Field Service Technician

Linde; California; On-site; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde Inc. in California is seeking a Field Service Technician to operate and maintain oxygen and nitrogen production plants at customer sites. You will perform preventative maintenance, calibrations, and equipment servicing to ensure safe, reliable operations.

You will read P&IDs, troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems, manage outages, and coordinate resources. The role requires on-call participation, occasional overnight travel, and lifting up to 75 lbs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in a technical field preferred.
• Experience with air separation plants, compressors, pumps, motors, valves, or manufacturing operations preferred.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of instrumentation, including measuring, controlling, and analyzing process variables.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekdays and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain oxygen and nitrogen production plants at customer sites safely, reliably, and efficiently.
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance, calibrations, and equipment servicing.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve plant operational and process issues.
• Manage site operations independently to meet production targets, reliability goals, and contract requirements.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance outages and turnarounds.
• Travel as needed for operations support and training.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Instrumentation knowledge

P&ID reading

On-call availability

Travel readiness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree in a technical field preferred

Job description

Field Service Technician

California, CA, United States | req31063

Linde Inc.

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will operate and maintain oxygen and nitrogen production plants at customer sites safely, reliably, and efficiently
• In this role, you will perform preventative and predictive maintenance, calibrations, and equipment servicing
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve plant operational and process issues
• Manage site operations independently to meet production targets, reliability goals, and contract requirements
• Further, you will plan and coordinate maintenance outages and turnarounds
• Organize resources for maintenance work and compliance audits
• You will read and interpret P&IDs and electrical schematic diagrams
• Complete required self-paced training to build technical knowledge and job competency
• Manage plant maintenance budgets and perform monthly customer billing tasks
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized facility
• And you will drive a service truck up to 2 or 3 hours per day and up to 8 hours on occasion
• Travel as needed for operations support and training
• Assist in training and development of new employees
• Demonstrate strong organization, independence, and problem-solving skills in a dynamic work environment

What Makes You Great

• You have a high school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in a technical field preferred
• Experience with air separation plants, compressors, pumps, motors, valves, or manufacturing operations preferred
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills
• You have knowledge of instrumentation, including measuring, controlling, and analyzing process variables
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekdays and weekends
• Ability to travel occasionally, including overnight, for support and training
• Capable of pushing, pulling, moving, and lifting up to 75 lbs

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $61,669 - $90,448

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.