Position Summary

Location: Houston, TX 77024

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, commission, and maintain industrial electrical power and control systems.
• Perform startup, commissioning, testing, calibration, and functional verification of electrical and control equipment.
• Troubleshoot and service VFDs, including drive faults, parameter configuration, motor control issues, communication faults, and power components.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot PLC-based control systems, including I/O, sensors, communications, control logic, and field devices.
• Troubleshoot generator control and power-generation systems, including generator controllers, excitation systems, governors, protective devices, synchronization, and related controls.
• Diagnose, test, and repair SCR power control systems, including firing circuits, control boards, power semiconductors, and feedback circuits.
• Troubleshoot industrial electrical equipment, including switchgear, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, transformers, motor starters, MCCs, power supplies, and protection circuits.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, one-line diagrams, wiring diagrams, ladder logic, control drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Use electrical test equipment, including digital multimeters, clamp meters, insulation resistance testers, oscilloscopes, and power-quality analyzers.
• Identify root causes of electrical and controls failures and develop effective repair solutions.
• Perform component-level troubleshooting and replace defective electrical and electronic components when appropriate.
• Modify wiring, controls, PLC programs, drive parameters, and system configurations as required, documenting all changes.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical power and control equipment.
• Verify proper equipment operation following repairs, modifications, and commissioning activities.
• Provide emergency troubleshooting and field support for equipment outages and critical system failures.
• Maintain accurate field service reports documenting symptoms, troubleshooting, root causes, corrective actions, parts replaced, and recommendations.
• Communicate technical findings and recommendations to customers, management, engineering personnel, and operations teams.
• Follow applicable electrical safety procedures, including lockout/tagout (LOTO), arc-flash requirements, PPE requirements, and energized electrical work practices.
• Travel to customer and project sites as required.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree, technical degree, apprenticeship, military technical training, or equivalent field experience in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Technology, Industrial Electronics, Automation, Power Systems, or a related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience troubleshooting industrial electrical power and control systems.
• Demonstrated experience with VFD troubleshooting, setup, configuration, and repair.
• Experience troubleshooting PLC systems, digital and analog I/O, instrumentation, sensors, and industrial communications.
• Experience with generator controls and electrical power-generation equipment.
• Working knowledge of SCR/thyristor-based power control systems and power electronics.
• Strong understanding of three-phase AC power, DC control circuits, motors, transformers, grounding, protection, and industrial electrical distribution.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical systems using schematics and systematic diagnostic methods rather than relying solely on component replacement.
• Ability to work safely around industrial electrical equipment and high-energy power systems.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to perform hands-on field repairs.
• Ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions in field environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to field locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PLC platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider Electric, or similar systems.
• Experience with industrial VFD platforms from manufacturers such as ABB, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Danfoss, Yaskawa, or Schneider Electric.
• Experience with generator control platforms such as Woodward, DEIF, ComAp, Basler, or Deep Sea Electronics.
• Experience with generator paralleling, synchronization, load sharing, and protective relaying.
• Experience with industrial communications, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, PROFIBUS/PROFINET, and CAN/J1939.
• Experience with medium-voltage equipment, switchgear, MCCs, and industrial power-distribution systems.
• Experience troubleshooting power electronics, rectifiers, SCR bridges, DC drives, excitation systems, and electronic control boards.
• NFPA 70E electrical safety training or equivalent.
• OEM field-service, commissioning, oil and gas, power-generation, manufacturing, mining, marine, or heavy-industrial experience.

Technical Competencies

• Electrical Power Systems: Three-phase AC systems, DC systems, generators, transformers, motors, switchgear, MCCs, protective devices, and industrial power distribution.
• VFD and Motor Controls: Drive commissioning, parameter configuration, fault diagnostics, motor troubleshooting, control wiring, communications, and power-stage troubleshooting.
• PLC and Automation: PLC hardware, I/O troubleshooting, ladder logic diagnostics, instrumentation, sensors, control circuits, and industrial networks.
• Generator Controls: Generator starting and stopping systems, voltage regulation, speed control, excitation, synchronization, paralleling, load sharing, protection, and control-system troubleshooting.
• SCR and Power Electronics: SCR/thyristor circuits, firing controls, rectifiers, power semiconductors, feedback systems, control boards, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Troubleshooting and Repair: Ability to systematically isolate electrical, electronic, software, communication, instrumentation, and equipment-related failures and implement effective corrective actions.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Frequent travel to industrial facilities and customer locations.
• Work indoors or outdoors in operating industrial environments.
• Ability to work around energized electrical equipment in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Ability to climb ladders, access equipment, work in confined equipment areas, and lift tools or components as required.
• Availability for extended hours, weekends, emergency call-outs, and overnight travel as required.
• Ability to work independently at customer sites and respond to equipment outages where timely troubleshooting and repair are critical.

Performance Expectations

The Field Engineer is expected to take ownership of assigned technical problems from initial diagnosis through final resolution. Success in this position requires strong electrical knowledge, controls expertise, hands-on troubleshooting ability, customer communication, safety awareness, and the ability to restore critical equipment to operation efficiently and reliably.