Field Service Technician - Vapor

Are you someone that likes to perform hands-on mechanical and electrical work?

Are you the type of person that likes to work in different environments and you don’t mind travelling for work?

Are you curious how things work?

Then, you would be a perfect fit working as a Field Service Technician for John Zink in the vapor group supporting the refining and petrochemical industries!

• John Zink is the leader in the Vapor space with the largest install base in North America.
• The typical base pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $55 to $65 CAD per hour but could be higher if you are experienced in the industry. We also have excellent health and retirement benefits.
• Credit Card, Cell Phone and Laptop
• This is a remote position within Canada.

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, Koch-Glitsch keeps our customers’ operations running with a wide range of innovative products and solutions serving the refining, chemical and petrochemical industries. As a full-service provider of mass transfer, mist elimination and phase separation equipment, we handle everything from design and fabrication to delivery and installation.

• Travel to jobs sites from your home office to perform checkout, testing, troubleshooting and commissioning/startup of a wide variety of electrical and mechanical equipment for our manufactured equipment.
• Perform maintenance on equipment, which includes, but is not limited to the following: pumps, motors, VFD’s, positioners, valves, actuators, transmitters, combustion equipment, emission monitoring equipment, recorders, and programmable logic controllers (PLC).
• Specialists will be required to commission, troubleshoot and alter different types of PLC’s (programmable controllers, mainly Allen Bradley, Emerson, and Wonderware) PID loop controllers, VFD’s, HMI’s, and other control devices.
• Modify technical documents and drawings (redlines) to represent final field changes and corrections for commissioning of equipment.
• Travel extensively within all of Canada and potentially in the US. Minimum of 75% travel is expected.
• Be on call for customer service as needed.

• Experience programming, calibrating, and configuring 4-20 MA loop devices.
• Experience for modifying, diagnosing and troubleshooting PLC’s (programmable Logic Controllers) such as, but not limited to, Allen Bradley and GE brands.
• Experience understanding and applying National Electrical code (NEC) or Canadian Electrical Code (CEC).
• Experience reading and understanding P&’s, fabrication drawings, and electrical schematics.
• Able to travel over 75% of the time.
• Valid Canadian Driver’s License, able to drive a Company vehicle and respond to customers when needed.

• Able to lift up to 50# on occasion and 25# routinely, able to bend, stoop, crawl 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 long workdays on occasion.

• Experience with Allen Bradley Control Logix, RS Linx, GE Rx3i, and other comparable Manufacturer’s Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
• 2-year Technical Degree from an accredited college or trade school in a mechanically-based technical major, or 4 years of military service working with boilers
• Field work experience in the petrochemical, power generation, renewable energy, pulp & paper or food processing industries.
• Experience with Modicon and Siemens Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
• Electrical journeyman license
• Experience with Industrial safety, OSHA, NFPA 70E, CCOHS and CSA B149.3
• Experience working on all types of industrial, electrical and electronic equipment including, but not limited to motors, VFD’s, positioners, valves, actuators, transmitters and PLC equipment.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

General Salary Range

For this role, we anticipate an hourly rate ranging from $55 to $65 CAD an hour as we are open to candidates from a wide range of career levels. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a…