Cable Technician

Job Title: Cable Technician

Location: Odessa TX 79763

Duration: 06+ Months

Summary:
Description:
Day Shift Needed


Reimbursable expenses: None. No mileage, housing, per diem, or relocation coverage.


Shifts & Work Hours

• Day shift: 6 AM-6 PM
• 11 days on / 3 days off, every other Fri/Sat/Sun

What You Will Do:

• Perform moderately complex cable builds and repairs for Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) cable
• Perform High voltage testing of ESP cable
• Perform splicing to ESP cable
• Perform repairs to ESP cable
• Perform spooling of ESP cable
• Able to complete required testing documentation

Minimum Qualifications:

• Basic troubleshooting skills for electrical equipment
• Basic computer skills with programs like Microsoft Word and Excel
• Ability to read and write English
• Accuracy and Attention to detail
• Interact politely and professionally with customers and/or coworkers
• Ability to work under general supervision and follow safety processes
• Effectively present information and respond to questions
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills
• Action-oriented for delivering results
• Customer-first mindset
• Successful planning, priority setting, informing, results, and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role

Preferred / Strongly Valued

• Basic electrical background due to safety critical nature of the work
• Forklift experience
• Mechanical aptitude (automotive, diesel, shop or mechanical background could translate well)
• Strong safety mindset; role is safety sensitive with strict standards

Experience

• 1 year of experience installing, repairing, Electrical Submersible Pump cable preferred (not required)
• Candidates with general mechanical or electrical aptitude, or similar cable experience, can be trained

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND JOB CONDITIONS

• High hand dexterity for splicing and cable manipulation. Repetitive, hands-on cable and machine work.
• Standing for extended periods.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up-to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up-to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knees.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to customer or other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers to use a computer.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection), using measurement devices, and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles.
• The employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Indoor and outdoor environmental conditions. Activities occur indoors and outdoors.
• Extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
• Hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current or exposure to chemicals.
• Atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• Oils. There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.

Training

• High voltage electrical safety training is provided internally

Safety Requirements

• Strict safety sensitive role
• Required PPE:
• Electrically rated steel toe boots

Interview Process:

• In-person interview only

Number of Positions:

• 2