Now Hiring: Join Our Cooling Tower Manufacturers Team

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Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned manufacturer and supplier of components to over 85 U.S. cooling tower companies and contractors and more than 110 international companies the world over. Our world headquarters and over 200,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing facilities are located in Chickasha, just southwest of Oklahoma City, OK.

Right now we are seeking applicants to be part of a regional team interfacing with cooling tower customers. As a member of our team you will be expected to operate with the highest level of integrity. As a company we are committed to providing outstanding “old fashioned” customer service, while offering the best value and striving for a fair profit for all.
Duties of this position include:

  • Writing proposals and presenting quotes concerning cooling tower repairs and parts to new and existing customers
  • Perform cooling tower inspections and prepare documentation of findings
  • Travel as needed to visit onsite with customers

Qualifications include:

  • Familiarity with cooling tower structural repairs and replacement (casings, fan decks, hot water basins, louvers, fill, drift eliminators, structural members, distribution systems, etc.) and mechanical equipment replacement (motors, driveshafts, gear drives, fans, fan shafts, equipment supports, etc.)
  • Willingness and ability to learn technical aspects of the cooling tower industry.

Salary and Benefits:

  • Compensation is commensurate with experience.
  • Vacation time and paid holidays.
  • Shared health insurance participation.
  • Employee-owned company.
  • Opportunity to participate in 401K plan.
All inquiries and information submitted will be kept strictly confidential

If you or someone you know is interested in this position, please click here to contact us today.

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What is a Cooling Tower?

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It may seem like a simple question, but sometimes we all need a review of the basics. So,

What is a Cooling Tower?

A cooling tower is a piece of equipment that extracts waste heat to the atmosphere when air is brought into direct contact with water. This process is termed evaporative cooling and is designed to expose the maximum transient water surface to the maximum flow of air.

There are two predominant types of cooling towers; direct and indirect. Midwest Cooling Towers business is focused on direct, or open circuit cooling towers. Cooling towers are commonly characterized by directional flow of the air and water as well as the means by which the air is moved.

Crossflow and counterflow designs are the most common methods in which the air and water come into contact. Mechanical and natural draft designs are the most common methods by which the air is moved.

Crossflow Cooling Towers

Crossflow towers utilize a type of splash fill media through which the incoming air flows horizontally across the downward flow of water from the top distribution basins.

Counterflow Cooling Towers

In counterflow towers the incoming air moves vertically upward through the fill, counter to the downward water flow from the distribution laterals.

Mechanical and Natural Draft Cooling Towers

Mechanical draft towers utilize some method of mechanically force, such as a fan to move air through the tower.

Natural draft towers utilized the buoyancy of the warm air combined with a tall chimney to naturally draw air through the tower.

 

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Introducing Noel Ogle and Sherrie Franklin to Midwest Cooling Towers Component Sales

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Midwest Cooling Towers would like to introduce Noel Ogle.  Noel has accepted a position in the Component Sales Department replacing Tom Faulkner, who has accepted a position in the Estimating and Tower Inspections Department.

Noel has been in manufacturing for over 30 years, and has been with Midwest Cooling Towers over the past 5 years. Noel started as a material coordinator in October of 2006 and later moved to the Purchasing Department in 2010.  His previous work experience includes the position of Plant Manager at Airgas/Medical in Oklahoma City for 3 years.  His manufacturing back ground and experience includes 22 years at Gabriel Ride Control/Arvin Meritor, where he held the positions of Business Unit Manager over Strut Production, MRO Purchasing/Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor and Machine Repair Journeyman.  Noel was a facilitator and a presenter for ATQPS (Arvin Total Quality Production System) at Arvin, and also has experience in JIT manufacturing, single source purchasing, as well as many other procedures for streamlining the manufacturing process.

Noel graduated from Chickasha High School and attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, as well as OSU-OKC and Canadian Valley Technology Center.

Noel lives in Chickasha with his wife Margie, and they have two daughters, a son and five grandchildren.

Midwest Towers Sherrie FranklinMidwest Cooling Towers would also like to introduce Sherrie Franklin.  Obviously, most of you are familiar with Sherrie as she has been with Midwest Cooling Towers since 1999 working in the Component Sales Department.

Her previous work experience includes the position of Project Manager in the Concrete Division at Tower Tech for 5 years, and 15 years in the Oil and Gas Industry.

Sherrie is a 1972 graduate of East Central State College in Ada, OK and a 1991 graduate of the OU Law School receiving her Legal Assistant Certificate.

Sherrie has lived in Chickasha since 1979, and is a wife, mother and a proud grandmother.

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Gende Named New Tower Sales Manager of Midwest Cooling Towers

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Midwest Towers, Inc., Chickasha, OK, announces the selection of Joe Gende as New Tower Sales Manager. Gende will service customers and direct Midwest Towers’ new tower sales and marketing efforts throughout North America and the world from his office in Houston, Texas.

Following completion of engineering school in 1988, Joe spent ten years in the construction and water supply industries concentrating on well drilling, pump equipment and sales management. In 1998 Joe began his career in the cooling tower industry as a project manager for Midwest Towers progressing into sales of new towers during his tenure. Next was a sales and product management position with Niagara Blower, manufacturer of customized cooling towers for special process cooling needs.

Joe and his family then returned to Texas as an independent sales representative for over 20 leading manufacturers of various heat exchanger products including cooling towers. Since 2006 Joe has worked for GEA Group developing business opportunities in all market sectors for modular & field erected cooling towers including aftermarket repair services throughout North America.

Joe and his wife live in Houston, Texas. They have son in high school and a daughter in college.

Terry Ogburn, Midwest Towers’ Vice President, explained, “We are excited to welcome Joe back to the Midwest Towers team.”

Midwest Towers, founded in 1987, is a complete cooling tower engineering, manufacturing and construction company. They provide new cooling towers, maintenance services and replacement parts for all makes and models of evaporative water cooling towers serving industrial and power applications.

Midwest Towers is also a leading manufacturer and supplier of fiberglass fan stacks and pressure treated cooling tower lumber for many cooling tower contractors and original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) around the world.

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Component Sales Department Changes at Midwest Cooling Towers

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There have been some changes in the Component Sales Department at Midwest Cooling Towers over the past couple of weeks.

Tom Faulkner has accepted a new position within our organization in the Estimating/Inspection Department.
Noel Ogle will be replacing Tom in the Component Sales Department.

Click on this link to view a PDF document providing a brief introduction to Noel.

He is not new to Midwest Cooling Towers, as he was previously in the Purchasing Department and worked on our Flue Gas De-sulfurization projects prior to that. Noel will be transitioning over the next couple of weeks, with Tom’s help, and will be the new Sales contact for all of Tom’s customers. Noel’s extension number will be 112, the same as Tom’s was, which should simplify the navigation of the phone system for those customers affected by this change.

We are very excited about Noel’s involvement in our Component Sales Department. He brings an excellent skill set to the position as he has worked in the contractor trade for much of his life, which will allow him to mesh well with our diverse customer base.

We also wanted to take this opportunity to reintroduce Sherrie Franklin, also in the Component Sales Department. Sherrie has been with us for many years, but we understand some of our customers have never met her, so we are also providing a brief introduction to Sherrie in the attached document. For those customers who have worked with Sherrie in the past, she needs no introduction, and we are excited about her continuing efforts in the Component Sale Department.

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Midwest Cooling Towers Welcomes Back Darryl Miller

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Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc., Chickasha, OK, welcomes back Darryl Miller to the position of sales engineer for the western region. Miller will work with Midwest Cooling Towers’ customers and projects along the west coast and other areas within the region.

