Field Service Technician

 

Field Service Technician

High autonomy, real variety, and boots on the ground with great people!

• Location: Harrisburg, South Dakota. Remote considered in Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan for exceptional candidates.
• Earnings: $80,000 to $100,000+ a year, based on an average 50-hour week. $27.50 to $36.00 an hour depending on experience, plus overtime and per diem.
• Travel: 3 overnights most weeks. Home for the weekend. Company plane on many routes.
• Sign-on bonus of $2,500!

Why This Role Exists

At RMS Roller-Grinder, we design, build, and support machines that run hard, run long, and keep our customers ahead.

Our rule is simple: if it’s not right for the customer, the company, and the team, it’s a no.

We’re family-owned and straight-talking. We hire grown-ups. We trust them. We give them the tools and freedom to win. Here, success is measured in trust earned and problems solved, not quick fixes.

If you can solve problems when a machine part is wrong and the clock is running, do the right thing when no one’s watching, and show up like a true partner, you’ll fit right in.

The Opportunity

Ask our customers what RMS does best and they’ll usually say our service. Our field service is what this industry knows us for, and it’s built by people like you doing this job.

You’ll work on every make and model of roller mill out there, at feed mills, ethanol plants, soy processors, and grain facilities. Most weeks you head out Monday or Tuesday by truck or company plane, work three or four days across customer sites, and you’re home for the weekend. You’ll usually be alone or with one other tech. You’re our eyes on the job. We support you. The work is on you.

What You’ll Do

• Roll changes: pull worn rolls and bearings, install new, then check the whole machine for anything else that needs work.

• Wellness visits: go through a full machine setup and figure out what it needs to keep running well (even upstream and downstream beyond RMS equipment).

• Startups and commissioning on new installs, for the customer and their contractor.

• Maintenance or breakdown calls: a grind issue, a failed part, a bearing, belt tension. Some planned, some not.

• Train customer operators and maintenance crews on running and maintaining the equipment.

• Tell the customer what you’re going to do, what you found, and what you recommend.

• Send what you see in the field back to engineering so the machines get better.

• Keep your paperwork straight and accurate, including the reporting and billing that follows a job.

What You Bring

Required

• Strong mechanical aptitude. You can take equipment apart, see what’s wrong, put it back together right, and understand how one change affects the rest of the process.

• Comfortable with hand tools and hands-on work. This job runs about 70% mechanical and 30% electrical.

• Fine being in environments that can be dirty, dusty, hot, and cold.

• Willing and able to be on the road 3 overnights most weeks.

• You can explain what you’re doing and why, to an operator, a plant manager, or our engineers.

• Can be steady with a customer who’s frustrated, whose machine is down, and who’s waiting on your solution or answer.

• When the right part, tool, or information isn’t there, you work the options and come back with a recommendation.

• High school diploma or equivalent. Valid driver’s license, plus a CDL (Class A, no air brakes) or the ability to work with us and obtain one within 90 days. Able to meet DOT compliance within 90 days.

Formal education? Trade program? Little education but years of experience? It all works for us.

Preferred

• Field service, millwright, industrial repair, or traveling technician experience. If remote in Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, or Michigan, this is required.

• Hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, or fabrication experience.

• Time in feed, grain, ethanol, or other processing plants.

Why RMS?

• Autonomy & Trust — We hire adults and give them the space to succeed.

• Family-Oriented Culture — People first, always.

• Direct Impact — Your voice matters, your opinion is valued, and your work is seen.

• Three-Way Value Check — Every decision must be good for the customer, good for RMS, and good for you.

• Tools & Support — From seasoned engineers to a company plane that cuts travel time, we set you up to win.

• Flexible Scheduling — Some of our techs work 40 hours a week. Some work 70. We have room for whatever works for you and your lifestyle.

• The Pay — $27.50 to $36 an hour depending on experience, overtime at time and a half, per diem, and a $2,500 sign-on bonus . Hotels booked and paid by RMS. Performance incentives.

• Customers You’ll Like — Down-to-earth, get-it-done people. Our techs and their customers swap numbers and stories.

• Room to Grow — We promote from within. Techs here have chosen to stay put and get more specialized, or moved into production or sales. Where you go is up to you.

• Benefits — Healthcare, dental, and vision. Three weeks PTO in year one, up to five after five years. 401(k) with a match.

Who Thrives Here

• Picks things up fast. Sees a job done a couple of times and can run it.

• Likes taking things apart and putting them back together better than they found them.

• Respects a customer’s plant and cleans up a mess whether or not they made it.

• Stays calm when the customer is frustrated and the clock is running.

• Excited to be the face of RMS.

• Wants variety. A different machine, a different site, a different problem.

• Fine on their own, and easy to be around after three days in a truck together.

• Won’t call a job impossible. Finds a way, even if the way is unpleasant

Who Might Struggle Here

• Anyone who needs to be home every night.

• Anyone who wants two weeks out and two weeks home. Here it’s three overnights most weeks.

• Anyone who needs a manager to structure their day.

• Anyone who wants a predictable environment. It can be hot, cold, dusty, tight spaces.

• Anyone who gets easily rattled when the job doesn’t go according to plan.

Ready to see if you’re a fit?

The best techs for this job are already working, already on the road, and often nowhere near a computer. You don’t need a resume. Answer a few short questions and we’ll take it from there.

EOE

Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $28 - $36 Hourly
Bonus/Commission: No