Technical Specialist – Engineering

Join a Company Built for Technical Solutions and Growth!

At Groome Industrial Service Group (GISG), we help power generation and heavy industrial customers protect critical assets, extend equipment life, reduce downtime, and safely execute complex maintenance and coatings projects.

The Technical Specialist will join our Engineering department and serve as a technical resource to the Sales team by reviewing coating specifications, supporting customer solutions, estimating, and helping translate field conditions into accurate scopes of work and proposals.

This role is ideal for a technically strong coatings professional who understands industrial environments, coating systems, surface preparation, inspection requirements, application methods, and industry standards such as AMPP.

• Technical impact:
  Help shape coating solutions for critical power generation and heavy industrial assets.
• Sales and Operations partnership:
  Support the Sales and Operations teams with specifications, scope development, technical reviews, and proposal accuracy.
• Broad service platform:
  Work across coatings, surface preparation, industrial cleaning, mechanical services, outage support, and related maintenance solutions.
• Field-to-engineering connection:
  Translate customer needs, site conditions, and asset challenges into practical, executable work scopes.
• Growth-stage opportunity:
  Join a company expanding through investment, acquisitions, new markets, and new capabilities.

The Technical Specialist will provide technical coating expertise to Groome’s Engineering and Sales teams, with a focus on coating specification review, customer-facing technical support, estimating, and proposal development for power generation and heavy industrial customers.

Success requires strong knowledge of coating technologies, surface preparation requirements, corrosion protection, quality control, inspection practices, and industry standards. The ideal candidate can write clear coating specifications, interpret customer

requirements, support competitive bids, and help Groome deliver technically sound, comprehensive solutions.

• Health and Safety is our #1 priority 24/7/365!
• Competitive wages - the salary range for this position is $90,000 to $115,000 based on experience.
• Paid time off, comprehensive health benefits coverage after 60 days of full-time employment.
• 401(k) after the eligibility period with company matching component.
• Opportunities for growth and development in your career.
• Positive and safe work environments.

• Coating Specifications:
  Review coating specifications, scopes of work, surface preparation requirements, inspection hold points, and application criteria aligned with customer needs and industry standards.
• Sales & Proposal Support:
  Partner with Sales and Operations to support site evaluations, estimating, bid strategy, technical clarifications, proposal content, and quote creation.
• Standards & Technical Compliance:
  Apply AMPP and customer-specific standards to coatings evaluations, specifications, inspection requirements, and quality expectations.
• Field & Customer Support:
  Participate in site walks, pre-bid meetings, field reviews, customer discussions, and project handoffs to clarify technical requirements and reduce execution risk.
• Quality & Inspection Support:
  Define inspection requirements, documentation expectations, acceptance criteria, surface preparation checks, DFT requirements, environmental controls, and coating repair procedures.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with Sales, Operations, Safety, project management, and field leadership to support accurate quotes, executable scopes, safe planning, and successful project delivery.

• Experience supporting coating projects in natural gas and coal-fired power generation, utilities, IPPs, co-ops, industrial boilers, steel, cement, pulp and paper, refinery, chemical, manufacturing, or similar heavy industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of corrosion protection, coating failures, surface preparation, abrasive blasting, water jetting,…