Hydraulics Technician

Gladiator Energy is on a mission to expand our team with individuals motivated in a fast-paced environment, eliminating inefficiencies on location, promoting personal and professional career growth, establishing safety protocols, coupled with high-level rewards.

Gladiator Energy is dedicated to our core values: Communication, Responsiveness, Quality Work, and Respect. With relentless execution of teamwork between leadership and personnel, our mission to be a leading service provider against our competitors in the global energy industry is possible.

This position serves as the local expert in the diagnostic, repair, improvement and best practices of hydraulic systems. The Hydraulic Technician is able to perform the duties and responsibilities in an autonomous manner while providing exceptional service to the district’s operations personnel. Individuals in this position are highly skilled technicians who are “master mechanics” with regard to hydraulic systems while having a strong mechanical aptitude to repair other heavy equipment as the need arises.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Diagnose and repair complex issues in hydraulic circuit systems associated with Coiled Tubing Units (CTU) such as hydraulic pumps, injector head, blowout preventers (BOP) and CT reels.
• Performs hydraulic system checks to proactively resolve mechanical issues prior to becoming critical failures to maintain equipment in a continual state of readiness.
• Responds to field maintenance issues in an expeditious manner to minimize the Non-Productive Time (NPT) of inoperable equipment at the customer’s wellsite.
• Completes documentation such as work orders on maintenance activity that is accurate, complete, and timely.
• Instructs maintenance technicians and other personnel in the best practices of hydraulic systems including the operations, repairs, diagnostics, and equipment upgrades.
• Models and supervises good housekeeping techniques around the shop as well as on the customer’s job location.
• Communicates detailed, technical information such as the root-cause analysis of hydraulic-related failures as well as their current repair status to non-technical and management personnel.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Ability to diagnose and remediate any issues with hydraulic systems in a Coiled Tubing Unit (CTU) system such as pumps, injector head, BOP, and CTU reel is critical to this role.
• Knowledge of hydraulic systems, schematics, and hydraulic pumps such as the Gold Cup pumps.
• Skilled in maintaining and repairing electric over hydraulic systems.
• Skilled in tracing schematic diagrams with physical component and hydraulic line location associated with CTU hydraulic systems.
• Ability to translate schematic diagrams of similar equipment and configuration.
• Knowledge of CTU operations is preferred.
• Skilled in performing hydraulic and pump calculations a plus.
• Mechanically inclined ability to repair engine systems as plus.
• Ability to teach, mentor, and coach maintenance staff on hydraulic systems.

Gladiator Energy is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, services in the uniformed services, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.