FIELD ENGINEER VFDs

Effective: October 2, 2023
Department: Field Services
FLSA Status: Exempt
Employment Status: Full-time
Reports to: Field Services Manager.



POSITION SUMMARY

Provide specialized, variable frequency drive (VFD) and control engineering expertise, service, and maintenance at site and remotely.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Maintain current safety qualifications appropriate to the assigned jobs and adhere to both Company and Client safety requirements.

  • Advise clients and Company engineers to resolve on-site issues.

  • Provide technical support to clients and other engineers, when not in the field

  • Perform preventative maintenance on client equipment.

  • Troubleshoot and correct process application problems in complex control systems.

  • Write and submit field service reports, timesheets and expenses in a timely manner.

  • Respond to client issues including after regular business hours on a schedule to be assigned.

  • Investigate suggested field changes, report problems, and recommend solutions to parent company as necessary.

  • Identify and recommend additional value-add products and services through proactive engagement with clients.

  • Perform commissioning, installations, quality inspections, and performance testing of VFD’s to meet design performance criteria, as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

  • Bachelor of science in electrical, electronic, or related engineering field or equivalent via education and/or work experience.

  • 3 years of field engineering experience in power conversion (A/C VFD engineering) experience, with familiarity with power distribution, power electronic, and rotating machine products.

  • Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts.

  • Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills.

  • Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility.

  • Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

  • Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 50%, occasionally with limited notice.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more of 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

NOTE : This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an ”at will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.