Commercial Industrial Boiler Technician

Blake Thermal • Albany, NY

3d • $22 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

Blake Thermal Sales & Service, Inc. is seeking experienced Commercial/Industrial Boiler/Burner/Controls Technicians for their Albany, NY & Western MA locations. They are the official representative for Cleaver Brooks, Camus, and other C&I equipment manufacturers in the thermal energy industry. The company is looking for technicians with a focus on advanced control systems, and they are open to hiring technicians at all levels, from apprentices to senior personnel, offering factory training, certifications, and on-the-job training. Team members are described as thermal energy & mechanically/electrically minded, self-managed, and customer-focused. Blake Thermal Sales & Service Inc. is a full-service thermal solutions company with a 99-year history, specializing in engineered products, services, and complete systems for commercial, industrial, medical, educational, and manufacturing facilities.

Requirements

• Hands-on ability for combustion tuning and analysis as well as troubleshooting skills to determine and adjust a full range of burners from .5 to 30 MMBTU input
• Factory start-up and commissioning of various C&I thermal equipment including hydronic boilers, high- and low-pressure steam systems including firetube and industrial water tube boilers, steam turbines, heat exchangers, snow melt systems, etc.
• Boiler room analyses for possible opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency
• Understanding of all types of hot water and steam (high pressure & low pressure) boiler support equipment to include deaerators, feed systems, blow down systems, economizers and waste heat recovery equipment
• Understanding of wiring diagrams, electrical, controls and instrumentation
• Burner upgrades/conversions
• Advanced Burner control upgrades/conversions
• Implementation of energy efficiency measures
• Technical report writing
• Must be available for "On Call" 24 hour emergency service rotation.
• Scheduled night and weekend work is sometimes required to meet customer needs.
• Must have attitude and aptitude to develop a high level of customer service skills, as well as the ability to respond quickly to service calls with good time management and planning
• Must be motivated and fast paced personality with strong work ethic
• Must work effectively with little or no supervision once trained
• Able to read, write and have good oral communications skills in English, other languages a plus
• Computer ability should be proficient for producing required reports
• Must maintain a valid Driver's License to drive rental vehicles & able to pass a DOT physical for driving fleet vehicles as required, a CDL is not required
• Maintain company provided equipment, tools and or fleet vehicle as per company policy.
• Requires completion of company provided confined space & lockout/tagout training in order to work safely as part of a team
• Responsible for the prevention and/or mitigation of any environmental impact associated with job-related tasks, accidents, and emergency situations or conditions
• Actively promotes safe behaviors and health awareness at all times in the execution of daily tasks
• Ability to pass a pre-hire drug test, pre-hire background check and completion of an I-9 form.

Nice To Haves

• Experience is a big plus however we will train apprentices as well.
• Other languages a plus

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled & emergency maintenance/repair of the equipment and all other associated equipment
• Perform installation of the equipment at customer sites as well as conducting pre-installation assistance
• Must be available for "On Call" 24 hour emergency service rotation.
• Must have attitude and aptitude to develop a high level of customer service skills, as well as the ability to respond quickly to service calls with good time management and planning
• Must be motivated and fast paced personality with strong work ethic
• Must work effectively with little or no supervision once trained
• Able to read, write and have good oral communications skills in English, other languages a plus
• Computer ability should be proficient for producing required reports
• Must maintain a valid Driver's License to drive rental vehicles & able to pass a DOT physical for driving fleet vehicles as required, a CDL is not required
• Maintain company provided equipment, tools and or fleet vehicle as per company policy.
• Requires completion of company provided confined space & lockout/tagout training in order to work safely as part of a team
• Responsible for the prevention and/or mitigation of any environmental impact associated with job-related tasks, accidents, and emergency situations or conditions
• Actively promotes safe behaviors and health awareness at all times in the execution of daily tasks

Benefits

• Service vehicle with gas card (once trained and independent)
• Cell phone
• Extensive technical training & professional development opportunities
• Medical, dental, vision, life/ad&d, and long-term disability
• 401K
• Vacation and paid sick time
• 10 company holidays
• Compensation commensurate with experience
• Paid travel time - to and from the job site
• Additional compensation is provided when "On Call".
• Overtime/Double-time compensation paid for work performed outside of normal business hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed