Graduate Engineer Trainee

DOCUMENT NUMBER

D001217226

TITLE

S&E.ELCENG.PROF.I

POSITION TITLE: Design Engineer I

POSITION

CATEGORY: RDE Engineering

REPORTS TO (JOB TITLE)

DUAL REPORT

Job Purpose

Performs

• routine tasks in the design of new products and makes improvements to existing
• products. Learning to evaluate products, parts, or processes for cost
• efficiency and reliability. Work is overseen by leader to ensure that tasks are
• completed in a timely manner. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts,
• practices, and procedures within a particular discipline. Resolves routine
• questions or problems, referring only complex issues to a higher level.

Roles & Responsibilities

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

• ·
• Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance,
• ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with
• Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant
• laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the

Company’s Rules to Live By

·

Places

• Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as
• core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes,
• customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
• ·

Seeks

• continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the
• Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities,
• public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best
• business practices to exceed customer expectations
• ·
• Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety
• leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for
• any persons visiting them while on the Company premises

QUALITY

• ·
• Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality
• policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s

Management System

• ·
• Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working
• across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

OPERATIONS

• ·
• Perform engineering tasks using established procedures. These
• tasks include, but are not limited to, new product design, sustaining design,
• stress analysis, material selection, cost estimation, tolerance studies, BOM
• creation, production drawing/part number creation, and product implementation.
• ·
• Create engineering layouts for fit, form, and function checking.
• ·
• Coordinate and assist with new design validation testing in a laboratory
• environment to include assembly of prototype tools and test fixtures,
• preparation of test requests, and completion of test reports upon conclusion of
• testing.
• ·
• Preparation of documentation for engineering design files.
• ·
• Work closely with other engineers and project team members to
• achieve desired R&D project results.
• ·
• Know and understand Weatherford Quality Policy and comply with
• all requirements of the Quality System Manual, Operating and Technical
• Procedures, and Workplace Instructions.
• ·
• Must understand and comply with all safety rules and company
• policies of Weatherford.
• ·
• Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by
• supervisor within the physical constraints of the job.
• ·
• Actively participate in group settings to develop prototype
• tools or perform trouble shooting activities i.e. Design Reviews, Brainstorming
• sessions, and root cause analysis.

COMMUNICATION

• ·
• Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders
• both internal and where appropriate external
• ·
• Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate
• expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports

FINANCIAL

• ·
• All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be
• financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or
• simply their own expenses
• ·
• Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed
• within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and
• procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

• ·
• Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers
• within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance
• & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and
• experience
• ·
• Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line
• manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to
• enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential
• ·
• Supervisors are expected to actively engaging their employees to
• support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process,
• including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning &
• regular coaching opportunities
• ·
• Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources &
• Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of
• key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction &
• retention of a high performing talented workforce

VISION & LEADERSHIP

• ·
• Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to
• Weatherford standards at all times

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

• ·
• 0-2+ years related experience w/ demonstrated mechanical design
• ·
• Must have B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Knowledge, Skills &

Abilities

REQUIRED

• ·
• Basic understanding of drafting standards (dimensions,
• tolerances, GD&T)
• ·
• The physical ability to immediately respond to emergency
• situations
• ·
• Willingness to occasionally travel for business purposes

Travel

Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international

travel of up to

JOB

DESCRIPTION SCOPE

• This job description’s purpose is to offer some details on the
• scope and depth of the role and its interaction with other roles with the
• organisation, through a focus on key criteria. It cannot capture the entire
• scope of the role. The document is generic in nature and offers consistency in
• role content from the early career level to more senior levels. The Company’s
• expectation is that the holder of the role understands and accepts that its
• expectations will be potentially greater from those in more senior roles than
• those at an early stage of their career. Responsibilities may well be greater
• and their decisions will have greater impact on the function and organisations
• performance. The Company reserves the right to amend the content of the job
• description to better reflect the changing scope of the role with or without
• notice.

HUMAN

RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

CAREER

• PATH LEVEL
• EXECUTIVE I

• V Make

Selection

• Holds management
• accountability for a business, division, major geography, corporate function or
• major corporate sub-function. Develops, establishes & approves long terms
• strategy for the area managed
• MANAGEMENT I
• – V Make Selection
• Achieves goals
• through the work of others. Responsibilities inc; performance management, merit
• review, training & development. Focus is on managing others and applying
• operational or strategic management skills
• PROFESSIONAL I

• VII Level I

Applies a

• theoretical knowledge-base to work in order to achieve goals through own work. Characterised
• by specific functional expertise, typically gained through formal education.
• May provide guidance to others using technical expertise
• TECHNICAL I
• – V Make Selection

Performs

• technical work, often in support of professional roles. Requires vocational
• training or the equivalent experience. Performs duties according to established
• procedures
• SUPPORT I
• – V Make Selection

Performs

• clerical or administrative work, requires vocational training or the equivalent
• experience and performs duties according to established procedures
• OPERATIONS I
• – V Make Selection

Performs

• operational, craft or manual tasks. Typically requires vocational training,
• apprenticeship or equivalent experience. Performs task according to established
• procedures.

GEOZONE

ADDENDUMS

The

• job description template is a generic document designed to improve the quality,
• consistency and accuracy of the information regarding the Company’s
• expectations for the position. Individual countries may have some regulatory requirements
• that are required to be included in the job description. Any specific country
• requirements are captured in their specific Geozone addendum, which should be
• issued to the employee with the job description document.