field service technician

warehouse coordinator

senior field service engineer

project engineer

field service engineer

Enerflex

travel through out the northeast in the Marcellus oil and gas field performing engine and compressor PM's. Work on Caterpillar 3500 and 3600 series gas engines checking cylinder compression, setting valve lash on intake and exhaust valves and including the gas valve on the 3600 series, check and record valve recession, check turbo's for any excessive shaft end play, change oil filters, thermostats, rebuild wastegates. On start ups I use CAT ET to check and fine tune the engines and check engines emissions. Work mostly on Ariel compressors anything from 6 week PM to full overhauls. Have lead jobs on overhauls which include typically 5 to 7 guys pulling valves, pistons, packings and wipers. We rebuild wipers and packings  on site and measure cup depth and wiper gland thickness and record them for the customer as well as taking cylinder bore and piston measurements to get cylinder to piston clearance and measure ring end gap for replacing new piston rings. Check main and connecting rod bearings and replace if needed. Check alignment of the compressor to the driver and make adjustments if needed.

Enerflex offered a lot of advancement, training, and an extremely good benefit package. It had very decent pay and plenty of overtime. we had most weekends off and our personal safety was their first and foremost goal. Every day started with a safety tip or an MSDS (Material safety data sheet) topic we studied. We were trained to be very educated on all tools and chemicals on the premises. We watched out for our fellow coworkers in all duties we performed. The day normally consisted of cutting, grinding, measuring (mainly metric), squaring, reading blueprints and applying them, welding, and crane use. Precision and accuracy were mandatory. We applied daily analysis at the beginning of each shift. My coworkers became like family and we worked to achieve success as a team. There was always a radio on, and though there were some disagreements on genre, we compromised to keep everyone happy. I loved nearly every aspect of that job, but the one thing that frustrated everyone was the lack of honest communication between management and those on the floor. It was long 12 hour days of hard work but a good experience none the less.

Work environment is very tensed and lots of back stabbing, mix that with lots of gossiping. Work ethics are a by person standard, not the same across the board. Management seems to be very lenient to Hispanic's (Management is Hispanic), any other race's feet are held to the fire. Lines of communication to management or supervisor is not open. You are left to communicate through leads, which you don't know what exactly is being reported or said. Therefore, potential for you to be blamed for an error if a mistake is made, not by you, but just because you worked on the unit with others. If your caught standing or taking a minute to put your tools away, etc. your accused of not doing anything. Not to mention you have bells to tell you when breaks began & end, when lunch starts & ends, when starting & quitting time is.

I understand sometimes you have to endure to provide for family, but this place slowly eats away at you.

The work day at Exterran started with a Tail Gate meeting with all  Technicians that were in the field for that day. We discussed any issues with the equipment and dispatched the work out to each Technicians to ensure that all equipment was repaired and put back on line ASAP. Some of the most difficult part of this job was having to drive to Cottondale to get parts as we did not stock parts at our location.
We all worked  close together to make sure all equipment was up and running before the end of each day. This job required you to be on a rotating schedule for 24/7 call out work and required you to be ready to go to the field on short notice to make the repair if needed at all hour of the day or night, this was part of your responsibilities that came along with this job. Exterran was a good company to work for and offered their employees good benefits along with a fair wage. I would not hesitate to work for them again.

This is a flat organizational structure (little to no opportunity for advancement) with a product that is no different than what a competitor offers.  Customers buy based on price and/or availability.  Enerflex's business is among the first to go if oil and gas is down.  It's important to understand that if you want to be comfortable at Enerflex.

Managers were promoted based on technical ability, and their ability to lead people highly varies across the organization.  There are few benefits, but the pay is fair (bonus is nice if the company has a big year). 

When the price of oil is up, it's fun.  When it's not, expect to be laid off (or see you co-workers go).  It's impossible for this company to gain a substantial competitive edge, so benefits will never be fantastic.

A benefit is that you will be exposed to lots of different tasks.

work over home life.However,i will say that covid made my time there more difficult than usual.large turnovers in the west tx branches due to workaholic management.They will give you all you need to do your job,pay you on time,and somewhat listen to your concerns . They are safety minded but turn around and over work the field techs till they get frustrated.They use SAP as an operating system which is outdated,complicated and frustrating.They are good with family emergencies/sickness.Main management is in Canada,felt they were disconnected from the USA division.Typical work day is busy,difficult projects are sprung on the lower levels at last minute with good results expected, but this is typical for the compression business. 

Work day is usually 10-14hr day. You learn lots from the people you work with every day, not the people in the office. If your in a service truck you might not see anyone in the office which is a good thing.
Your fellow field workers will be some of your best friends because that's all you see cause you work approx 60-80hrs a week.
The company always seems to be restructuring itself on a 6 month basis, the core values are the same all the time yet know one knowes them.
They will work you till you won't work anymore. Employment expecantcy is less than 10 years in a truck.
They know there the biggest and they know they don't pay the best.
It's a old boys club.

Supervisors didn’t give me any feedback for a few months. They then decided to treat me poorly and tell me I haven’t gotten up to speed on various things. They failed to orient and provide resources to learn my job and there’s nothing I can do about that. I got plenty of stuff done correctly, yet both supervisors always focused on the tidbit I didn’t get right. Them treating me poorly and always telling me to watch videos to learn how to do stuff when the videos didn’t cover it makes for a toxic workplace. They couldn’t care less about their subordinates, regardless how hard you work, they always find a reason to not like your work. I made many improvements to my work, yet they failed to acknowledge such. 

Management share all information with employees.
Close follow up on safety.
close follow up on projects.
My typical work day is checking your calendar early in the morning for your weekly scheduled meeting. then following up on projects, check the schedules and see if there is any changes. check your email to see any request for changes. follow with individual engineers on their projects. Follow up with supervisors on the progress of projects and inform engineers with changes and update and provide schedules. Hardest part of this job is the balance between scheduled meetings and time to update schedules

it was a very enjoyable place to work it was in the area of injune qld.
i learned lots of experience in the installation of compressor stations in the short time i was employed.
management were very good had no problems with them very understanding.
co workers mostly were good and honest people had few who used us for there own gains .
hardest part of the job was leaving due to unforseen circumstances
the best part of the job was eveything it was lovely job nice area could not fault it in anyway.

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