Career Area:
Operations
Job Description:
**Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. **
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
About SPM Oil & Gas
SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.
**Job summary: **
- The Iron Technician IV provides assembly and testing of various mechanical components.
Additional Information:
Starting Pay: $31.85/hr. Can be adjusted with experience
Schedule: 10 days on with 4 days off
Overtime based on business need
Relocation is not available for this position
Sponsorship is not available for this position
**What you will do: **
- Perform All Duties of an Iron Technician II
- Performs all the duties of an Iron Technician III or have relevant skills/experience
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Job preparation and completion
- Maintain flow of customer product through the shop
- Quality control of customer flow control product
- Proficient in customer relations
- When the manager/supervisor is not present, assigns duties to complete all necessary daily service center work
- Revises work assignments to meet production schedules priorities
- Explain service center procedures and specifications and demonstrates use of equipment and testing to new employees
- Assists workers in resolving technical problems
- Consults with technical personnel and managers/supervisors to report and resolve assembly and testing problems, and reports unresolved problems
- Obtains and distributes supplies, materials, and equipment such as components and parts used for work, assembly, test and inspection specifications. Test equipment, fixtures, and hand tools
- Reports on substandard equipment performance to supervisor or maintenance personnel
- Substitutes for absent workers and assists workers to alleviate work overload
- Understand all customer contractual requirements
- Consults with manager/supervisor and reviews service center schedules.
- Knowledge of Syteline: Transfer Orders, Receiving Order, Customer Estimates
- Performs other routine duties as requested
What you will have:
One to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Demonstrate consistency, accountability, reliability, and solid work ethic
Working knowledge of oil and gas equipment
Experience with FC style and FLS style gate valves
Top Candidates will have:
Ability to operate hand tools such as hammers, screw drivers, hydraulic torque wrenches and additional specialty tools – including micrometers
Must be at least 21 years of age
Have a clean driving record, which generally means:
- No more than (2) moving violations within the last 12 months.
- No more than three (3) moving violations in the past three (3) years
Physical Demands:** **
Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear
Required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Must be able to wear protective footwear and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by the department
Work Environment:** **
Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles
Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions
Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibration
Noise Level: Moderate
Summary Pay Range:
$31.85 - $42.70
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Posting Dates:
June 17, 2026 - June 23, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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