Senior Boiler & Combustion Controls Technician

Western States Boiler & Combustion Controls has provided boiler, burner, and combustion-control solutions throughout Utah and the Mountain West since 2003. We support industrial, institutional, and commercial facilities with boiler and burner service, combustion tuning, controls upgrades, preventive maintenance, equipment sales, engineered retrofits, and 24/7 emergency support.

Our customers include manufacturing and food-processing facilities, hospitals, universities, pharmaceutical operations, refineries, and other critical facilities that depend on safe and reliable steam and hot-water systems. We combine responsive local service with high-quality equipment and practical, engineered solutions that improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and long-term system performance.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Boiler & Combustion Controls Technician to join our field service team in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. This is a full-time, field-based position supporting industrial and commercial customers throughout Utah and, occasionally, the surrounding Mountain West region.

The ideal candidate can independently diagnose, repair, commission, and optimize boilers, burners, flame-safeguard systems, combustion controls, and associated electrical and mechanical equipment. This is a senior-level position for someone who understands the complete boiler system and can methodically troubleshoot combustion, fuel-train, electrical, instrumentation, and control-related problems.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Troubleshoot, service, and repair industrial and commercial boilers, burners, combustion-control systems, and related equipment.
• Perform burner startups, commissioning, combustion testing, and fuel-to-air ratio adjustments using calibrated combustion-analysis equipment.
• Diagnose flame-failure, ignition, fuel-train, actuator, VFD, motor, sensor, transmitter, and electrical-control issues.
• Test flame-safeguard systems, operating controls, limits, interlocks, and safety devices.
• Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, and operational testing on steam and hot-water boiler systems.
• Read and interpret wiring diagrams, control schematics, P&IDs, sequence-of-operation documents, and manufacturer manuals.
• Configure, calibrate, and troubleshoot control panels, actuators, transmitters, and other field instrumentation.
• Support boiler-control upgrades, burner retrofits, lead–lag systems, and equipment replacement projects.
• Clearly document work performed, test results, deficiencies, and recommended corrective actions.
• Communicate professionally with customers, facility personnel, project managers, and other technicians.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less-experienced technicians when needed.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule and provide occasional after-hours emergency service.

• Significant hands-on experience servicing industrial or commercial boilers, burners, and combustion-control systems.
• Strong understanding of burner sequencing, ignition systems, flame detection, combustion setup, fuel trains, operating controls, limits, and safety interlocks.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, combustion, and control-related problems.
• Working knowledge of motors, VFDs, relays, actuators, transmitters, control panels, and industrial electrical circuits.
• Ability to safely use electrical test equipment and combustion-analysis instruments.
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams, P&IDs, technical drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Experience with PLC-based controls, parallel-positioning systems, O₂ trim, lead–lag controls, and building automation integration is highly desirable.
• Experience with Siemens, Fireye, Honeywell, Autoflame, Preferred Instruments, Power Flame, or similar boiler and burner controls is beneficial.
• Familiarity with high-pressure steam systems and applicable ASME, National Board, NFPA, and jurisdictional requirements is preferred.
• Technical certification or associate degree in an electrical, mechanical, controls, or industrial field is beneficial; equivalent hands-on field experience will be considered.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to safely work in industrial environments, mechanical rooms, elevated areas, and confined or restricted-access locations as required.
• Willingness to travel locally and occasionally overnight.
• Strong communication, documentation, customer-service, and time-management skills.
• Commitment to performing work safely, professionally, and to a high standard of quality.