test operator

floorhand

field worker

accounts receivable clerk

Ensign Energy Services Inc.

Typical Monday morning up at 5.am  get morning reports filled out sent to office by 5:30 am. Go out have quick walk around rig, talk with night crew about their night, any issues over safety or equipment. 6am  doghouse safety meeting with both crews  company man and third party hands on location. Discuss whats going on at that time with hand over notes and problems safety issues and are goals for the day as a team. Go with company man and discuss with him about any issues or concerns he has with the crews or rig and what he feels needs to be done to run an efficent drilling rig and crews.  Go back to the rig work with day crew on what needs to be done and how safety is  first priority  in anything we do.Do close inspection of the rig and all equipment . Talk with driller and see if he or the crew has any issues that need to be addressed and taken care. Go down and do company paper work and inspections before morning conference call with office and the other rig managers. Listen in and respond when needed offer advice and help if needed. Watch over all operations of the rig and crews till crew change at 6 pm. Have crew change hand over and safety meeting with crews  and company man and al l third party personal.  Then talk with night crew on what is expected and needs to be done. Go around the rig and inspect everything again before having supper.Finish all paperwork thats needs to be done for the day and get started on the next days . Go out have a walk around the rig talk with driller and crews  and company man . go for my dayly walk and relax for a few minutes. Retire  about midnight unless there is problems or issues that need to fixed and get ready for another day in

oilfield work don't be a worm.Management lacks follow through for advancing through the ranks. I worked for two years in the warehouse and was often applauded for my attention to detail and making sure things were as close to accurate as possible under my watch. Because of my attention to detail and my consistently glowing reviews, I was tasked with training at least ten different receivers. Management is very hands off when it comes to daily training and consistent professional development. Workplace culture often times is a bit toxic. The end of day can shift anywhere from 2:30pm to 5 pm with very little assistance from management. Trucks were consistently allowed to come in after the posted end time and then expected to be received, regardless of what time it would send you home. I found it very difficult to work in an environment that merit-based raises are restricted (received 4 merit-based raises in 2021 and 0 in 2022) and when offered a transfer, with promises of better pay, I was told a week before it was to take place that the position had been given to someone else, not because they were more deserving of the job, but because they had experience in a different department. I learned that verbal commitments in Birite are not followed through on and when asked about it, they said it wasn't in writing so there was nothing that would be done, even if I had been doing the job that was asked of me.

Shifts are usually 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. You start your first week on the night shift (6pm-6am) and switch over to day shifts (6am-6pm). On your switchover day to the day shift, and the last day of the hitch you only work a half day. 

You have to bring your own food and living supplies, they will provide a bed, toilets, showers, and lockers. You can commute to the nearest town to go eat and shop do whatever it is you'd like to do under no curfew.  Keep in mind the work is hard, and dangerous so you'd want to be on your A-game out there. 

The work is what you'd expect the oil field work to be... HARD, STRESSFUL, and HARD. But as long as you have fun with your crew your days will fly by.  Keep in mind EVERYTHING IS HEAVY! Literally everything most of the tools don't weigh less than 30-50lbs. and can exceed 100+! 

The pay is great. You will either get 2 checks a month, or 1 check a month.  For me I only got 1 check a month on the last Friday before I went back to work, but a typical check for me would be around $4500-$5000 a month. Remember you only work 2 weeks out of the month, but if you wanted to stay longer you can and make double that. I'll let you do the math.  I'm 21 and don't pay child support or anything like most of the guys out there do so that money goes well towards vacations, and whatever you want to spend it on.

Poor management,  never a set schedule (so no time for appointments  or other life responsibilities) safety violations daily, no raises in 3 years, and  no proper PPE provided on job sites.  If you request time off for appointments you get punished with more time off or demoted.  Working hard is fine but your Local management is running it into the ground. No raises and constantly demoting those who don't  agree with safety violations or those who don't do favors. Or they will just ship you off far away from home with no time off because they can't manage their own area or they're to busy stealing from your company. The attitudes of these people and their lack of having a proper schedule cause others to keep looking for other well servicing crews that aren't Ensign.  No wonder people keep leaving for other jobs. Time for a shift in management in South Texas.  And not the in the field but in your offices and shops. They are causing your company to lose jobs and you to lose lots of money. 

The hardest part is getting past your first 6 months and proving yourself to be an asset to the crew. When you get in your not just completing a probationary period for the office, (but behind the scenes) if your a good match for your crew. Culture is decent, but you can't have a chip on your shoulder, it's frowned on, roll with the punches and shoot back, doesn't matter if it's a fellow hand or the RM. You'll never be asked to do anything "unsafe" if your superior hadn't done it before you. Work hard, don't complain, put out effort and you can go far. Atmosphere is fun, but you will get tired. As I use to tell my hands, "you know what keeps me going here?... caffeine, nicotine and hate..." lol. Overall it was a great place and I learned alot. The work actually wasn't entirely hard, just the outside elements get to you. Office management isn't entirely supportive, but the crew and RM can become very close. The RM will at times really go to bat for you. There's honestly no other job in the world like it, it is its own unique culture.

The work day started at 8:00 am and ended at 5:00 pm. It was a low-stress environment where staff had their own offices for privacy and to allow work to get done without noise and interruption. I was allotted great flexibility with my creativity and solutions to problems. I learned a lot about the well/drilling industry and how AP operates, particularly with P-cards, where I brought my varied experience to improve the program. The management team was fantastic - all around. My co-workers were always available to help where possible and/or just to have a good chat to. The hardest part of the job was changing old-fashioned mindsets, as I came from much larger, and more technically advanced organizations. Hands down, the normal work hours/work weeks were the best benefits of the company; overtime was rare.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's a job, the money is ok but aint worth the people you have to work with, upper management only promotes friends and close personal has nothing to do with knowledge and experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The upper management have stupid and dangerous ways of doing things, you do double the work cause they think their way is the only way 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very poor, we go through an average of 2 employees a hitch cause of the work environment, and there is no culture 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wake up tired, go to bed even more tired, work twice as hard as you should and forget about moving up unless you know someone

A typical work day consisted of a safety meeting 30 minutes before going to work. Then I went to work after the meeting and I would run the forklift and work with lots of different tools on the floor. I did lots of cleaning and painting. We also moved to different places every few months. My supervisors were great and just made sure that we all stayed safe and didn't get hurt. Everyone that I worked around was great and everyone helped everybody out. The hardest part of my job was being away from home for two weeks. The most enjoyable part of my job was the pay and the bonuses that we would get for being safe and finishing on time.

■Supervise directional drilling operations on the rig site.
■Supervises the drilling process so that the desired directional well path and target objectives are achieved.
■Control well bore paths, figuring survey computations, bit hydraulics, rate of penetration, and bottom-hole assemblies.
■Maintain a complete listing of all directional tools and survey equipment on location, and days on location.
■Responsible for rig reporting procedures
■Maintain thorough knowledge of Drilling Systems products and services
■Generate concise reports on a daily/weekly basis

There are long days and they can be stressful if you let them be. The tasks are routine and repetitive and you should have a want to be here. If you can't keep up, are lazy or are difficult to work with then you should consider a different field. you will be a hazard and a hindrance to your co-workers. 

The management with a few exceptions is decent and easy to work with. Most all are very well experenced and have great insignts and are happy to help in any way. 

keeping up with the changing polices and paperwork can be difficult  

working a 14/14 schedule is nice, it affords plenty of time at home to be with family or to take a nice vacation if you want

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