Field Service Technician

A leading manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for beverages and liquid food if adding to their fully remote field service team, nationwide! We are looking for technicians who can travel via plane 90-95% of the time, within their region, and be the face of our client as they work to troubleshoot and fix machinery.

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

What You'll Do

• Receives trip assignment from inside schedulers and make travel arrangements to arrive on time according to customer requirements.
• Interview customers to determine machine problems and then performs basic troubleshooting on machine functioning
• Performs hands-on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting and repairs on machines to ensure machine is functioning correctly according to specifications
• Coordinate with customer and parts department to order any needed parts
• Troubleshoots and modifies or edits programs of Programmable Logic Controllers.
• Audit and documents missing or bypassed safety devices on machines and replace or repair.
• Train customers for successful operation and maintenance
• Show operators how to do changes for different size or format packaging
• Work under the direction of senior technicians to start-up new machines, checks power system and wiring; observes lockout tag out process to check machine components functionality
• Establish that product is moving through properly
• Communicates with internal staff to solve technical problems or project issues.
• Prepares concise, accurate, professional and timely Equipment Acceptance Reports, Service Work Reports, Expense Reports and other support documentation for customer visits; communicates with internal staff to report on service activities
• Complete and submit reports
• Periodically inspects customer spare parts inventory and recommends additional parts orders as needed for successful equipment maintenance and operation. xhyhwjd

Skills Needed

• Strong mechanical and/or electrical skills
• Analytical thinking for solving technical tasks
• Programmable Logic Controller's (PLC) experience, electrical and/or mechanical
• Flexibility, assertiveness and organizational skills
• Self-confidence and friendly appearance
• Willingness to travel up to 90% of the time
• Passport or willingness to obtain a passport

Base salary of $80,000 - $90,000 base + per-diem, guaranteed OT and more!