Field Technician

Company: Aegion Corporation
Location: Hayward
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Corrpro is seeking qualified candidates with basic electrical experience for an Entry-Level position as a Field Technician / Installer for our Waterworks Division.  This is a full-time position with a company that has a 71-year track record of keeping their employees busy on a year-round basis.

Corrpro, a subsidiary of Aegion Corporation, is a corrosion engineering, cathodic protection, and corrosion monitoring business for the protection and preservation of infrastructure. Corrpro provides professional corrosion consulting and cathodic protection engineering services to major oil companies, government agencies, municipal water and gas utilities, universities, and public transportation agencies. 

As a Technician, you will work as a part of a 2- or 3-man crew installing and servicing cathodic protection systems onto water storage tanks.  You will be working on both elevated tanks as well as ground storage reservoirs. 

• Installation and service maintenance of cathodic protection (corrosion control) systems on municipal and industrial water storage tanks and towers. Above ground steel water storage tanks and towers, up to the height of 200'+
• Installation of conduit, junction boxes, pulling wires, splicing wires, reading basic drawings and general service maintenance work
• Understand and follow company’s safety policies and procedures
• Travel Monday through Friday to complete projects primarily located in the Midwest & Northeast United States
• Manage field technician, crew expenses, safety documentation, payroll record keeping
• Document activities on Daily Field Reports (handwritten)

This position requires travel out of town on a Monday-Friday basis with most weekends spent at home. Our crews average 50+ hours per week.

The successful candidate will have basic electrical experience with installing conduit, pulling wire and the ability to install and understand basic D.C. electrical circuits. Your ability to think, learn and lead will be evaluated with equal weight to the experience that you offer.

• Electrical education/experience preferred (applicants with limited experience will be considered)
• Experience operating basic hand tools and small power tools
• Experience running electrical conduit and associated wiring preferred
• Experience and / or the ability to climb water towers / water storage tanks as high as 200'+
• Strong customer service and problem-solving skills, as well as ability to work well within a team
• Must live within 1 to 2 hours from the office
• Able to travel overnight on a weekly basis (Monday through Friday most weeks) and work overtime as needed
• Valid driver’s license and reasonable driving record required, as well as able to pass background check, and drug and alcohol screens

Compensation & Benefits:

• We offer 1.5 overtime rate over 40 hours and paid travel time
• Company paid lodging plus $35 per day per diem for food when working out of town
• $150 per year safety work boots allowance
• Company paid safety equipment & training, tools & equipment
• Company provided transportation to and from job-sites from the office
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Packages (partially company paid)
• Matching 401k Program with immediate vesting
• 14 days Paid Time Off per calendar year for Vacation and Sick Time
• 8 paid Holidays per calendar year
• Company promotes from within to provide opportunities for career growth 

Aegion is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Aegion is firmly bound. Aegion will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with Aegion on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.  VEVRAA compliant – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.

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