Production Technician

Pay Range: $22.00hr - $23.00hr

Job Overview:

The Production Technician performs specialized manufacturing activities related to producing subsea umbilicals and related products. The position is responsible for setting up, operating, monitoring, and supporting production equipment and processes used to combine electrical cables, fiber-optic components, hydraulic tubing, fillers, reinforcement materials, and protective layers into completed subsea umbilical systems. The role performs hands-on manufacturing activities in accordance with approved engineering requirements, work instructions, production procedures, and quality controls. Production Technicians maintain process parameters, monitor product quality, accurately complete production documentation, and identify abnormal conditions throughout the manufacturing process. The position operates in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment involving large rotating equipment, continuous production processes, specialized machinery, and high-value products manufactured to stringent customer and industry requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Set up, operate, monitor, and support specialized production machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of subsea umbilicals in accordance with approved procedures, work instructions, and production requirements.
• Prepare equipment, tooling, raw materials, components, and product routing for production runs; verify required materials and manufacturing information prior to starting work.
• Monitor equipment operation and critical process parameters throughout production, making authorized adjustments and immediately identifying or escalating abnormal equipment, process, or product conditions.
• Perform required in-process checks and measurements, monitor product condition and workmanship, and ensure manufacturing activities remain within established specifications and quality requirements.
• Accurately complete production records, manufacturing documentation, material traceability, process measurements, and other required records throughout the manufacturing process.
• Perform routine equipment inspections, operator-level care, housekeeping, and production changeovers while participating in pre-job planning, hazard assessments, toolbox talks, continuous improvement, and safe execution of manufacturing activities.

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2 5 years of experience in manufacturing, industrial production, cable manufacturing, oil and gas, marine, heavy equipment, or a similar industrial environment.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and ability to safely operate industrial machinery and equipment.
• Experience following controlled work instructions, procedures, specifications, or production documentation.
• Preferred: Experience in cable, wire, hose, pipe, extrusion, winding, cabling, or other continuous manufacturing processes.
• Preferred: Experience operating large industrial production equipment involving rotating machinery, reels, tensioning systems, or material payoff/take-up systems.
• Preferred: Experience performing dimensional or in-process quality measurements using production inspection equipment.
• Preferred: Previous experience in subsea, offshore, energy, or other highly controlled manufacturing environments.

Job knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to set up, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot industrial production equipment within assigned training and competency.
• Ability to read and follow engineering drawings, manufacturing instructions, process specifications, work orders, procedures, and production documentation.
• Ability to understand and maintain defined manufacturing parameters such as dimensions, tension, speed, alignment, lay configuration, temperature, pressure, or other process-specific requirements.
• Ability to use applicable measuring and inspection equipment and accurately perform and document required in-process checks.
• Understanding of material identification, product traceability, workmanship, and documentation requirements in a controlled manufacturing environment.
• Ability to recognize abnormal equipment operation, process conditions, material conditions, or product characteristics and take appropriate action within established authority.
• Understanding of industrial hazards including rotating equipment, stored energy, pinch points, line-of-fire exposure, moving machinery, heavy materials, and lifting operations.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a production team during complex or continuous manufacturing operations.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and basic computer proficiency necessary to complete production records and use manufacturing systems.
• Ability to learn and demonstrate competency across assigned manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Ability to exercise Stop Work Authority when conditions cannot be maintained within established safety, quality, or procedural requirements.
• Ability to learn and apply company procedures, project requirements, and applicable industry requirements governing the manufacture of subsea umbilicals.

Context:

The Production Technician works in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment producing subsea umbilicals used to provide hydraulic control, electrical power, communications, and other services between offshore facilities and equipment located on or below the seafloor. Umbilical manufacturing involves combining multiple components-including steel tubing, electrical and fiber-optic cables, fillers, reinforcement materials, and protective layers-into a finished product that may extend several kilometers in length. Manufacturing processes utilize large, specialized production equipment to control the position, tension, geometry, and application of these components throughout production.

Depending on departmental assignment, Production Technicians may work with equipment and processes associated with component preparation, cabling, closing, armoring, extrusion, or other stages of umbilical manufacture. Technicians are trained and qualified on the specific equipment and processes required for their assigned area.

Production activities may operate continuously for extended periods and require close coordination between technicians, Production Leads, Manufacturing Production Supervisors, Quality, HSE, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Planning, and other supporting functions. The position will require day and night shift work, rotating schedules, weekends, overtime, and extended production runs based on manufacturing requirements.

Authorities:

• Exercise Stop Work Authority when unsafe conditions, equipment deficiencies, procedural deviations, or conditions that could compromise product quality are identified.
• Stop or pause assigned production equipment when process parameters, equipment conditions, or product characteristics fall outside established operating requirements.
• Identify and escalate material, equipment, process, or product conditions requiring technical evaluation before production continues.