Field Service Blader

About the role

The Steam Turbine Blader is a highly skilled tradesperson responsible for the inspection, removal, repair, fabrication, and installation of turbine blades and associated components within steam turbines and other rotating equipment. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the structural integrity, balance, and aerodynamic performance of steam turbines during maintenance, overhaul, and manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Carefully remove existing blades from rotor/stator assemblies, ensuring no damage to parent material.
• Follow established removal procedures using proper tooling.
• Weigh and sort individual blades to create weight-matched sets.
• Perform quality checks and verify compliance with dimensional tolerances and customer specs.
• Manufacture shrouds using appropriate forming and welding techniques.
• Shape and contour shrouds to ensure a proper mechanical and thermal fit.
• Peen shrouds to required specifications to enhance fatigue strength and durability.
• Perform precise re-blading of rotors, stators, or reversing rings using OEM drawings, blading charts, and work instructions.
• Ensure correct blade orientation, fit-up, spacing, and fastening techniques.
• Deburr, blend, and polish blade tips and shroud areas as needed.
• Verify mechanical clearances and ensure optimal aerodynamic alignment.
• Accurately complete all associated documentation, including travelers, inspection reports, and quality control records.
• Follow all shop safety procedures, wear proper PPE, and ensure compliance with RMS and industry quality standards (ASME, ISO, etc.).
• Represent the company professionally in all situations, maintain a positive attitude, follow direction from supervisors, and protect confidential or internal information.
• Be prepared to take on additional duties as required and assist in other areas of the production process when needed.
• Assist in the rotor department when needed during phase 1 & 2 inspections, along with PSB.
• General: The above list of activities is not all-inclusive but a general representation of the requirements of the RMS Blader. This above list is subject to change based on the needs of the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 Years of Blading experience required.
• Solid foundation and understanding in blade repair on both assembly and installation of blade.
• Mechanical shroud and peening.
• Proficient in using Bridgeport mills (3 axis CNC preferred), surface grinders (CNC preferred), arbor press, and rolling machines.
• Knowledge and ability to use precision measuring instruments associated with turbine repair (OD micrometers, ID micrometers, depth gauges, and calipers).
• Proficiency in using a variety of hand and power tools for successful blade repairs and installation.
• High School Diploma or equivalent from an accredited institution.

Skills

• ORGANIZATIONAL - EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Excellent attention to details, exceptional ability to manage competing priorities.
• INTERPERSONAL - EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work within a team or independently, ability to work and interact professionally and respectfully with coworkers.
• EFFICIENCY - EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Ability to operate manual lathes, mills, and surface grinders, ability to dissemble and assemble steam turbines, ability to interpret and understand specifications, work instructions, and engineering drawings (blueprints), exceptional ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time and resources effectively, excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Paid Time Off
Medical / Dental / Vision
401k Employee Incentive Programs
Employee Reimbursement Programs

Pay

Details TBD

Schedule

Details TBD

Additional Information

This position may be based in RMS's Perris, CA facility. This position requires up to 50% travel, including domestic and international travel. This is a full-time position, with a minimum expectation of 40 hours per week, averaging 45 hours per week. Additional hours, including evenings or weekends, may be required based on project needs.

The position requires up to 50% travel, including domestic and international travel. This is a full-time position, with a minimum expectation of 40 hours per week, averaging 45 hours per week. Additional hours, including evenings or weekends, may be required based on project needs.

This position can be required to participate in the company random or customer specific drug and alcohol screening and background check. Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Ability to pass pre-employment drug, alcohol test, and background check.

Ability to act professionally under stressful situations.

Able to understand, read, write and speak English.

Ability and willingness to lift objects weighing up to 50 lbs. (with assistance), walk, climb, reach, kneel, crawl, and balance.

Must be able to use hands for assembling and tool usage.

While performing the duties of this position the employee will be required to stand, sit, bend, and walk for significant portions of the shift.

Must not have allergies or issues related to handling metals, including aluminum, copper, bronze, and steel.

Authorized to work in the United States.

RMS Inc. may have government contracts that impose specific requirements on employees working on those projects. If an employee does not meet these requirements, they may be reassigned to a different location or be ineligible to work on certain assignments.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the employee may enter a shop environment and will be exposed to moving mechanical parts. While the work area may be described as generally clean, safe, and "not loud," there will be machine operations that generate moderate noise and metal particles.

ABOUT RMS Rotating Machinery Services (RMS Inc.) was established in 1998 with the vision to reinvent the concept of an aftermarket turbomachinery business. The goal was to provide turbomachinery operators with unparalleled service based on established relationships, solid engineering, and technical expertise—all backed by responsiveness in competitive prices and lead times. RMS' commitment to quality penetrates every aspect of the organization and in the guiding force for all decision making. With an equal blend of cutting-edge technology, engineering experience, and the work of skilled crafts people, RMS continuously delivers the best possible results to customers. RMS is a nimble organization with a collaborative culture of individuals who come to work every day with a desire to improve upon their craft and further the rotating machinery industry.

RMS Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.