Description
Position Details: Lead Field Service Technician
• Location: Vernon, CA, can live in Sacramento also
• Shift: M-F-8 hours shifts, 5 days a week pending active outages/projects + 24/7 on call
• Travel: Backup plants in City of Industry, Riverside, and occasionally Mojave. Trips to City of Industry and Riverside normally do not require overnight stays unless a major project is in process. 1 to 2 trips per 2 weeks to either plant is expected.
• Compensation: Salary = $85k - $94k. Overtime pay on top of salary- When on call over the weekend you'll be paid out $90 per day (up to $9,360 per year), plus a minimum of 4 hours of O/T at 1.5X your hourly rate for any service call. Company pickup truck provided that may be used for daily commuting (~$14k yearly value according to AAA). Timecard Pay Clock begins when you leave your house and ends when you arrive home (daily).
• Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and so much more

Position Description:
The On-Site Air Separation Plant Technician is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the VERNON, CA area plant locations (Los Angeles/Sacramento, CA). The employee in this role solves field site issues and is responsible for the general maintenance and production at the site. The plant is located on a customer location. The technician must be able to produce results with minimal supervision and has primary responsibility for their assigned plants. The technician is supported through managerial supervision, lead technicians, engineers, sales, and other technical support. The technician will travel to support locations outside the assigned area and may be asked to assist in training and development. The technician makes decisions which require coordination of interrelated tasks. The employee develops conceptual solutions to moderately difficult, non-routine issues/problems and provides guidance on planning and technical leadership of projects.

Responsibilities:
• Maintain all safety, quality, and compliance activities at each plant location.
• Perform routine maintenance and calibrations on a variety of process equipment including centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, gas analyzers, electrical controls systems, and pneumatic control valves.
• Manage own time to accomplish operations and maintenance tasks for assigned plants which includes troubleshooting, diagnosing, and solving plant problems.
• Coordinate contractors and resources, both internal and external to Linde to support activities, audits, and all administrative requirements for the plant.
• Maintain or improve plant efficiency.
• Occasionally assists or directs the training and development of new employees.
SKILLS and ABILITIES
• Safety awareness and procedures
• Safe driving
• Troubleshooting and diagnostics
• Maintenance and repairs
• Process understanding, process control schematic interpretation
• Computers, Microsoft applications, process control computer systems (HMI), maintenance and compliance documentation
• Communications, both verbal and written
• Quality controls, analyzers
• Organization and time management
• Procurement processes

EXPERIENCE

2 - 5 years of Operations experience highly desirable in many of the following fields:
• Air separation or similar complex process control function
• Instrumentation and control
• General maintenance of industrial equipment
• Compressors and compressor maintenance
• Industrial Mechanical
• Industrial Electrical or Electrician
• Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC)