Fuel Quality Technician

SUMMARY

Foster Fuels a national fuel distribution and fuel service provider has an opening for a Fuel Quality Technician position based out of our Brookneal Headquarters office. Fuel Quality Technicians candidates must possess excellent self-management skills, a proven track record of meeting ambitious goals, and exemplary customer service. This position requires extended periods of travel throughout the United States.

DUTIES 

• Fuel Quality technicians pull samples from fuel storage tanks and test the quality of the fuel. 
• Assist with cleaning & filtration operations at customer sites. 
• Lead fuel cleaning and filtration operations at Customer sites.   (company training provided).
• Provide Fuel Quality Service Work
• Must be able to maintain records and process paperwork related to service work provided including
• preparing reports and data entry
• Assist with Tank Pump outs, fuel delivery or other Mission Critical Work when required.
• Must be able to work equally well in an office as well as out at a customer site (field setting)
• Must have demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to address and resolve issues in a professional manner.
• Must be available to assist in Disaster Relief deployments when required.

KEY CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Must have demonstrated problem solving capability.
• Ability to work independently or as a team.
• Requires travel up to approximately 60% of the time for up to two to three weeks at a time.
• Candidates must be mechanically inclined and have had some previous mechanical work experience.
• Requires attention to details in all aspects of the job, during fuel quality work as well as office work.
• Candidates must be self-motivated and a self-starter
• Candidates must have experience and competence with Microsoft Office suite, Word, Excel, Outlook
• Candidates must have effective written and oral communications skills.

KEY CANDIDATE SKILLS

• Must have High School Diploma or equivalent. 
• Must be able to obtain a US Passport within six months.
• Must have or be able to obtain a Class A or B CDL with Tanker and Hazmat endorsements within three months.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here 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.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit for long periods; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environment characteristics described here 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 noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.