Job Description

Overview

The Lease Operator position involves monitoring and maintaining oil and water production equipment while ensuring adherence to safety policies. Candidates should have significant experience in lease operations and be able to perform various technical tasks related to oil and water management.

Responsibilities

  • Observe and follow all safety policies, wear and maintain all required PPE.
  • Maintain all issued equipment in clean and proper working condition.
  • Gauge all oil and water tank levels.
  • Read and record all necessary meter readings.
  • Circulate tank bottoms as needed.
  • Maintain all circulating and transfer equipment in proper working condition.
  • Maintain Heater, Separator, water knock outs, and other pressure vessels to company standards.
  • Maintain all pumping units, guards, and well heads to company standards.
  • Visually inspect surface equipment daily for defects, leaks, neatness, and damage.
  • Make arrangements for oil and water hauling without delay.
  • Shake out each load of oil and fill out tolerance tickets.
  • Report daily well tests each day before leaving the field.
  • Enter all data into company computer in a proper and timely manner.
  • Maintain tubing and casing pressures at optimum performance pressures.
  • Monitor and set runtime on pumping units for optimum well performance.
  • Maintain any compressors, artificial lift, gas lift, submersible pumps, flowing, injection or rod pump units to company standards.
  • Communicate between regular and relief pumpers on rotations in written form.

Requirements

  • Ability to pass a fit for duty test.
  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • At least four (4) years of Lease Operator experience required.
  • Maintain valid Texas driver’s license.
  • Acceptable driving record required per company guidelines.
  • 2+ years experience preferred.
  • Data entry experience required.

Additional Information

  • Schedule: 10/4.
  • Location: Must be within 110 miles of Barnhart, TX (prefer 60+ miles if possible).

How this job compares in San Angelo, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in San Angelo, TX currently run a median of $39/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $31–$42/hr across 11 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in San Angelo, TX

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in San Angelo, TX right now, from 15 different employers. 20 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Angelo, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. San Angelo is among them.

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