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John Zink

Field Service Engineer - Fired Equipment

Location

Houston, TX

Wage

$35 – $50/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 13, 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. The role involves installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial fired equipment critical to safe operations.

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 register burners, duct burners, and utility burners.
  • Lead with safety in all aspects of field execution.
  • Interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and system layouts to identify issues.
  • Support and interface with instrumentation and controls systems.
  • Calibrate, test, and maintain field instrumentation.
  • Build strong relationships with customer operations and maintenance teams.
  • Maintain accurate documentation including service reports.

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 to customer sites.
  • 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 Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 63% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$33/hr middle band drawn from 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 351 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 196 different employers. 130 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 683 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

John Zink currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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