Field Service Technician - Vapor

Your Job

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

This is a remote position within the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX region.

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 customer sites from your home office to perform preventative maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning of a wide variety of our manufactured electrical and mechanical equipment.

This equipment includes, but is not limited to pumps, motors, variable frequency drives (VFD), positioners, valves, actuators, transmitters, combustion equipment, emissions monitoring equipment, digital recorders, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).


* Commission, troubleshoot, and alter different types of PLC's (mainly Allen Bradley and GE) proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loop controllers, VFD's, Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI), and other control devices.


* Be on call for customer service as required.


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


* Perform maintenance and inspections in confined spaces such as tanks, vaults, and crawl spaces.


* Follow all safety protocols for confined space entry, including use of gas monitors and retrieval systems.


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

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience in modifying, diagnosing and troubleshooting PLC's such as, but not limited to, Allen Bradley and GE brands.


* Experience understanding and applying National Electrical Code (NEC)


* Experience reading and understanding Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams(P&ID), fabrication drawings, and electrical schematics.


* Able to travel over 75% of the time.


* A Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC) 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, climb 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...