Field Service Technician

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.  

Reimagine What’s Possible 

Are you interested in learning to work with Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen, Liquid Argon, Liquid Helium, Liquid Hydrogen, cryogenics, gas compression, and gas generation. Don’t know much about the industrial gas industry? That’s ok! We will train the right candidate. We are seeking a Field Service Technician who resides in Michigan to service our customers between Grand Rapids and Detroit.

Air Products’ Field Service Technicians are provided with a company truck to service cryogenic bulk gas systems at our customer sites. This position requires technical competency, including the ability to startup, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair cryogenic and gases product storage systems. These systems include cryogenic pressure vessels, vaporizers, flow, level and pressure control instrumentation, pumps, and compressors. The Field Service Technician will be responsible to provide the necessary technical and hands on support for installations and maintenance of these systems.

This is a safety sensitive position.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Location:

Position is residence-based and will travel to customer sites daily generally within a 200-mile radius of home.

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Safety: Ability and desire to put safety first; above production, efficiency, speed, external pressure, and profits. If you like to cut corners on safety this job is not for you.
• Technical Skills: Ability to use hammers, drills, hammer drills, core drills, hand saws, power saws, wrenches, pliers, hand tools, brazing torches, and ladders. Welding a plus.
• Solving: Excellent fixing skills. Ability to look at the big picture, diagnose, and repair complex problems. Can read prints.
• Electrical: Should be comfortable working on deenergized circuits up to 480V. Able to trace and measure voltage/amperage on instrumentation circuits.
• Mechanical: Proven understanding of pumps, compressors, regulators, valves, motors, belts, and pulleys.
• Spirit: Should be a self-starter, fast learner, have a desire to learn and grow, desire to be challenged, ambitious. Once you're trained, you are required to hold lots of responsibility. Able to work alone for long periods of time. Ability to work on a team.
• Communication: Act as primary interface between Air Products and its customers. Ability to communicate between the field and Air Products management, sales, and engineering. Expected to detail all work (computer/phone platform), reorder all parts, and communicate out all relevant information in a timely manner. Not for the unmotivated.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Duties: Install, repair, maintain, and remove Air Products cryogenic, high pressure, generated gas, and associated equipment at customer sites all over the region, generally within a two-hour radius of home. Occasionally supervise subcontractors and crane activity.
• Perks: Competitive pay. Historically overtime available as needed. Learn new skills. Learn and work in a dynamic global industry. Autonomy (you will not be micromanaged). Punch in/out from home. High responsibility. Company truck. Company gas card. Company tools. Company computer and phone. Company training. Company uniforms. Company PPE. Upward mobility driven by you. On the job training. Great teammates.
• Physical Demands: Drive, climb, lift, carry, push, tighten, loosen, drill, saw, crawl, bend, wrench, shovel, etc. Outdoors in all weather, all year.

Minimum Hiring Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.