FIELD EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

📍 Midland, Texas

About This Role
Maintain, troubleshoot repair, and install all PropX containers, conveyor belts, and equipment as designated, ensuring that all equipment is continually maintained at the highest standards, resulting in proper functionality and minimum failures. Perform quality checks according to procedure and modify equipment in a timely manner. Perform preventative maintenance, repair, and overhaul, troubleshoot, and test mechanical & electrical equipment according to PropX standards. This position will require long hours in various weather conditions, being "on-call" 24/7, and travel to other PropX Equipment locations.

General Tasks and Requirements

  • Troubleshoot mechanical equipment, PLCs and ladder diagrams, AC and DC circuits, electrical sensors and switches, motor controls and servo controllers, safety circuits.

  • Install, troubleshoot, and repair electric motors and equipment (120, 240, and 480V). Knowledge of basic hand tools and machine shop equipment.

  • Complete preventive maintenance tasks as scheduled, and document finished work.

  • Contact vendors, of replacement parts on hand for all equipment.

  • Developing a system of tracking failures with cause analysis.

  • Recommending maintenance intervals to ensure maximum productive time from our systems.

  • Traveling to locations with PropX equipment to troubleshoot and repair.

  • Interfacing with manufacturers and their suppliers to improve current and future designs.

  • Working with our client's maintenance staff on training, lessons learned, problem-solving etc.

  • Installation, modification, and repair of automated industrial control equipment.

  • Strong understanding of software utilized within programmable logic control (PLC) systems.

  • Design, plan, install and maintain industrial control equipment and instrumentation such as loop controls, variable frequency drives, control panels, and load balancing.

  • Thorough understanding of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.

  • Must be available to work off shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed.

  • Assists in routine planned maintenance and emergency repairs of plant equipment including conveyors, bucket elevators, and washing/drying equipment.

  • Interface with customer representatives on proper operation and maintenance of equipment.


Qualifications/Requirements:

Must have a strong machine electrical background. Hardwire, digital and analog I/O knowledge, and the ability to read electrical prints. Proven PLC Programming experience - Allen Bradley RS 5000 a must, with networking (Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, etc.) experience desired. PLC background requires writing, debugging, developing, and troubleshooting PLC's and proven HMI Programming experience preferred (Wonder Ware). Computer skills Windows environment, load and set up various software. Must be able to work in adverse working conditions such as heat, wet, cold, noise, etc.

Must be willing to work overtime when required. Ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems and the ability to read prints including mechanical and electrical prints. Needs to possess excellent analytical skills, data interpretation. Needs to have knowledge of safety practices such as Lockout/Tagout, NFPA 70E, and proper use of PPE and have strong communication skills.

Rotational Position

Location: Midland, TX

  • 3 weeks on / 1 week off

  • Housing not provided