mud pumps.
  • Follow company safety and health requirements, report hazards and incidents promptly, use assigned personal protective equipment, and maintain work areas and equipment in good order.
  • Provide the next shift with information about upcoming operations, equipment-condition changes, and known risks.
  • Visually inspect or listen to pump terminals during operation to identify potential problems; check pump safety valves, suction and discharge dampeners, high-pressure line alignment and purging, guards and hose restraints, lubrication and cooling systems, fasteners, and filters.
  • Maintain current records of pump operating hours for modules, liners, pistons, valves, and seats.
  • Perform preventive maintenance; inspect and replace wear components such as seats, valves, and pistons as required; make general repairs or replace defective parts.
  • Operate, maintain, clean, and inspect mixing hoppers; lubricate and clean associated valves; align and operate valves; and replace parts as needed.
  • Align fluid-transfer lines for the operation and confirm transfer from tanks to the trip tank is configured correctly.
  • Inspect, repair, clean, and adjust shaker screens and flow across them; dismantle equipment and tank lines as required; identify abnormal agitator conditions and equipment malfunctions.
  • Inspect and handle equipment required on the rig floor; assist with pipe measurement and prepare pipe tallies, including measurements of outside diameter, inside diameter, bottom-hole assembly length, and drill pipe.
  • Operate the rig-floor winch and communicate appropriately with rig-floor personnel.
  • Inspect derrick and rigging equipment, perform weekly dropped-object inspections, lubricate winches and pulleys, grease traveling-block sheaves and bearings, and identify unsafe conditions or wear in traveling and crown blocks.
  • Assist with major equipment repairs and maintenance, and perform procedures for hanging the traveling block and cutting and securing the drilling line.
  • Use chemical-handling and mixing procedures, supervise proper chemical mixing in hoppers, and report abnormal mud-volume changes.
  • Maintain communication with the mud engineer, mud logger, and driller; measure and report mud weight and viscosity; calculate tank volumes; monitor returns; and report changes in mud volume and properties.
  • Assist with blowout-preventer installation, removal, and maintenance; understand the purpose and alignment of blowout-prevention and choke-manifold equipment.
  • Prepare tools and align valves and fluid systems for casing operations; mix spacers or pills for cementing; monitor and report returns to the driller.
  • Communicate changing conditions to the driller during logging operations and relieve the driller when authorized by the Rig Manager.
  • Lead work at the rig floor, supervise personnel according to the driller's instructions, train the crew, and plan work for subordinates.
  • Assist third-party companies during their operations.
  • Carry out assigned emergency-brigade duties.
  • Work a rotating schedule, typically 14 days on and 7 days off or a similar arrangement; the schedule may be adjusted to operational needs.

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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