Combustion Specialist III

Job Title

This position is responsible for but not limited to the preventive, predictive, corrective maintenance, and troubleshooting, including the combustion fuel / air ratio controls, refractory repair, and improvement projects associated with fired equipment.

• Develop and maintain a culture of safety
• Develop and maintain compliance associated with all laws including but not limited to Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental
• Required to supervise contractors used during special circumstances such as shutdowns, projects, or maintenance
• Ability to perform installation, start up, repair and tune up work on combustion systems and fuel trains
• Able to train other employee's on the operation of combustion systems and fuel trains
• Must be able to read and work from schematics
• Must have the ability and knowledge to trouble shoot systems with no schematic
• Diagnose malfunctions of equipment to determine cause and appropriate corrective action
• Will need to perform preventative maintenance tasks according to established protocols
• Competency to conduct a complete combustion analysis, determine drafting, and make recommendations to optimize burner control systems
• Maintain and update HMI and PLC programs for combustion and safety systems for fired equipment
• Be proficient with portable combustion analyzers
• Write tuning / startup reports from all field visits
• Specify Replacement Parts
• Able to work with client to get or get the correct people together for additional opportunities
• Understanding of NFPA 70 / 85 / 86/ 87
• Ability to spec, setup, and commission VFD's
• Verify basic thermodynamic principles to plant processes and fired equipment
• Ability to read and understand fan curves and capability to diagnose fan issues
• Understands flow characteristics of each type of flow control valve

• Nine (9) or more years of controls and instrumentation
• Combustion systems and fault finding
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Engineering or Technical Degree Preferred but Not Required

(Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.)

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.