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Overview

John Zink is hiring a Field Service Technician in the Fired Equipment Group to support customers across various industries, focusing on the installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial fired equipment critical for safe operations. This role involves significant travel to customer sites nationwide.

Responsibilities

  • Travel to customer facilities to support installation, inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of fired equipment.
  • Diagnose and resolve electrical issues on combustion systems.
  • Provide technical expertise on various types of burners, including startup support and performance optimization.
  • Lead with safety in field execution and identify risks in industrial environments.
  • Interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and system layouts to implement effective solutions.
  • Support and interface with instrumentation and controls systems for troubleshooting.
  • Calibrate, test, and maintain field instrumentation to support system performance.
  • Build strong relationships with customer operations and maintenance teams through clear communication.
  • Maintain accurate documentation including service reports and updates to drawings.

Requirements

  • Experience troubleshooting, installing, and maintaining industrial electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical systems.
  • Experience working with PLC-based control systems.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, and control systems.
  • Willingness and ability to travel approximately 75%.
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a TWIC within six weeks.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a home-based role with approximately 75% travel required.
  • Candidates must live within reasonable commuting distance of a major airport.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 32% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $25–$40/hr middle band drawn from 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 76% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 90 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 29 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 347 other active welding openings from 204 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $36/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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