Darryl is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has over 15 years of cooling tower experience primarily in the industrial new towers and aftermarket sectors. Miller has had experience from the receipt of the quote request to the final invoice on a job. He has served in roles such as estimating, writing proposals, purchasing, project management, job cost reporting and invoicing.

Terry Ogburn, Midwest Cooling Towers’ Vice President, explained, “We are pleased to welcome Darryl back to our team.” Miller was previously with Midwest Cooling Towers as a sales engineer for new tower and repair projects from 2004 to 2007.

Midwest Cooling Towers, founded in 1987, is a complete cooling tower engineering, manufacturing and construction company. They provide new cooling towers, maintenance services and replacement parts for all makes and models of evaporative water cooling towers serving industrial and power applications.

Midwest Cooling Towers is also a leading manufacturer and supplier of fiberglass fan stacks and pressure treated cooling tower lumber for many cooling tower contractors and original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) around the world.

For more information, contact Midwest Cooling Towers, 405.224.4622.

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Midwest Cooling Towers Moves Kansas City Area Offices

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As of March 29, 2012 Midwest Cooling Towers is moving their Kansas City area offices. Please update the contact information you have.

The phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.

The new address:

2307 NW South Outer Road
Suite 102
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Phone: 816 228 6556
Fax: 816 228 6496

Midwest Cooling Towers, founded in 1987, is a complete cooling tower engineering, manufacturing and construction company. They provide new cooling towers, maintenance services and replacement parts for all makes and models of evaporative water cooling towers serving industrial and power applications.

Midwest Cooling Towers is also a leading manufacturer and supplier of fiberglass fan stacks and pressure treated cooling tower lumber for many cooling tower contractors and original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) around the world.

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Midwest Cooling Towers Names Southeastern Regional Sales Manager

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Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc., Chickasha, OK, announces the promotion of Al Brown to the position of Southeastern Regional Sales Manager. Brown will direct Midwest Cooling Towers’ new tower, repair and aftermarket sales and marketing efforts in the southeast from his office in Florida.

Brown is a graduate of University of South Florida. He is a proud veteran of the US Navy, serving in the Submarine Fleet as a Navy Diver. He has six years of experience in the cooling tower industry, including previous positions as sales engineer and sales support for Midwest Cooling Towers and another cooling tower company.

Terry Ogburn, Midwest Cooling Towers’ Vice President, explained, “We are excited to have Al take on additional responsibilities with our team.” Ogburn added, “Al will continue our goal of providing enhanced customer service and achieving better market penetration in our Southeastern Region.”

Midwest Cooling Towers, founded in 1987, is a complete cooling tower engineering, manufacturing and construction company. They provide new cooling towers, maintenance services and replacement parts for all makes and models of evaporative water cooling towers serving industrial and power applications.

Midwest Cooling Towers is also a leading manufacturer and supplier of fiberglass fan stacks and pressure treated cooling tower lumber for many cooling tower contractors and original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) around the world.

For more information, contact Midwest Cooling Towers, 405.224.462.

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Midwest Cooling Towers Rebuilds a Tired Power Plant Cooling Tower

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Challenge

Rebuild and refurbish a tired and unsafe 44-year old two-cell wood cooling tower located at a midwestern municipal power plant.

Solution

Midwest Cooling Towers was contacted to inspect the cooling tower and found it in bad shape. In the ensuing six years, an explosion at a nearby industrial plant further damaged the cooling tower.

Time came to undertake the repair/rebuild project. The originally planned replacement of approximately 50% of the structure turned into much more when the project started. It was determined that the structure was in much worse shape and for safety’s sake the cooling tower was almost entirely replaced.

Midwest Cooling Towers was able to reuse the mechanical equipment system (gear boxes, driveshafts, motors, fans, supports) and one fan stack. All the rest of the cooling tower was replaced: new structure, fill, eliminators, distribution system, fan deck, casing, and two fan stacks.

The result was a new life for a tired cooling tower. And, a very pleased customer

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