Assembly and Repair Technician (Mechanical Seals)

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; onsite

Company

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, provides mission-critical flow control solutions, including mechanical seals, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies for energy and process industries.

What you will do

• Disassemble, clean, inspect, repair, and assemble rotating equipment seals.
• Document component wear and condition through inspection forms, photographs, and inspection equipment.
• Evaluate customer- and branch-returned materials for repairability using product knowledge and current drawing revisions.
• Determine repair operations and verify that BOMs, drawings, and repair parts match.
• Perform simple shop operations using a single-spindle drill press, tool post grinder, bead blast polisher, and lapping machine.
• Initiate work and purchase orders and support repair pricing and assembly preparation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least two years of mechanical seal equipment experience or comparable experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical, power, or upstream markets.
• Ability to read, write, and understand simple instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to follow written, oral, or diagram-based instructions and solve problems in standardized situations.
• Basic arithmetic skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.

Nice to have

• Some college or trade school education.
• Mechanical and technical aptitude.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with competitive compensation and benefits.
• Employee resource groups supporting Veterans, Pride, Black employees, women, and neurodiverse colleagues.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day celebration.
• Inclusive workplace grounded in equality and ethics.