Field Service Engineer - IL

Job Description

What You'd Be Doing:

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You would travel to customers' manufacturing facilities—about 80% of the time —to install, start up, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and optimize plastic-processing equipment, injection molding equipment .

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The Equipment Includes:

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• Injection molding machines
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• Extrusion equipment
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• Reaction-processing machinery
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• Robots and automation systems
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• Hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical systems
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Day-to-day work

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A Typical Job Could Involve:

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• Going to a customer's plant
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• Diagnosing why a machine isn't working correctly
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• Reading electrical and hydraulic schematics
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• Testing electrical components with a multimeter
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• Working on motors, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, etc.
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• Using basic PLC knowledge to troubleshoot controls
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• Installing or commissioning new machinery
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• Training the customer's operators/maintenance staff
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• Documenting what you repaired, how long it took, costs, and additional problems discovered
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• Occasionally helping newer service employees learn the equipment
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What they're really looking for

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They aren't necessarily looking for someone with a traditional four-year engineering degree.

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They're looking for someone who is technically strong and comfortable working with machinery .

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The Ideal Candidate Would Have Experience With:

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• Industrial/manufacturing equipment
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• Mechanical troubleshooting
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• Electrical troubleshooting
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• Hydraulic systems
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• Pneumatic systems
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• Motors and controls
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• Basic PLCs
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• Reading schematics
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• Hand and power tools
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• Forklifts/lifts
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• Customer-facing technical service
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They require high school/equivalent + 3–5 years of manufacturing or technical experience .

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