Job Title: Field Service Technician

Job Description

The Field Service Tech is responsible for troubleshooting, coordinating, and repairing customer issues along with other site issues related to various mechanical failures or preventative maintenance efforts with mechanical presses and some electrical components. When not traveling, you will work in the press shop for assembly, building, wiring, or other tasks involving presses to meet project requirements.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, coordinate, and repair customer and site issues related to mechanical failures.

• Perform preventative maintenance efforts.

• Use multimeter for electrical readings and troubleshooting.

• Work in the press shop when not traveling, focusing on assembly, building, and wiring of presses.

• Utilize blueprints to complete mechanical assembly and mechanic-type work with hydraulic systems, bearings, or gearboxes.

• Work with hand and power tools for mechanical tasks.

• Perform tasks involving hydraulics, pneumatics, gears, bearings, and conveyors.

• Check inputs and outputs of PLCs.

• Computer usage for documentation and reporting of service work.

Important Skills

• Mechanical experience working with large mechanical systems and the installation of mechanical presses or other mechanical systems.

• Experience in mechanical assembly with hydraulic systems, bearings, or gearboxes in line with blueprints.

• Proficiency with hand and power tools.

• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, gears, bearings, and conveyors.

• Multimeter usage, some electrical troubleshooting and wiring.

• Basic PLC troubleshooting.

• Computer usage for documentation and reporting of service work.

Other Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Electrical wiring of cabinets for controls.

• Welding and fabrication.

Why Work Here?

Good benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage. Be part of a rapidly growing $200 million company, with increasing demand and opportunities for advancement into management or engineering roles.

Work Environment

The press shop is a non-climate controlled, covered facility where presses are assembled and shipped separately from the dry bag facility. Work hours can range from a straight 40-hour week to up to 55-60 hours during peak seasons.

Job Type & Location

This is a permanent, direct-hire position based out of Chattanooga, TN, but Field Service Techs will travel 50+% of the time after training locally for 3-6 months.

Pay: $25-$30/hr, depending on experience, plus per diem while traveling

Other Benefits: hotels and travel expenses paid for, company vehicle or rental car provided for travel, company laptop, fuel reimbursement, insurance, and retirement benefits

Shift: day shifts

Schedule: Monday-Friday with OT on weekends as needed

Travel: train locally for 3-6 months, then travel nationally to customer sites for 2-3 weeks at a time, but come home almost every weekend. Then work in local shop for 1-2 weeks, then go back out on the road.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.