Field Technician

Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, is looking for a Field Technician to join our industry leading Abednego Environmental Services LLC team. If you are a passionate technical professional that enjoys interacting with customers and likes to work in an autonomous, hands-on environment, we invite you to apply. You will be joining a talented team that monitors and maintains a variety of air and water quality systems pertaining to the paint booth at an automotive manufacturing site. In this position you will provide customers with problem solving support, generating a high level of customer satisfaction.
What's in it For You:

• You will join a large growing company offering excellent benefits
• Opportunity for a long term, advanced career path
• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment

What You Will Do:

• Perform daily water quality analysis:
  • pH
  • Conductivity
  • Bacteria
  • Turbidity
  • Alkalinity
  • Solid's testing
• Booth balance:
  • Air flow measurements
  • Temp/humidity monitoring
  • Monitor air filtration and manage filter change schedule
• Monitoring the chemical feed system:
  • Maintain chemical inventory
  • Interfacing with the chemical vendor weekly
  • Make chemical adjustments to the system
  • Maintain spare parts and consumables inventory
• Troubleshooting systems as needed:
  • Supply/Exhaust fans
  • Multiple valve configurations
  • Pump performance and tuning
  • Air flow performance
• Reviewing and generating daily documentation and monthly reports
  • Microsoft office

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; college preferred.
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite

Location Specifics:
Location: Fremont, CA
Schedule: Night Shift
Pay Range: $26.50/hr
Physical Demands:

• Must be able to physically perform the essential duties of the position which include lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, balancing, walking, standing, talking and hearing
• Must be able to wear a respirator under certain conditions
• Must be able to pass a drug screen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong customer service skills: proven ability to interface positively and professionally with the customer

• Ability to analyze readings and put data in a spreadsheet in a logical manner
• Possess above-average verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to explain results of data gatherings/
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or sciences

About Abednego Environmental - A Nalco Water Company:
Abednego provides a full suite of industry-leading engineering and onsite operational services to manage complex paint processes and industrial water treatment systems in the Automotive and Transportation Industries.
Abednego Environmental, LLC was developed as a turn-key service provider focused on providing operational and management expertise for in-plant water, air and technical process systems. Typical systems include Wastewater Treatment, RO/DI Systems, Phosphate / E-Coat Tendering, Paint Kitchen Management, Data Collection, Booth Water Systems, Heating & Cooling Systems, etc. Typical service offerings can include operational labor, required chemistries, testing & analysis, reporting & trend analysis, consumables, maintenance, etc.
Abednego / Nalco support over 150 Automotive Assembly plants globally. We have a global organizational structure to simplify communication and support the implementation of best practices to drive quality production, cost savings, and safe manufacturing.

• Key Deal Elements

As the global leader in Paint Booth & Wastewater Management Programs & Services, Abednego/Nalco can leverage innovation and best practices from teams working in over 284 Paint Shops around the world to ensure that meets established environmental and cost savings targets while also enhancing product quality. Even more, our extensive experience and capabilities will allow us to partner with different sites for continuous improvement beyond current needs and expectations. Abednego maintains a very comprehensive engineering staff with over 100 years of combined experience in the design, maintenance, operation and management of automotive paint finishing systems and processes.
Annual or Hourly Compensation Range:
$26.50
Annual or Hourly Compensation Range is based on full-time 40 hours per week. Ecolab in good faith anticipates it will pay within the posted range. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining the compensation for a potential new employee such as education, training, experience, work location, travel (if required), etc.
Benefits
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Covid-19 Vaccine Notice
Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.
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