Field Service Technician - Vapor

Your Job

John Zink is hiring for a Field Service Technician in the Vapor group supporting the refining and petrochemical industries!

This is a remote position within the Southwest Region - Southern California, Arizona, Nevada.

John Zink is the leader in the Vapor recovery and vapor combustion space with the largest install base in North America.

We have excellent health and retirement benefits.

Our Team

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 Field Service Technicians support our customers at their sites across the country with their commissioning, maintenance and other service needs.

What You Will Do


* Travel to jobs sites from your home office to perform checkout, testing, troubleshooting and commissioning/ startup of a wide variety of electrical and mechanical equipment for our manufactured equipment.

This equipment includes, but is not limited to the following: pumps, motors, VFD's, positioners, valves, actuators, and transmitters, combustion equipment, emission monitoring equipment, recorders, and programmable logic controllers (PLC).,


* Specialists will be required to commission, troubleshoot and alter different types of PLC's (programmable controllers, mainly Allen Bradley and Siemens) PID loop controllers, VFD's, HMI's, and other control devices.


* Be on call for customer service as needed.


* Modify technical documents and drawings (redlines) to represent final field changes and corrections for commissioning of equipment.


* Travel extensively within your region and potentially the US, 75% travel is expected.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience programming, calibrating, and configuring 4-20 MA loop devices.


* Experience for modifying, diagnosing and troubleshooting PLC's (programmable Logic Controllers) such as, but not limited to, Allen Bradley and GE brands.


* Experience understanding and applying National Electrical code (NEC)


* Experience reading and understanding P&ID's, fabrication drawings, and electrical schematics.


* Able to travel over 75% of the time.


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


* Valid Driver's License, Able to drive a Company vehicle and respond to customers as the need arises.

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



* Experience with Allen Bradley Control Logix, RS Linx, GE Rx3i, and othe...