Field Service Engineer - Fired Equipment

John Zink; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 48,216 - 64,747; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

John Zink is seeking a Field Service Technician to support installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial fired equipment across the U.S. This home-based role requires approximately 75% travel to customer sites, where the technician will provide technical guidance and ensure system performance.

Applicants should have experience with electrical and mechanical systems, as well as familiarity with PLC control systems. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for a fulfilling work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience troubleshooting, installing, and maintaining electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical systems.
• Ability to travel approximately 75% of the time.
• Valid driver's license and ability to obtain a TWIC within six weeks.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical/mechanical installation, inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of fired equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical issues on combustion systems.
• Calibrate and maintain field instrumentation.
• Build strong relationships with customer operations and maintenance teams.

Skills

Troubleshooting electrical systems

Installation of mechanical systems

Reading P&IDs and schematics

Experience with PLC systems

Safety compliance

Job description

Your Job

John Zink is hiring a Field Service Technician in the Fired Equipment Group supporting customers across a range of industries including colleges, hospitals, refineries, petrochemical facilities, plastics manufacturing, and other industrial heating environments.

In this role, you will serve as a field expert—supporting the installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial fired equipment critical to safe and reliable operations. You will work directly at customer sites, partnering with operations and maintenance teams to provide technical guidance, resolve issues, and support overall system performance.

Travel

This is a home-based role where you will operate from your location while traveling to customer sites nationwide approximately 75% of the time. Candidates must live within reasonable commuting distance of a major airport to effectively support travel requirements.

Our Team

John Zink Company, a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company, serves customers with innovative, engineered‑to‑order solutions. Our equipment group business supplies components for applications in various markets with a focus on the refining and petrochemical industry. Our Field Service Technicians support our customers at their sites across the country with their commissioning, maintenance, and other service needs.

What You Will Do

• Travel from your home base to customer facilities to support electrical/mechanical installation, inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of fired equipment across a variety of industrial heating applications.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical issues on combustion systems, including burner components, fuel trains, valves, dampers, and associated hardware.
• Provide technical expertise on register burners, duct burners, and utility burners, including startup support, tuning, mechanical adjustments, and performance optimization.
• Lead with safety in all aspects of field execution, proactively identifying and mitigating risk while working in live industrial environments; model and reinforce PBM culture through ownership and sound judgment.
• Interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and system layouts to identify issues and implement effective, field‑ready solutions.
• Support and interface with instrumentation and controls systems (PLCs, HMIs, and control logic) to assist with system operation and troubleshooting.
• Calibrate, test, and maintain field instrumentation such as transmitters, valves, actuators, and 4–20 mA loop devices to support overall system performance.
• Build strong, trust‑based relationships with customer operations and maintenance teams through clear communication and consistent, high‑quality service execution.
• Maintain accurate documentation including service reports and updates to drawings while adhering to safety and compliance expectations.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience troubleshooting, installing, and maintaining industrial electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical systems.
• Experience working with PLC‑based control systems (e.g., Allen‑Bradley, GE), including troubleshooting and interfacing with control systems.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, and control systems.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 75%.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) within six (6) weeks; ability to travel from a major airport.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally and 25 lbs routinely.
• Ability to bend, stoop, crawl, climb, and maneuver around industrial equipment and piping.
• Ability to work in outdoor environments, sometimes for extended or irregular workdays.
• Ability to enter and work in confined or enclosed spaces for extended periods.
• Visual and auditory capability to safely perform electrical and mechanical diagnostics.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Field service experience supporting industrial fired equipment or combustion systems within refining, petrochemical, power generation, pulp & paper, or industrial heating environments.
• Hands‑on experience working with OEM burner systems, including John Zink, Coen, TODD or Peabody.
• Experience performing startup, tuning, and performance optimization of register burners, duct burners, or utility burners.
• Experience working with Allen‑Bradley PLC systems in combustion, boiler, or steam generation applications.
• Knowledge of NFPA 70E electrical safety standards.
• Experience modifying PLC logic.

For this role, we anticipate paying $35 - $47 an hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength—focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify.