Field Service Tech 1321

ESTIS MANAGEMENT LLC; Big Spring, Midland (TX, TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ESTIS MANAGEMENT LLC in Texas seeks a Field Service Technician to develop and maintain profitable relationships with natural gas producing customers within a defined geographic territory.

The role involves installing, commissioning, servicing and decommissioning compressor packages, diagnosing and repairing equipment, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating with customers to deliver reliable field service.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Strong mechanical and electrical skills.
• Customer focused
• 6 months–2 years in natural gas compression equipment
• Valid driver's license with clean record
• Hand tools up to 1¼”
• Proficient English (reading, writing, speaking)
• Computer skills; MS Office
• Able to pass drug tests and background checks
• Associate degree or higher preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Knowledge of purging and loading practices preferred
• Able to interpret compressor performance and horsepower

Responsibilities

• Maximize cost-effective, safe customer runtime reliability.
• Install, start, maintain, service, and decommission compressor packages.
• Ensure environmental regulation compliance.
• Report on new business opportunities with customers.
• Provide field status updates and maintenance reports daily.
• Identify and report equipment failures and needs to teams.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Customer-focused

Experience in natural gas compression

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hand tools up to 1¼”

MS Office

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: WTXE-Big Spring - Midland, TX 79707

Position Overview

Develops and maintains profitable relationships with natural gas producing customers within the defined geographic territory.

Responsibilities/Job Duties

• Maximizes cost effective and safe customer runtime reliability (mechanical availability);
• Installs, commences, 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