AOV Valve Assembly Technician - Level II

Essential Duties

• Valves and Actuators

• Perform disassembly and assembly of new control valves including:

• Read, interpret, and respond accordingly to sales order and customer data sheet information

• Identify various valves and accessories

• Perform visual inspections during disassembly and reassembly to ensure all components of the assembly are correct and in good condition to perform as designed

• Take digital pictures and electronically transfer into the ERP system network folder to accurately track all assemblies.

• Safely disassemble valves and parts including various types of valves such as:

• Sliding stem valves

• Rotary ball valves

• Rotary butterfly valves

• High performance rotary butterfly valves

• Various bolted bonnet gate, globe, and check valves

• Soft-seated ball valves

• Various pressure globe, and rotary valves

• Mark parts correctly and maintain organization and segregation

• Perform chemical solvent cleaning when needed

• Use of air operated tools

• Safely disassemble actuators and parts including various types of actuators such as:

• Double acting pneumatic sliding stem piston actuators

• Double acting pneumatic rotary piston actuators

• Single acting sliding stem spring and diaphragm actuators

• Single acting rotary spring and diaphragm actuators

• Double acting rack and pinion actuators

• Evaluate parts and maintain material awareness including:

• Perform inspection of parts being used in assembly and ensure critical dimension requirements are being met where required

• Identify and utilize manufacturers' nomenclature (i.e., literature including IOM, inspection criteria, part numbers, and model numbers)

• Identify materials using approved PMI method, alloy analyzer, material markings, material standards, etc. including report completion

• Complete all quality control sheets including date, sign-off, status, etc.

• Understand all special requirements needed for the assembly while maintaining compliance with all factory and or customer requirements.

• Ability to understand bolt sizing for valve/gear/actuator assembly.

• Ability to layout and design for panels needed on various valve assemblies.

• Safely and accurately perform some machining processes:

• Use drill press or pneumatic tools for drilling and pinning stems for valve plugs

• Use hand grinder for polishing some flange and sealing surfaces

• Assembly

• Safely assemble control valves from repair order instructions, customer test-report/specification sheets, and OEM IOM manuals; this includes performing all calibration of any and all positioners and or controllers.

• Valve types include:

• Sliding stem plug valves

• Rotary ball valves

• Rotary butterfly valves

• Soft-seated ball valves

• Install stem packing

• Safely and accurately attaches actuators to valves

• Sets correct valve travel

• Sets correct bench set on actuator

• Can accurately and efficiently tube up positioners and controllers to the actuator along with any other accessories on the assembly

• Positioners and Controllers

Testing and Calibration

• Safely test control valves according to applicable Code test requirements while applying and utilizing manufacturer's manuals using compressed air, water, and nitrogen. Accurate and thorough completion of test reports with all required detail is essential.
• Compressed air
• Water
• Nitrogen
• Ability to safely and accurately tube up, calibrate various pneumatic and digital positioners and controllers as per factory and or customer spec sheets including but not limited to the following:
• Fisher 3610J, 3610JP, 3620J, 3620JP rotary positioners
• DVC6200 positioner
• DVC2000 positioner
• PMV positioner
• Fisher 377 trip valves
• Performs all calibration procedures for full ValvLink signatures for all digital valve positioners.
• Ability to generate reports and graphs associated with valve signatures of digital controllers.
• Ability to read and understand various tubing schematics.
• Ability to understand and set up various solenoids in both series and parallel configurations.
• Ability to read and understand various wiring diagrams related to solenoids and limit switches.
• Regular and predictable attendance is essential for this position.

The above list of duties and responsibilities does not constitute the entire list and the list can be changed, when necessary, at the discretion of management when business needs, customer demands, and other industry or job- related circumstances arise.

Education and/or Work Experience-

• High School or Equivalent
• Technical/Trade School preferred
• Ability to assemble and calibrate pneumatically operated control valves
• Some basic knowledge of machinery fundamentals, including Control Valves, Pneumatic Safety Systems, and Rotary Valves.
• Knowledge of industrial and residential regulators
• Knowledge of Oil and Gas well pad and processing plant equipment and processes.
• Ability to use basic hand and pneumatic tools confidently and safely.
• Experience with bending and running tubing is preferred.
• Ability to read and record measurements using standard measuring tools such as manual torque wrenches, dial calipers, Vernier calipers, micrometers, thread gauges, tape measure, and scale

Regulators and Relief Valves

• Perform disassembly and assembly of new regulators and relief valves including:
• Direct Operated regulators
• Pilot operated regulators

Read, interpret, and respond accordingly to sales orders and customer data sheet information and or any special customer requirements.

Understand and be able to explain purpose and functions of regulators and relief valves.

Safely and accurately test all regulators and relief valves.

Safely and accurately set regulators and relief valves to desired set point.

Complete all quality control sheets including date, sign-off, status, ect.

The above list of duties and responsibilities does not constitute the entire list and the list can be changed, when necessary, at the discretion of management when business needs, customer demands, and other industry or job-related circumstances arise.