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Parker Drilling is seeking a highly skilled Roustabout to join our team. As a Roustabout, you will play a critical role in the drilling operations, assisting with crane work, deck activities, and well construction.

• Assist with rigging up/down, drilling, and completing wells
• Perform manual handling of tubular and tools, making up or breaking out during connections or tripping pipe
• Ensure the circulating, rotating, hoisting, and well control systems are maintained
• Install and remove rigging during crane activities, including slings, shackles, and spreader beams
• Work with platform deck crane operators and pipe deck gantry crane operators as instructed
• Off-load and load supply boats with equipment necessary for platform operations
• Transfer material and equipment as required, anywhere on the platform
• Strap and measure tubular and tools
• Clean and drift tubular and tools required during drilling or completing wells
• Prepare tubular, tools, and equipment prior to transporting to the rig floor
• Respond to spills and assist with containment and clean-up
• Relieve Floorman on the rig floor
• Perform pipe tripping operations using slips, safety clamps, tongs, and elevators
• Perform break out and make up connections during drilling, back reaming, or tripping operations
• Operate and maintain the rig floor mud bucket
• Perform general maintenance of drilling equipment, including circulating, rotating, hoisting, and well control systems
• Perform safe operation of the rig floor hydraulic winches and man rider winch
• Inspect snub lines, jerk lines, shackles, and cable clamps to ensure they are in good working condition
• Inspect and check dies in slips, tongs, and elevators to ensure they are in good working condition
• Inspect and check all rig floor safety belts to ensure they are in good working condition
• Assemble well-control or pressure-control equipment on the wellhead
• Perform mud pump repairs and general pump maintenance, including disassembling, reassembling, oil changes, and filters
• Mix mud materials and chemicals as required
• Perform loading and unloading of tubular from the catwalk, including attaching and removing lifting equipment or elevators as required
• Perform housekeeping and cleanliness around the rig floor working area
• Perform alignment of stand pipe manifolds and bleed-off lines
• Clean the mast and substructure with a high-pressure steam cleaning unit
• Perform scrubbing and cleaning of rig equipment and drilling packages as required with rig wash
• Perform chipping and painting on drilling packages and equipment as required

• High School diploma required
• Ability to obtain offshore or onshore certifications
• Previous experience in the oil industry preferred
• Able to identify and understand functionality of various rig equipment
• Able to identify and understand functionality of various tubular sizes and thread types
• Knowledgeable and proficient in basic rigger's role to ensure safe lifting operations are performed
• Knowledgeable of mechanical systems and skilled at working with hand and power tools
• Knowledgeable of and capable of operating rig floor and cellar equipment as required
• Can demonstrate knowledge and execution of drilling and well operations, dropped objects prevention, line of fire, zone of exclusion, and safe zone operations
• Have good verbal communication skills
• Must possess sound reasoning skills, common sense, and the ability to follow directions
• Should possess basic mathematical skills (equivalent to a high school education)

• Ability to work around moving machinery
• Lift, carry, and move objects of up to 50 pounds
• Operate machinery and/or power tools
• Ability to walk on uneven ground (gravel, rocks, mounds, ice)
• Wear personal protective equipment, including hard hat, steel-toed safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, safety glasses, goggles, and full body harness
• Frequently stand, walk, stoop, kneel, carry, push/pull, reach, and use repetitive wrist and hand movements
• Ability to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, and/or ramps while carrying tools requiring a reasonable degree of physical stamina and agility and involving moderate to severe physical exertion
• Operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
• Ability to work in adverse weather conditions (cold or heat)
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, reason logically, and make sound decisions
• Ability to comprehend, remember, and follow verbal and written directions and comply with Company policies, procedures, and standards
• Ability to work in hazardous conditions (dust/gas/fumes/steam/chemicals)
• Ability to work at heights (scaffolding or ladders)
• Exposure to vibration (oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body)
• Ability to work in noisy environments
• Ability to work in small and/or enclosed spaces
• Ability to work as a team, communicate and interact with others in a professional manner, and consider alternative and diverse perspectives