Field Service Technician Job Listing at Kelly Services in Washington, DC (Job ID 10120012)

Description

Field Service Technician
Ability to travel extensively (70-80% ~250 days/year)

Essential Responsibilities

• Commissioning Water Treatment Plants by ensuring process equipment and control systems perform per specifications.
• Act as construction liaison between design engineering and construction teams during plant erection.
• Provide technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair, and maintenance on-site.
• Manage activities of outside vendors and suppliers; ensure services and supplies meet project specifications and performance requirements.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and log sheets to document and monitor equipment operation.
• Develop and execute commissioning schedules and performance plans.
• Create and conduct classroom and hands-on training sessions for operation and maintenance of process equipment.
• Participate in model reviews, engineering design meetings, and safety-in-design reviews to ensure accessibility, maintenance, and operation of process equipment.
• Perform control system factory acceptance tests with clients and their representatives.
• Deliver after-market services such as site inspections, equipment inspections, and operator training.
• Maintain a strong safety mindset to ensure work adheres to VEOLIA safety standards.
• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and reference for future outages.

Technical Skills & Abilities

• Apply mathematical operations to water treatment chemistry calculations, test reliability, budget analysis, and monitoring Time & Material contract costs.
• Troubleshoot alignment and plumb adjustment figures using plane geometry and chemistry formulas.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions for improving operations or identifying design limitations.
• Perform PLC/HMI activities: I/O checkout, system networking, program upload/download, ladder logic, function block troubleshooting, and simple logic programming.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and communicate.
• Occasionally required to walk, climb, or balance.
• Must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise level; possible exposure to loud noise on-site.
• Site assignments may be in foreign countries with accommodations in remote work camps.
• Frequent outdoor work at water treatment facilities.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the water treatment field.
• Strong focus on customer relationships (external and internal).
• Demonstrated ability to balance customer and VEOLIA team needs.
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and knowledge.

 

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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