Field Service Technician - Vapor

Your Job

John Zink is hiring a Field Service Technician in the Vapor group to support refining and petrochemical clients in the Beaumont, TX region.

In this remote role, you'll travel to customer sites to perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and commissioning on a wide range of electrical and mechanical equipment-including PLCs, VFDs, and combustion systems-while ensuring safe work practices and accurate technical documentation.

Frequent travel is required within your assigned region-up to 75%-with occasional travel across the United States as needed.

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

This includes, but is not limited to, pumps, motors, variable frequency drives (VFDs), positioners, valves, actuators, transmitters, combustion equipment, emissions monitoring equipment, digital recorders, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).


* Commission, troubleshoot, and modify various control systems, including PLCs (primarily Allen-Bradley and GE), proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loop controllers, VFDs, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and other control devices.


* Participate in an on-call rotation to provide customer support as needed.


* Update technical documents and drawings (redlines) to reflect field modifications and corrections made during equipment commissioning.


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


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

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience modifying, diagnosing, and troubleshooting PLCs, including Allen-Bradley, GE, and similar platforms.


* Working knowledge and application of NFPA 70E electrical safety standards.


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


* Willingness and ability to travel more than 75% of the time.


* Ability to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) within six (6) weeks of employment.


* Valid driver's license with the ability to operate a company vehicle and respond to customer needs as required.

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.


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