What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Services Engineer position at Open Systems Inc.?
Field Services Engineer
Fulltime
Philadelphia, PA (Travelling Hybrid position)
Your Impact :
- We are looking for a Field Services Engineer that is excited by multifaceted work and taking projects from start to finish.
- You’ll need to be comfortable spending time in the office preparing for site visits, planning projects, and communicating with customers as well as traveling to customer sites to perform installation, calibration, and process engineering related tasks. You’ll quickly be brought up to speed and given your own set of customers and projects to service and manage with the help of our small team.
- You’ll largely set your own travel schedule with customers except where you will travel to support other team members’ projects.
- You’ll participate in virtually every aspect of the business, but your main responsibilities will be supporting customer sites through routine and emergency maintenance visits. The level of effort and type of work varies from customer to customer and visit to visit.
- We are looking for someone who is interested in aggressively pursuing growth and opportunities within industry.
- A successful candidate will have a strong desire to learn and participate in a niche industry gathering experience and knowledge not offered elsewhere. Our client is a small company, and a successful candidate has the potential to make a huge impact.
Qualifications : Education :
Associates degree or equivalent in cryogenics, mechanical design, electrical systems, controls or a closely related technology field is required.
Experience :
Minimum of 2 years professional experience working in a highly technical environment. Experience should include or be relevant to :
Priority will be given to candidates who have worked in the field of air separation, either cryogenic or non-cryogenic.
Priority will also be given to candidates that show they have operated as effective field service personnel for other industries, are capable of operating with minimal oversight, and have interacted directly with customers.
Principal Responsibilities
Specific tasks for which the Project Engineer is responsible include :
Travel
Due to the nature of the on-site work, travel requirements usually extend from Monday to Friday, with occasional travel of up to 2 or 3 weeks at a time a few times per year. Some overnight or long hours are required during outages and plant restarts. Travel generally ranges between 30%-60% throughout the year with most travel taking place during the fall and spring which is during the preferred customer outage season. Travel may in rare cases exceed 60%.