Field Service Engineer - Water Treatment

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title:  Field Service Engineer – Water Treatment
Location:  Bellevue, WA US
Duration: 20 Month Contract 
Status: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract role on W-2 through Above and Beyond Talent Acquisition, Inc. (A&B Talent)
Pay Range: USD $25-27 an hour W2

Client Info / Who they are: 

 

Above and Beyond Talent Acquisition proudly represents our Client, a global leader in water, waste, and energy management. The client offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting, and resource recovery. The client helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. The client has approximately 10,000 employees working at over 350 locations across the continent. 



 
Requirements / Who we are looking for:

 

• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Water Treatment field
• Strong focus on customer relationships (both external and internal customers). Understands balance between customer and VEOLIA teams.
• Knowledge of and/or demonstrated ability to learn equipment and process startup related to VEOLIA WTS products and systems including but not limited to RO/ED, Ion Exchange and Thermal technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and remotely with project teams.
• Possess basic water treatment chemistry knowledge and communicate that information to others.
• Must know structural, mechanical, hydraulics, electrical, piping, welding specifics and civil notations.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Valid passport.
• Ability to travel extensively (70-80% ~250 days/year) throughout North America, and to other places in the world.
• Valid driver's license.

• Experience in Commissioning, Construction or Services.
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Equivalent from an accredited University or College.
• Mechanical experience and know-how (hands on, reading and interpreting drawings, etc.), particularly with water treatment equipment (pumps, valves, instrumentation, relief valves, regulators, pneumatic systems, etc..)
• Electrical experience and know-how (hands on, reading and interpreting drawings, etc.), particularly with electrical panels and water treatment equipment.
• Ability to plan multiple priorities, and focus on the most important ones.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new problems, clients, and situations.
• Training in Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures preferred.
• Operating experience with water treatment equipment including reverse osmosis (RO) systems, Ion Exchange Systems, Hot Water Loops and EDI.

Performance Objectives / What you'll be doing: 

 

• Commissioning of Water Treatment Plans by ensuring process equipment and control system perform per specifications.
• Construction liaison between design engineering and construction during the erection of Water Treatment Plants.
• Provide technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair and maintenance at customer's sites
• Manage activities of outside vendors and suppliers, assuring services and supplies met project specifications and performance requirements.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures and log sheets to document and monitor equipment operation.
• Develop and execute Commissioning Schedules and Performance Plans.
• Develop and execute classroom and hands-on training regarding operation and maintenance of process equipment.
• Participate in Model Reviews, Engineering Design Meetings and Safety in Design reviews in order to ensure accessibility, maintenance, and operation of process equipment.
• Perform control system factory acceptance tests with Clients and client-designated representatives.
• Perform after-market services such as site inspection, equipment inspection and operator training.
• Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within VEOLIA safety standards
• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as water treatment chemistry calculations, , determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of budgets, and monitoring Time & Material (T&M) contract costs.
• Figure out alignment issues and plumb adjustment figures. Plane Geometry, chemistry formulas.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Improve operations and determine if design works will not work.
• Ability to perform specific PLC/HMI activities including but not limited to: Control System IO Checkout, System networking, Program Upload / download, understanding of ladder logic, function blocks and troubleshooting code and ability to write simple logic

Perks of working with US / What We offer:

• Competitive Salary.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company 401K plan

 

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information are accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. “Above and Beyond Talent is an equal opportunity employer and staffing firm.”