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Combustion Specialist III

Pasadena, TX • On-site

Industrial Service Solutions
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$90K - $150K/yr

Full-time

Posted 16 days ago

Job description

Description:

Job Posting Title:

Combustion Specialist III


Position Summary:


This position is responsible for but not limited to the preventive, predictive, corrective maintenance, and troubleshooting, including the combustion fuel / air ratio controls, refractory repair, and improvement projects associated with fired equipment.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain a culture of safety.
  • Develop and maintain compliance associated with all laws including but not limited to Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental.
  • Required to supervise contractors used during special circumstances such as shutdowns, projects, or maintenance. 
  • Ability to perform installation, start up, repair and tune up work on combustion systems and fuel trains.
  • Able to train other employees on the operation of combustion systems and fuel trains.
  • Must be able to read and work from schematics.
  • Must have the ability and knowledge to trouble shoot systems with no schematic.
  • Diagnose malfunctions of equipment to determine cause and appropriate corrective action.
  • Will need to perform preventative maintenance tasks according to established protocols.
  • Competency to conduct a complete combustion analysis, determine drafting, and make recommendations to optimize burner control systems.
  • Maintain and update HMI and PLC programs for combustion and safety systems for fired equipment.
  • Be proficient with portable combustion analyzers.
  • Write tuning / startup reports from all field visits.
  • Specify Replacement Parts.
  • Able to work with client to get or get the correct people together for additional opportunities.
  • Understanding of NFPA 70 / 85 / 86/ 87.
  • Ability to spec, setup, and commission VFD’s.
  • Verify basic thermodynamic principles to plant processes and fired equipment.
  • Ability to read and understand fan curves and capability to diagnose fan issues.
  • Understands flow characteristics of each type of flow control valve.

Qualifications:

  • Nine (9) or more years of controls and instrumentation.
  • Combustion systems and fault finding.
  • Strong problem-solving ability.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Engineering or Technical Degree Preferred but Not Required.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ISS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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