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Field Service Technician I

Flowserve Corp
  • Houston, TX
    3 days ago

    Job Description

    Company Overview:

    Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together-creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

    The Field Service Technician installs, commissions, monitors, troubleshoots, and repairs valves, seals, and other equipment across industries such as oil and gas, chemical, nuclear, coal, and wastewater industries, depending on the customer engagement.

    In this challenging position the Field Service Technician (FST) provides real-time technical support to our customers, and provides recommendations for repairs, upgrades, and replacement equipment. The FST is actively engaged in troubleshooting problems and implementing solutions onsite at nearby customer facilities.

    Our Field Service Technician team is the face of Flowserve, and we count on them to deliver a world-class service to our customers, creating a lasting competitive advantage for our products and services.

    Responsibilities & Requirements:

    • Make direct, in-person service calls in response to customer requests.
    • Assess mechanical problems and take actions to resolve promptly.
    • Work side-by-side with our customer's personnel, and lead work crews as required.
    • Oversee the full cycle of repair: disassembly, cleaning, inspection, repair, and assembly.
    • Ensure that equipment is installed successfully and on schedule.
    • Check equipment prior to start-up and assess start-up performance.
    • Monitor the maintenance and performance of Flowserve equipment.
    • Train customers in the proper procedures for operating and maintaining Flowserve products.
    • Collaborate effectively with the supporting organizations of Flowserve, including the repair centers, customer service, and sales engineering.
    • Maintain and submit organized, accurate records, including daily reports, jobs quoted, jobs performed, and time and materials charged.
    • Knowledgeable about the industrial applications and operations of pumps, valves, seals, actuators, and mechanical equipment.
    • Experience with installing mechanical equipment.
    • Experience with repairing valve equipment, installing mechanical seals, changing seal faces/gaskets/O rings.
    • Proven ability to correctly read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and schematics
    • Must be a self-starter with good follow-through, capable of working independently with little supervision.
    • Capable in Outlook, Word, and Excel
    • An active driver's license with a good driving record is essential to the role.
    • Able to travel, including globally, for extended periods of time
    • Able to work overtime as required to minimize impact to customers
    • Physical activity is required, including frequent lifting up to 50 pounds / 25kg, ascending/descending ladders and staircases, and climbing and reaching in, under, and around large equipment, often outside year-round.
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Good organizational skills
    • Communicate by word and actions Flowserve's values for ethics, safety, and quality
    • Other duties as assigned.

    Preferred Experience / Skills:

    • Ability to work collaboratively with unfamiliar teams.
    • HS Diploma / GED and / or 0-2 years relevant experience.

    Req ID : R-21412

    EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

    If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employment@flowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, TX
    IndustryEngineering Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1997

    About Company

    Our global team of more than 18,000 employees in 55 countries can put together the total solution—from project planning to lifecycle maintenance programs to some of the most proven technology on the planet. All so you can get more from your capital investment. Exceed your operational goals. And always come through, when failure is not an option.

    Skills

    • Alternative Energyunmatched
    • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
    • Blueprintsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Customer Trainingunmatched
    • Disassemblersunmatched
    • Driver's Licenseunmatched
    • Engineering Drawingunmatched
    • Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
    • Equipment Replacementunmatched
    • Follow Throughunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Lift/Move 25 Poundsunmatched
    • Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • Mine Waste/Tailingsunmatched
    • Oil and Gasunmatched
    • On Site Supportunmatched
    • Operations Processesunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Pumpsunmatched
    • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
    • Sales/Support Engineering (SE)unmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • System Start-Upunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Technical Supportunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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