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John Zink

Field Service Engineer - Fired Equipment

Location

Phoenix, AZ

Wage

$35 – $50/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

John Zink is hiring a Field Service Engineer in the Fired Equipment Group to support customers across various industries, including colleges, hospitals, and refineries. This role involves installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial fired equipment critical to safe operations.

Responsibilities

  • Travel from home base 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 burner types, including startup support and performance optimization.
  • Lead with safety in all aspects of field execution and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
  • Interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and system layouts to identify issues.
  • Support and interface with instrumentation and controls systems for troubleshooting.
  • Calibrate, test, and maintain field instrumentation to support overall system performance.
  • Build strong relationships with customer operations and maintenance teams.
  • 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 Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 42% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $24–$37/hr middle band drawn from 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 137 different employers. 64 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 500 other active welding openings from 273 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (20), EZARC (19), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Mesa at $33/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.

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