Offshore H2S Technician Trainee

Broussard LA TS Office
5749 Highway 90 East
Broussard, LA 70518, USA

Offshore H2S Technician – Total Safety is looking for an offshore H2S Technician to join their safety-conscious team! The Offshore H2S Technician operates and maintains Gas Detection Systems and Breathing Air Safety Equipment on an offshore drilling rig or production platform where there is a potential for or an anticipated release.

Total Safety is the world’s premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management. Our core values are People, Safety & Wellbeing, Accountability, Responsibility, Empowerment, Honesty, Transparency, and Integrity.

• Must be willing to work offshore for up to 28 days
• Assist in rigging up Gas Detection Systems
• Assist in operation and maintenance of gas detection systems and breathing air safety equipment
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly checks on equipment
• Fit test customer personnel
• Work safely and follow all TS & Customer policies and procedures
• Complete all Total Safety and Customer documentation associated with assigned tasks in a timely and accurate manner, including inspection and repair documents, job cost billable expenses, and time sheets
• Ensure that all Cascade Air Banks are charged and online, and that all SCBA’s are functional and fully charged
• Ensure operability of both Electric & Diesel Air Compressors
• Ensure that maintenance including air purification cartridge changes, oil changes, and other filter changes have been performed and documented
• Perform scheduled air quality checks
• Perform other functions and may cross‑train as part of training and development
• Assist others in the facility with inspection, cleaning, servicing, reassembling, and testing shop equipment, SCBA’s, manifolds, regulators, hoses, and other safety equipment
• May stock shelves with clean, tested, and ready‑to‑use equipment and pull, stage, and load equipment for jobs
• Maintain work area and other areas in a clean and orderly condition
• Maintain ongoing effort to keep equipment clean and respiration masks sanitized
• Maintain running inventory of location and availability of safety equipment
• Perform basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicle and/or trailer
• Assist others as needed

• INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO LIVE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE BROUSSARD TOTAL SAFETY OFFICE.
• Minimum 2 years of experience preferred as H2S Tech or other related field
• Experience working offshore is preferred, but not required
• Ability to obtain T‑HUET, SAFE GULF or SAFE LAND, Rig Pass, confined space entry, and rigging training certifications (internal training provided)
• Ability to travel by boat or helicopter to offshore drilling rigs or production platforms
• State and OSHA regulations training (internal training provided)
• Knowledge of 30 CFR MMS and Coast Guard regulations
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to adapt style to different audiences
• Customer Oil & Gas locations offshore, and/or shop
• May be frequently exposed to wet, humid, outdoor, and extreme weather conditions and vibration
• Possible work hazards: high pressure, high elevations, chemicals, shop traffic, and offshore drilling rigs or production platforms
• Noise level in work environment is usually moderate to high

• High School diploma or GED

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and work  employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Total Safety and its subsidiaries afford equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. Total Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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