Combustion Technician

Combustion Technician

This is a Combustion Technician position, which will work with the Service Manager and Combustion Service Team Lead to ensure proper execution and delivery of technical support for combustion related equipment. The goal is to provide satisfaction to end users, ensuring that the company business goals of timely service and satisfactory resolution of orders are met.

This position is responsible for but not limited to the preventive, predictive, corrective maintenance, and troubleshooting of combustion systems. This job will primarily be performed in the field, with limited work performed in a company setting.

• Ability to perform installation, start up, repair and tune up work on combustion systems and fuel trains.
• Able to train other employee's on the operation of combustion systems and fuel trains.
• Must be able to read and work from schematics.
• Must have the ability and knowledge to trouble shoot systems with no schematic.
• Diagnose malfunctions of equipment to determine cause and appropriate corrective action.
• Will need to perform preventative maintenance tasks according to established protocols.
• Competency to conduct a complete combustion analysis, determine drafting, and make recommendations to optimize burner control systems.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Functional knowledge of all BCS, BMS, and CCS systems, DCS, PLC based or Honeywell 7800 and Fireye.
• General PLC programming knowledge.
• Understanding of NFPA 54, NFPA 58, NFPA 70, NEC and UL requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must be willing to travel nationwide to customer sites. This may involve multiple overnight stays.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to be able to move about the facility (standing, walking, kneeling) and customer sites, varying by location. Frequently lifts, carries or otherwise moves and positions objects weighing up to 60 pounds. Occasionally required to work in elevated areas. Exert force of 50-100 lbs. occasionally and 25-50 lbs. frequently, 10-20 lbs. constantly.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Must comply with company safety and PPE requirements. Must comply with customer safety and PPE requirements, as directed, varying by job-site location and task to be performed. Varying with task, will be required to wear safety glasses, hard hat, safety-toe shoes, arcflash equipment (NFPA 70E or equivalent) and other safety equipment as defined by OSHA, Company, or other regulatory entity.

Work Environment:

• Field service environment working at customers' job-sites. May be required to work overtime, weekends and on-call.
• Occasionally exposed to work conditions in extreme temperatures and loud environments.