Field Service Technician / Arabic Speaker

I am currently looking for a job which will allow me to bring together my oil field experience, overseas experience, and Arabic language skills.

Field Service Technician - Field service technician assembling, installing, and servicing electric submersible pumps (ESP) systems, for both down hole and surface equipment. Overseeing the pulling of down hole ESP units and performing the disassembly of ESP units. Conducting forensic analysis and documenting findings for failed ESP units. Maintaining safety guidelines and preparing job safety analyses (JSA) for tasks performed on site. Troubleshooting variable speed drives (VSD), switchboards, and down hole equipment. Maintenance and repair of VSD and switchboards. Communicating with customers, engineers, and salesmen about technical issues, problems, and customer needs in order to ensure work is completed properly and to customer specifications. Preparing and disseminating reports. Working in remote locations with little or no supervision. Created new Excel spreadsheets for pull reports, install reports, drive start-up sheets, and drive information sheets to improve and ease information flow.
Arabic Linguist - Member of the U.S. Department of State Protective Operations Program in Tallil, Basra, Hillah, and Baghdad, Iraq. First linguist hired by for the program to work as a protective security specialist (PSS/IT) with language capability. Responsible for the coordination, implementation, and following of the numerous and varied security procedures required by the ministries of the Government of Iraq and its entities. Responsible for conducting advance operations for personal security details (PSDs), whose clients include the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, senior executive staff, dignitaries, diplomats, and provisional reconstruction team (PRT) members throughout Iraq. Coordinated tactical route planning, mission planning, navigation during tactical vehicle movements, setting-up exterior security while on venue. Provided Arabic translation and document exploitation for U.S. intelligence services and agencies. Translated conversations and hand-written and typed materials to include technical, medical, and military terminology. Provided simultaneous interpretation for U.S. government officers. Worked directly with U.S. intelligence officers. Acted as liaison between U.S. government officers and various foreign nationals and dignitaries conducting briefings, courses, training, and coordination. Former U.S. military.

6/1992 – 8/1992 Midland Community College Midland, TX
8/1989 – 6/1992 West Texas State University Canyon, TX
3/1993 – 5/1994 Defense Language Institute Monterey, CA
Foreign Language Center
Basic Arabic Course
3/1996 – 4/1997 Defense Language Institute Monterey, CA
Foreign Language Center
Intermediate Arabic Course

I am fluent in Arabic and have over a decade of contracting experience throughout the Middle East, to include Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, as well as in Chad, Africa. I currently work in the oil and gas industry as a Field Service Technician. I have worked closely with Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa, training and mentoring.