Field Service Tech 1321

Job Details: Job Location: WTXW-Orla - Midland, TX, Salary Range: Undisclosed,  

Responsibilities/Job Duties:

•    Maximizes cost effective and safe customer runtime reliability (mechanical availability); 
•    Installs, commissions, maintains, services, troubleshoots, and decommissions and removes Company rental fleet compressor packages in the assigned territory
•    Ensures compressor package environmental regulation compliance
•    Reports on new business opportunities with existing and potential customers
•    Reports on the potential availability for hire of experienced field service personnel 
•    Builds positive working relationships and trust with customer personnel by understanding their requirements and making appropriate recommendations
•    Performs scheduled preventive maintenance and service on assigned high pressure gas lift skid mounted compressor packages within a defined territory
•    Inspects compressors, control systems and engines, using micrometers, pressure gauges, electronic diagnostic equipment, and other tools to identify and correct potential problems before they occur
•    Submits daily maintenance report data
•    Complies with all Company, customer, and government regulatory agency safety, health, and environmental laws, rules, policies, and procedures
•    Maintains the cleanliness of Company equipment and surrounding area
•    Responds to and diagnoses reasons for engine, compressor and control system failures
•    Performs or assists in field rebuilding or overhauling of engines, compressors, and controls
•    Installs, commissions, and starts new units, including necessary inspections and testing
•    Disconnects, de-commissions, and removes units no longer required by customers
•    Orders, stores, and controls an inventory of frequently needed parts and tools to maximize timely response to customer issues while avoiding the cost of excessive inventory, shrinkage, or obsolescence
•    Identifies recurring maintenance issues and equipment failures and reports on same to the technical and fabrication teams by electronic mail or telephone call
•    Identifies needs for additional equipment with current and potential customers and reports these business development opportunities to the sales and marketing team
•    Identifies experienced field service personnel who may be open to recruitment and reports on these individuals to management
•    Adhere to safety requirements by wearing appropriate protective gear
•    Ability to work independently with little or no direct supervision
•    Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

•    High School Diploma or equivalent
•    Strong mechanical and electrical skills and knowledge
•    Customer focused
•    6 months – 2 years of experience in maintaining natural gas compression equipment, including natural gas engines, compressors, control panels, skid wiring and conduit, end devices, tubing, vessels, and coolers
•    Valid driver’s license with satisfactory driving record 
•    Set of hand tools up to 1 ¼”
•    Proficient English language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension)
•    Computer skills, including ability to use Microsoft Office 
•    Ability to pass drug screens and background checks
•    Prefer associates degree or higher in related field
•    Prefer bilingual in English/Spanish
•    Prefer knowledge of proper purging and loading practices and procedures
•    Prefer ability to interpret compressor performance runs, calculate engine horsepower and calculate gas volumes

Physical Requirements: 
•    Ability to stand, sit and/or walk on a hard surface as well as safely bend, stoop, reach, climb steps, and use ladder for long periods of time 
•    Must be able to walk, climb, crouch, kneel, crawl, balance, reach, feel and hold objects with hands
•    Must be able to hear, speak, smell and taste
•    Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth and the ability to adjust focus with or without corrective lenses
•    Ability to lift up to 80 pounds
•    Ability to communicate verbally using a telephone
 
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