Tech II - Air

Total Safety is looking for an Air Tech II to add to their safety conscious team! The Air Tech II provides quality workmanship in the cleaning, calibrating and repair of various fixed and portable gas monitoring systems, water/moisture content measuring equipment and breathing air equipment.
Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities · Performs receipt, inspection, cleaning, servicing, reassembling and testing of various SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) and other respiratory equipment and breathing air equipment in accordance with approved testing and service procedures.
· Performs routine inspection and maintenance of breathing air regulators and reducers and high- and low-pressure breathing air manifolds.
· Conducts detailed visual inspections and system functional tests of various systems and equipment for the purpose of reporting any deficiencies and corrective action recommendations to customer.
Assesses the repair needed and to quote the customer price and delivery for repair or replacement.
· Completes all documentation and data entry associated with inspection and repair in a timely and accurate manner and obtains signature from customer so that proper invoicing and documentation can be provided to customer.
This includes all inspection and repair documents, job cost billable expenses and time sheets.
· Trains less experienced technicians and customers in use and care of assigned equipment.
· Assists others in facility including stocking shelves with clean, tested and ready to use equipment and pulling, staging and loading customer orders onto trucks for delivery.
Maintains work area and other areas in a clean and orderly condition.
Performs additional duties after training.
· Performs basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicle and/or trailer.
Qualifications Education: High School diploma or GED.
Associates degree in science or technical area strongly preferred.
Experience: At least two (2) years of field experience in fire protection, petrochemical, oil refinery or related industry.
Required Licenses or Specific Training: Must have a valid driver’s license from state of residence and valid proof of vehicle insurance.
Must possess good driving record and be insurable for Total Safety vehicle insurance while driving company truck.
Forklift experience preferred.
Must have ability to pass internal forklift certification as required.
Must be willing travel to customers site and available for travel for short and long-term out-of-town and/or offshore projects.
Must have Class C driver’s license with a DOT hazardous endorsement if required by facility.
Other Required Skills, Knowledge or Abilities: Consistently demonstrates the ability to operate assigned equipment meeting or exceeding service and quality targets.
Ability to operate and maintain, reassemble and test electronic safety equipment in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications.
Meets or exceeds service and quality targets with demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot and diagnose equipment problems, regardless of complexity and take corrective action within policy and procedure limitations.
Knowledge of all regulatory standards pertaining to assigned responsibilities; i.
e.
, State, OSHA, and NFPA regulations, etc.
Must have knowledge of applicable Code of Federal Regulations, Coast Guard and ABS regulations if offshore.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Proficiency in the care and use of all site specific, facility and customer required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
Trained in Respiratory Protection and fully certified to wear respiratory breathing equipment (Fit Tested).
Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
Interpersonal Communications: Ability to read, write and comprehend English (operational, process, safety and quality instructions.
) Ability to write technical reports and correspondence.
Second language is a plus.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization preferred.
Daily customer contact.
Frequent contact with other facility personnel in order to understand issues.
Frequent contact with less experienced maintenance personnel, training, coaching.
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Uses hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment Shop and yard environment.
May be frequently exposed to wet, humid, outside weather conditions and vibration.
Works in customer environments.
May be exposed to high pressure, chemicals, and shop traffic.
The noise level in work environment is usually moderate.
Reporting Relationships Complexity of Duties and Decisions: Duties involve the use of several procedures or processes and generally have predetermined standards.
Uses some judgment to arrange job details in order to achieve pre-determined objectives.
Requires some ability to analyze and resolve problems.
May suggest process improvements.
Supervisor reviews progress versus detailed check for technical adequacy and conformance with practice and policy.
Authority: Works under general supervision: Broad instructions covering generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines and priorities are given.
Additional, specific instructions are given for new, difficult, or unusual assignments.
No direct reports but serves as a resource to others.
May assist with training less experienced staff.
Total Safety is the world's premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management.
Our Core Values are People, Safety & Wellbeing, Accountability, Responsibility, Empowerment, Honesty, Transparency, and Integrity.
Total Safety operates from 176 locations in 20 countries to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide (W3).
Total Safety is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.
If you require special assistance or accommodation while seeking employment with Total Safety, please contact Human Resources at (713) 353-5152.
(For telecommunications device for the hearing impaired – TTY, please contact 711).