Variable Frequency Drive Cleaning Technician

Job Description
The VFD Cleaning Technician plays a vital role in ensuring efficient operations of Water Solutions facilities. This position's focus is the cleaning and maintenance of VFDs at the facilities. The position is responsible for ensuring proper quality control and preventative maintenance for these are core components of our operation
General Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs scheduled inspections.
• Daily cleaning VFD cabinet and electrical connections and contacts
• Daily check of grounding and other wiring
• Daily changing and cleaning of filters
• Daily replacement of fans, where needed
• Occasional programming and updating of drive software
• Responsible for site integrity and preventing mechanical failure.
• Manages equipment warranties and maintains accurate record keeping.
• Demonstrates 100% commitment to working safely at all times:
• Complies with OSHA requirements and follows all customer and NGL Water Solutions safety policies and procedures at all times.
• Reports and discusses safety concerns immediately with management.
• Responds to calls in a timely fashion, understanding the urgency of repairing equipment and the ramifications to the business when the site is not operable.
• Completes and submits all onsite and in-house repairs accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintaining field instrumentation and equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance at the work site is required.

Position Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong mechanical and industrial skills preferred.
• Ability to operate a forklift.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ability to learn software and technical tools.
• Organizational skills.
• Must be highly motivated and able to work independently.
• Ability to work overtime and on weekends as necessary.
• Ability to be a positive representative of the Company both internally and externally.
• Ability to work with respect and cooperation at all times with fellow employees and customers.
• Must be committed to working safely at all times.
• Regular attendance at the worksite is required.
• Maintain a valid driver's license.

Experience/Education:

• 1+ years of experience working on VFD systems
• Requires a high school diploma or GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and experience.
• Ability to operate a forklift.
• Experience working in the oil and gas industry preferred.
• Requires a valid driver's license.

Travel:
Daily travel is required to each site. Requires the ability to travel to a variety of field locations, where environment may vary significantly, within a geographic region.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must constantly position, transport and/or move up to 50 or more pounds. On occasion moving over 50 pounds will be required.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to:
  • Stand; walk; move across large areas including uneven terrain, sometimes quickly;
  • Be stationary for long periods of time;
  • Work in restrictive working spaces;
  • Ascend stairs or ladders, work atop tanks, traverse metal walkways at heights;
  • Balance with equipment and while moving large and/or heavy objects;
  • Use fingers and/or hands to handle and feel;
  • Reach with hands and arms above the head and to ground level;
  • Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl or otherwise reach into confined spaces;
  • Push and pull material and equipment from one place to another;
  • Communicate with and exchange information verbally and in writing;
  • Work using repetitive motion.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work requires physical efforts associated with using the computer and phones to input and access information.

Working Environment:
The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is:

• Occasionally in an office environment.
• Occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places.
• Frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat.
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, hand tools and small to medium-sized power tool use.
• Frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• Regularly exposed to non-toxic propane fumes or airborne particles.

• Regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. Note the Company requires all employees to wear a four-gas monitor (detects hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and explosive atmospheres). The Solids Processing Facilities are equipped with additional gas detection and monitoring systems, which sound alarms if levels exceed acceptable standards.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This position is required to be performed at the work site during regularly scheduled hours. Physical presence at the work site is required.
This job description is not intended to describe in detail the multitude of tasks that may be assigned, but rather to provide the incumbent with a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.
NGL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. NGL will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
NGL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. Please contact us at askHR@nglep.com to request an accommodation due to a disability.
NGL participates in the federal E-Verify program. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit: http://www.e-verify.gov.