Combustion Lab Test Technician

About the role

Fives North American Combustion, Inc. is hiring a Combustion Lab Test Technician to join our team in Cleveland, OH. Fives North American Combustion (HQ: Cleveland) is a dynamic subsidiary of the renowned Fives Group (HQ: Paris). Boasting over 100 years of groundbreaking contributions to industrial combustion, we stand at the forefront of thermal process engineering and manufacturing across the globe.

From designing and manufacturing cutting-edge burners and industrial furnaces to installing and servicing combustion systems, we span industries including aluminum, steel, forging, incineration, oil and gas, mineral, paper, glass, and food. Our fusion of innovative energy and expertise yields unparalleled technology, breakthrough products and performance-enhancing solutions.

Fueling our success is a firm belief in innovation through collaboration. At Fives, we are driven by a common calling, to prove that industry can do it! Join us as we work together to make industry an answer to technological, environmental, social, and economic challenges of our time and to make your career an adventure in shaping the future of industrial excellence.

Responsibilities

Your role will be to comply with corporate safety rules and maintain clean and orderly work areas in the lab. You will assemble and tear down of test equipment, including piping systems for fuel and air, electrical systems to support testing, and instrumentation to make the measurements required for testing.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct testing and development on burners and combustion system hardware/components
• Follow written test procedures and best practices
• Accurately record data with a computer
• Communicate with engineering personnel in person, phone calls, email, and documents
• Provide test data, observations, suggestions and recommendations for improvements
• Maintain and repair lab facility, equipment and instrumentation
• Fabricate parts for test apparatus, using metalworking machines such as drill press, lathes, milling machines, and welding equipment
• Conduct customer witnessed product and systems testing
• Complete setup, testing, and teardown within allotted time schedule
• Retrieve electrical and mechanical parts/assemblies to be tested and arrange in test area
• Configure digital instrumentation
• Verify system design complies with applicable codes and regulations
• Examine parts for conformance with dimensional specifications, using precision measuring instruments
• Identify concerns with craftsmanship and overall quality of assemblies
• Identify hazards and work safely in an industrial lab environment

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with the following equipment and skills:

• Drill press, bench grinder, lathe, milling machines, welding equipment, tow motor/forklift, crane, rigging equipment, hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools
• Pipe fitting: threaded, flanged, compression style connections
• Reading piping schematics or P&ID drawings
• Wiring: from low voltage DC up to 460VAC
• Reading wiring diagrams, schematics, and electrical relay ladder schematics
• Using digital multimeters to troubleshoot wiring systems and components
• Instrumentation: hands on experience configuring and using pressure transmitters, thermocouples, RTDs, temperature transmitters, manometers, flue gas analyzers, pitot probes, etc...
• Drawings: Reading and marking-up mechanical and electrical drawings and prints
• Computers: Strong background using Microsoft office (Outlook, Word, and Excel)

Experience working with combustion systems and fired systems is a plus. Knowledge of PLC programming or data acquisition system programming is also a plus.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package featuring:

• Coverage for the majority of health insurance premiums
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability (STD), and long-term disability (LTD)
• 401(k): 6% match and immediate vesting
• Paid vacation, sick and volunteer time
• 12 paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and development
• Company social events