Field Service Technician

Are you someone that likes to perform hands-on electrical and mechanical work?

Are you the type of person that likes to work in different environments and you don't mind travelling for work?

Then, you would be a perfect fit a s a Field Service Technician for John Zink in the Fired Equipment Group for the refining and petrochemical industries!

John Zink Company, a KOCH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS (KES) company, serves customers with innovative, engineered-to-order solutions.

Our equipment group business supplies components for applications in various markets with a focus on the refining and petrochemical Industry.

Our Technical Services business supports this equipment with knowledgeable Field Service Specialists, who perform commissioning, tuning, troubleshooting and maintenance services for our customers worldwide.
This is a remote position located in Houston, TX.

A Day In The Life Typically Includes:


* The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for installation supervision, troubleshooting and maintenance recommendations to our customers.


* They will have operational and functional knowledge of register burners, duct burners or utility burners and must possess good mechanical aptitude with the ability to learn complex mechanical systems.


* The successful candidate will also need to know how to communicate with PLC's, PLC logic, and HMI's and have a rudimentary knowledge of electrical design and wiring skills.


* The technician will be expected to travel on a regular basis to customer job sites on a regular basis.

What You Will Need:


* Experience working with process burners on process heaters and other combustion related equipment


* Experience working in the petrochemical and oil refining industries


* Able to travel to job sites approximately 75% of the time


* A TWIC (Transportation Workers Identification Card) will have to be obtained within first six (6) weeks of employment


* Valid Drivers License


* Candidate must live within a 50 mile radius downtown Houston.

Physical requirements:



* Able to lift up to 50# on occasion and 25# routinely, able to bend, stoop, crawl and maneuver around skidded equipment and piping.


* Able to hear distinct sounds, visualize all colors of spectrum and visually see up close and at distance.


* This work is in an outdoor environment and long workdays on occasion.

What Will Put You Ahead?


* 2-year Technical Degree from an accredited college or trade school in a mechanically-based technical major, OR 4 years of military service working with boilers


* Work experience with John Zink, Coen, TODD, Peabody brand of burners, duct burners, utility burners or operations.


* Experience working on Allen Bradley PLC's, in the combustion or steam generation industries.


* Field work experience in the petrochemical, power generation, pulp & paper or food processing industries.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to...